I just upgraded my Dell PowerEdge R320 to 6.5 U1. When I go into the Host - Monitor - Hardware - Storage, I get the message "The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has been reported. You may need to install a CIM provider for your storage adapter.".
The Dell PERC H710 mini appears to be compatible: VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=39513
I found an older post about needing the CIM driver because Dell doesn't provide one: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2013/07/01/monitoring-dell-poweredge-ra...
Any help/advice on how I can get my storage data? I'm just connecting to the web GUI for the host, I don't have vCenter setup yet.
Can you try restarting service /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog restart
Also post the results of esxcli system wbem provider list
I have the sam problem on R730.
Issusing /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog restart made things better, by providing RAID volume info under "System sensors", temperatures and voltages are now also correct.
But I still have the The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has been reported. You may need to install a CIM provider for your storage adapter. issue.
Results from esxcli system wbem provider list
Name Enabled Loaded
---------------- ------- ------
sfcb_base true true
vmw_base true true
vmw_hdr true true
vmw_hhrcwrapper true true
vmw_iodmProvider true true
vmw_kmodule true true
vmw_omc true true
vmw_pci true true
vmw_vi true true
Hi,
Not exactly a supported solution, but I wrote a little article on installing an avago vib to get it to work for a PERC H710 Mini.
Monitor storage for a Dell PERC H710 Mini on vSphere 6.5 - PlanetVM
Hope this helps,
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Wil
did you solve this problem? one of our DELL T 620 have same issue i restart the services and all
"The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has been reported. You may need to install a CIM provider for your storage adapter.". "
Hi MTomasko
From the output of
esxcli system wbem provider list
it is clear that DELL CIM provider is not been installed on your host.
You can download same from the link you already shared in question itself
And install the vib using
esxcli software vib install -v /path /to/vib
And then restart wbem service by running below commands
esxcli system wbem set -e false
then
esxcli system wbem set -e true
Check if the dell provider is listed in the output of below command
esxcli system wbem provider list
And you will be able to see storage information
To anyone else googling this and looking for solution, Install this VIB and reboot.
What about using the Dell-branded version of ESXi 6.5? Does that do the trick (also)
A little late, but no, installing the Dell-branded version of ESXi 6.5 U3 did not solve this issue for me (PowerEdge R720 w/ PERC H710 mini) ... it actually caused the issue. I upgraded from stock VMWare ESXi 6.0, where OMSA was working fine, to ESXi 6.5 U3 using the Dell-customized ESXi ISO image. After upgrading I found I could not see any storage adapter info in OMSA.