Unable to start hp-health and hp-snmp-agents process on RHEL server

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Getting below error while trying to start hp-health

      [root@example init.d]# ./hp-health start
      ****
      Warning: hp-OpenIPMI is no longer necessary on this OS release.
      hp-OpenIPMI will not be used. It is safe to uninstall hp-OpenIPMI.
      On RPM-based systems, you can remove hp-OpenIPMI by running:
        'rpm -e hp-OpenIPMI'
      ****
      Using Proliant High Performance
            IPMI based System Health Monitor
      Using standard Linux IPMI device driver
      Starting Proliant High Performance
      IPMI based System Health Monitor (hpasmxld):   Warning: No IPMI interfaces found in /proc
                                                       [FAILED]
    
  • Getting below error while trying to start hp-snmp-agents

      [root@example rc3.d]# ./S92hp-snmp-agents start
      ****
      Warning: hp-OpenIPMI is no longer necessary on this OS release.
      hp-OpenIPMI will not be used. It is safe to uninstall hp-OpenIPMI.
      On RPM-based systems, you can remove hp-OpenIPMI by running:
        'rpm -e hp-OpenIPMI'
      ****
      Using Proliant High Performance
            IPMI based System Health Monitor
      Using standard Linux IPMI device driver
      Starting Proliant High Performance
      IPMI based System Health Monitor (hpasmxld):   Warning: No IPMI interfaces found in /proc
                                                       [FAILED]
    
    /etc/init.d/hp-health: failed to start! Please review log file for details.
    The log file locations are documented in the hp-health(4) man page.
    
  • Unable to find hp-snmp-agents and hp-health packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux [All]
  • Hardware : HP PROLIANT Servers series

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