James E. Price III, a very active VMware newsgroups user, reported an interesting how-to for ESX Server monitoring with NetIQ AppManager Suite: (Assuming HP/Compaq hardware) 1. Install the HP Management Agents for Linux (reboot required, see 2.0.1 installation notes) 2. Install binutils-2.11.93.0.2-11.i386.rpm using the -Uhv options 3. Create a redhat-release file in /etc containing "Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)" 4. Create a custom netiq_silent_install.cfg file with your configuration information and store in /tmp 5. Install NetIQ_UA-2.0-327.i386.rpm using the -Uhv options Attention! This configuration isn't supported or suggested in anyway by VMware. James just tried it and it works.