This software is server management software. EasyManage enables enterprise users to remotely control and monitor multiple Lenovo servers within a Local Area Network (LAN). EasyManage provides a graphical user interface to display all severs being managed. The graphical user interface enables the administrator to conveniently search for, monitor, and manage servers.

Support new operating systems :

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• RHEL 5.8 6.3
• SLES 11.2
• Hyper-V version 3.0

Support new hardware:

• ThinkServer RD330, RD430
• ThinkServer RD530, RD630
• ThinkServer TS430

Add new features:

• Support Serial over LAN
• Support BMC User Management
• Support German/Spanish

Fix the bugs:

• There is no response from the Web server for a long time.
• Software information which is installed on the monitored Windows server might not be displayed in the Installed Software tab.
• A change event does not occur even if Windows Update is applied to the Windows server.
• Failure to update configuration information after changing the virtual network configuration of servers running Hyper-V and/or VMware ESX.

• Discovery the server in the network
• Health & Performance Monitoring / Alerting
• Remote Server Management
• Availability and Performance Dashboard

Support for the following OS in the managed server nodes

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (32 & 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32 & 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
• Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server 2011
• Hyper-V version 1.0
• Hyper-V version 2.0
• Hyper-V version 3.0
• RHEL 5.0, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 (32 & 64-bit)
• RHEL 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 (32 & 64-bit)
• SLES 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• SLES 11.0, 11.1, 11.2 (32 & 64-bit)
• VMware ESX 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
• VMware ESXi 3.0, 3.5
• VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1
• VMware ESXi 5.0, 5.1

Support for the following OS in the core application

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Service Pack 2) (32 & 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (Service Pack 1 or later) (32 & 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32 & 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Support for the following servers

• ThinkServer TS430
• ThinkServer RD330/RD430
• ThinkServer RD530/RD630

Recommend for the following web browser

• Microsoft IE7 or Microsoft IE8
• Firefox 3.5 or above

Before using this product, be aware of the following:

• This product is for use with Lenovo server models only.
• Check for sufficient space
  • Memory: 2 GB (minimum)
  • Processor: 2 GHz (minimum)
  • Available disk space: 20 GB

Note: These requirements apply to monitoring up to 250 nodes. The requirements change, however, based on whether fewer or more nodes are monitored. The processing speed depends on the type of CPU, such as Intel Core Duo, AMD Athlon and so on.
For details, see EasyManage manual.

• Check DCOM settings for WMI. Prevent WMI remote connection errors
  from occurring because remote execution of DCOM is not permitted.
• Adobe Flash Player 10.0.42 is supported.

1. Click the file link to download the file from the Web page.
2. When prompted, select a drive and directory in which to save the downloaded file.

On the management server, ensure that you are logged on as a user with Administrator permissions. You will run the setup executable (setup.exe) on this machine, which will launch the Lenovo ThinkServer EasyManage InstallShield Wizard. The InstallShield Wizard collects information about your installation preferences, management server configuration, and database scale.

To install Lenovo ThinkServer EasyManage:

• Run EasyManage.exe from the installation media. The InstallShield Wizard launches and displays the Welcome panel.
• To continue, click Next. The License Agreement panel displays, and contains information about the software license terms. If it is easier for you to read the terms on paper, click Print.
• To agree to the usage terms, click I agree to the terms of this license. Then, click Next.
• Complete the information contained in each of the remaining panels.

Note the following:

• The DCOM setting is displayed if it is disabled. If your site will monitor Windows servers, then enable DCOM as described in the InstallShield Wizard. After the installation, you must restart the management server.
• If requested, specify the scale of your database, based on the number of nodes you plan to monitor.
• To allowe all the communicate ports that is used by EasyManage.
• EasyManage doesn't support double-byte character. So you need use the default installation directory EasyManage provides or need to make sure there is no double-byte characters.
• For more information, please refer to manual or online-help.

ThinkServer EasyManage v4.2.0 - Hints and Tips