Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server: Managing and Monitoring the Solution Infrastructure Life Cycle Operations Guide
- Introduction
- Day 0 Operations
- Introduction
- Azure onboarding for Azure Stack HCI OS
- Licensing for Azure Stack HCI for Windows Server 2016 and 2019
- Creating virtual disks
- Managing and Monitoring Azure Stack HCI Cluster using Windows Admin Center
- Installing Windows Admin Center
- Adding the HCI cluster connection
- Accessing the HCI cluster
- Viewing server details
- Viewing drive details
- Managing and monitoring volumes
- Enabling data deduplication on Storage Spaces Direct
- Monitoring and managing VMs
- Managing virtual switches
- Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
- Firmware updates using Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
- Firmware and driver updates using the manual method
- Expanding the Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Extending volumes
- Performing AX node recovery
- Operating system recovery
Table 1. Known issues (continued)
Issue Resolution/workaround
(Get-ClusterNetwork -Name
$usbNICClusterNetwork.ToString()).Role = 0
}
While triggering full stack updates, the Tests Summary page
may appear.
As a workaround, verify whether the pre-update or post-
update scripts are part of the cluster role. If they are present,
remove the scripts from the cluster node by executing the
following command in PowerShell:
Set-CauClusterRole -PreUpdateScript $null
-PostUpdateScript $null
For more information about the prerequisites required for a
cluster update, see Update Azure Stack HCI clusters.
The update status takes a long time to refresh. During full stack cluster updates, the update status shown
in the Updates page may take a long time to refresh. If this
happens, it is recommended that you stay on the Updates
page and wait for the update to complete. The update status
will automatically be displayed once the update is complete.
When using CredSSP authentication to run scripts on a
remote machine, the update job may fail with an error. This
happens because CredSSP has been disabled in the gateway
machine.
To resolve the issue, follow these steps:
1. From the PowerShell window, run gpedit.
2. In the Group Policy Editor window, navigate to Computer
Configurations > Administrative Templates > System
> Credentials Delegation.
3. Select Allow delegating fresh credentials with NTLM-
only server authentication and enable it.
4. Execute gpupdate /force in PowerShell.
Firmware updates using Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for
Microsoft System Center for System Center Virtual Machine
Manager
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center is an appliance-based integration with the System Center suite
of products.
OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center enables full life-cycle management of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers by
using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller (LC).
OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center provides operating system deployment, Azure Stack HCI cluster creation,
hardware and firmware updating, and maintenance of servers and modular systems. Integrate OpenManage Integration for
Microsoft System Center with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to manage your PowerEdge
servers in virtual and cloud environments.
Checking compliance and updating firmware
NOTE: This method is applicable only for Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.
Perform compliance checks, bare-metal firmware updates, and firmware updates using the cluster-aware update feature. To
perform these tasks, within SCVMM, first discover the Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes and create or edit an update source.
Before performing these tasks, ensure that:
● SCVMM and the OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center appliance have been deployed and configured.
For more information, see the installation guide at https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/
product/omimssc-sccm-scvmm-v7.2/docs.
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