OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Quick Installation Guide for vSphere Web Client Version 3.
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Contents 1 Quick Start Installation.................................................................................................... 5 Installation Introduction...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Prerequisites.......................................................................................................................................................................
Adding hosts to connection profiles............................................................................................................................25 5 For More Configuration Information.............................................................................. 26 6 Related documentation and resources........................................................................... 27 Accessing documents from Dell support site.........................................................................
1 Quick Start Installation Installation Introduction This guide provides step-by-step instructions for the installation and configuration of OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV) on Dell servers. After the installation is complete, for information about all aspects of administration including: inventory management, monitoring and alerting, firmware updates, and warranty management, see the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter User's Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Software Requirements The vSphere environment must fulfill virtual appliance, port access, and listening port requirements. NOTE: VMware vSphere has both a desktop client and Web client. Requirements for Web Client Supported for vCenter version 5.5 upto vCenter version 6.0 U3. NOTE: You will be able to register vCenters under one Platform Services Controller to a single OMIVV appliance only.
3. Copy or move the OVF file to a location accessible to the VMware vSphere host to which you will upload the appliance. 4. Start the VMware vSphere Web Client. 5. From the VMware vSphere Web Client, select a host and in the main menu click Actions → Deploy OVF Template. You can also right-click Host and select Deploy OVF Template. The Deploy OVF Template wizard is displayed. 6. In the Select Source window, do the following: a. URL: If you want to download the OVF package from internet, select URL.
NOTE: The vCenter administrator should assign permissions in the vSphere Web client. 3. Register a vCenter server in the administration console by using a user with necessary privileges. See Registering vCenter server by non-administrator user with required privileges. 4. Associate the Dell privileges to the role created or modified in step 1 for performing the OMIVV operations. See Assigning Dell privileges to the role in vSphere Web client.
– Create task – Update task NOTE: If the mentioned privileges are not assigned, an error message is displayed while registering a vCenter server by using a user with the available privileges. Registering vCenter server by non-administrator user with required privileges You can register a vCenter server for the OMIVV appliance by using a non-administrator user with the required privileges.
4. Enter a new admin password, and set the password as per the password complexity rules displayed in the interface. Press Enter. 5. Reenter the password that was provided earlier and press Enter. To configure the network and time zone information in the OMIVV appliance, press Enter. 6. To configure the OMIVV time zone information, click Date/Time Properties. Figure 1. Console tab 7. In the Date and Time tab, select the Synchronize date and time over the network. The NTP Servers box is displayed.
The IP address is the IP address of the appliance VM and not the ESXi host IP address. The Administration Console can be accessed by using the URL mentioned at the top of the console. For example: Https://10.210.126.120 or Https://myesxihost The URL is not case-sensitive. Figure 2. Administration Console 19. In the Administration Console login window, enter the password, and then click Login.
Figure 3. vCenter registration window from Administration Console 20. In the vCenter Registration window, click Register a New vCenter Server. 21. In the Register a New vCenter Server window, perform the following substeps: a. Under vCenter Name, in the vCenter Server IP or Hostname text box, enter the server IP or host name, and then in the Description text box, enter a description. The description is optional.
Figure 4. OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter successfully added to vCenter For all vCenter operations, OMIVV uses the privileges of a registered user and not the privileges of a logged-in user. For example: User X with the necessary privileges registers OMIVV with vCenter, and user Y has only Dell privileges. User Y can now log in to the vCenter and can trigger a firmware update task from OMIVV.
After you click Update, you are logged off from the ADMINISTRATION CONSOLE window. 9. Close the web browser. NOTE: While upgrading OMIVV from 3.1 to the current version, the custom certificate is not migrated. Therefore, ensure that you reapply the settings that you had applied for the certificate. If you have enabled Proactive HA on clusters, OMIVV unregisters the Dell Inc provider for those clusters and re-registers the Dell Inc provider after upgrade.
NOTE: It is recommended that after the upgrade, you run the inventory again on all the hosts that the OMIVV manages. For more information, see the Running inventory jobs in OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter User’s Guide. If the IP address of the new OMIVV version 3.2 appliance is changed from the old appliance, configure the trap destination for the SNMP traps to point to the new appliance. For 12th generation and higher generation servers, the IP change is fixed by running inventory on these hosts.
2 Understanding How to Configure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter After you complete the basic installation of the OMIVV, the Initial Configuration Wizard is displayed when you click the OMIVV icon. Use the Initial Configuration Wizard to configure the Settings on first launch. For subsequent instances use the Settings page. From the Initial Configuration Wizard you can create a connection profile, edit the settings of warranty, inventory, events and alarms.
Select an individual vCenter for those not configured yet or if you have added a new vCenter to your environment. The vCenter selection page allows you to select one or more vCenters to configure settings. 3. Click Next to proceed to the Connection Profile description page. NOTE: If you have multiple vCenter servers as a part of the same SSO and if you chose to configure a single vCenter server, the following steps must be repeated until you configure each vCenter.
– In Verify Password, type the password again. – Perform one of the following actions: * To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable Certificate Check. * To not store and perform the iDRAC certificate check during all future connections, clear Enable Certificate Check. 4.
NOTE: This step is optional. This is used to check whether the Host and iDRAC credentials are correct or not. 8. To complete the profile, click Next. NOTE: For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card, the iDRAC test connection result states Not Applicable for this system. Scheduling Inventory Jobs [Wizard] You can configure inventory schedule using the Configuration Wizard or OpenManage Integration under OpenManage Integration → Manage → Settings.
To configure events and alarms: 1. 2. In the Initial Configuration Wizard, under Event Posting Levels, select one of the following: • Do not post any events — Block hardware events. • Post All Events — Post all hardware events. • Post only Critical and Warning Events — Post only critical or warning level hardware events. • Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events — Post only virtualization-related critical and warning events; this is the default event posting level.
9. Click Finish to complete the profile. NOTE: You can also add or remove a chassis by clicking the Plus Icon displayed on the top left corner of the Associated Chassis page.
3 Additional Configuration Settings The following configuration settings are optional. However, it can be used for monitoring the hosts in your VMware vCenter using the plug-in. • Warranty Expiration Notification • Firmware Update Repository • OMSA Web Server URL Warranty Expiration Notification Viewing Warranty Expiration Notification Settings 1. In the OMIVV, click Manage → Settings tab. 2. Under Appliance Settings, click Warranty Expiration Notification.
NOTE: OMIVV connects to the Internet to get the catalog and firmware packages applicable for your hosts. Depending on your network settings, configure proxy for the firmware update task to run successfully from Dell online. • Shared Network Folder — Created with Dell Repository Manager. These local repositories should be located on CIFS or NFS file share. Setting Up the Firmware Update Repository You can configure the firmware update repository on the OMIVV in the Settings tab. 1.
4 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter licensing The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter has two types of licenses: • Evaluation license—when the OMIVV version 3.2 appliance is powered on for the first time, an evaluation license is automatically installed. The trial version contains an evaluation license for five hosts (servers) managed by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter.
7. Select the license file, and then click Upload. NOTE: The license file might be packaged inside a .zip file. Ensure that you unzip the .zip file and upload only the license .xml file. The license file is likely to be named based on your order number, such as 123456789.xml.
5 For More Configuration Information For a complete guide on Dell Management Plug-in configuration, management, and deployment options, see the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter User's Guide.
6 Related documentation and resources In addition to this guide, you can access the other guides available at dell.com/support/manuals. On the Manuals page, click View products under the Choose from all products category. In the All products section, click Software & Security → Virtualization Solutions. Click OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 3.2 to access the following documents: • OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Quick Install Guide for vSphere Client Version 3.
