Users Guide

• Profile name and unique description (to help with profile management)

• A list of hosts associated with the connection profile

• iDRAC credentials

• Host credentials

• Date Created

• Date Modified

After you run the Configuration Wizard, you manage credential profiles from the OpenManage Integration for VMware

vCenter Manage tab → Templates & Profiles using the following:

• Creating A Connection Profile

• Viewing And Editing An Existing Connection Profile

• Deleting A Connection Profile

• Testing A Connection Profile

• Refreshing A Connection Profile

Editing a Connection Profile

After you have configured a connection profile, you can edit the profile name, description, associated hosts, and

credentials.

NOTE: The vCenters that display during this procedure have authenticated using the same Single Sign On (SSO). If

you do not see a vCenter host, it may be on a different SSO or you may be using a VMware vCenter version less

than version 5.1.

NOTE: You are allowed to edit the connection profile irrespective of the license limit

1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage → Connection Profiles tab, select a

connection profile.

2. Click the Edit icon.

3. In the Connection Profile window, on the Welcome tab, read the information and click Next.

4. In the Name and Credentials tab, do the following:

a) Under Profile, type the Profile Name and optional Description.

b) Under vCenter, view the associated hosts for this connection profile. See the note above about why you see the

hosts displayed here.

c) Under iDRAC Credentials, do the following:

* The user name is root and this entry cannot be modified if you do not select the Active Directory. If the

Active directory is set, you can choose any Active directory user not just root.

* Domain\Username: Type the username in one of these formats: domain\username, or

domain@username.

NOTE: The following characters are allowed for the user name: / (forward slash), &, \

(backslash), . (period), " (quotation mark), @, % (percent) (127 character limit).

The domain can contain alphanumeric characters and -

(dash) and . (period) only (254 character limit). The first and last characters for domain must be alphanu

meric.

* Password: Type your password.

The following characters are not allowed for the password: / (forward slash), &, \ (backslash), .

(period), " (quotation mark).