Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.2 Web Client User's Guide
- Introduction
- About Administration Console
- Using Administration Portal
- Registering vCenter Server by nonadministrator user
- Registering vCenter server
- Uploading license to Administration Portal
- Managing the virtual appliance
- Restarting virtual appliance
- Changing host name of virtual appliance
- Updating virtual appliance repository location and virtual appliance
- Upgrading OMIVV from existing version to current version
- Updating appliance through backup and restore
- Downloading the troubleshooting bundle
- Setting up HTTP proxy
- Setting up Network Time Protocol servers
- Configuring deployment mode
- Generating Certificate Signing Request
- Uploading HTTPS certificate
- Setting up global alerts
- Managing backup and restore
- About vSphere client console
- Using Administration Portal
- Managing multiple appliances
- Accessing OpenManage Integration from web client
- OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter licensing
- Appliance configuration for VMware vCenter
- Using Baseline tab
- Profiles
- Inventory and warranty management
- Events, alarms, and health monitoring
- About firmware updates
- Chassis management
- Deploying hypervisor
- Device discovery
- Provisioning
- System profiles
- Managing System profiles
- Configuring hardware profile
- Creating hypervisor profile
- Creating deployment templates
- About deployment wizard
- Deployment job timing
- Downloading custom Dell EMC ISO images
- About host, bare-metal, and iDRAC compliance
- Security roles and permissions
- Frequently Asked Questions-FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions-FAQ
- Export All button fails to export to .CSV file in Google chrome
- iDRAC license type and description are displayed incorrectly for non-compliant vSphere hosts
- Dell EMC icon is not displayed after unregistering vCenter from earlier OMIVV version and then registering same vCenter with later OMIVV version
- Dell provider is not displayed as health update provider
- Inventory failing when performing firmware update task on ESXi 5.x host
- Host inventory or test connection fails due to invalid or unknown iDRAC IP.
- On running fix noncompliant vSphere hosts wizard, the status of a specific host is displayed as Unknown
- Dell privileges that are assigned while registering the OMIVV appliance are not removed after unregistering OMIVV
- OMIVV does not display all the relevant logs when trying to filter a severity category
- How do I resolve error code 2000000 caused by VMware Certificate Authority-VMCA
- In Administration Console, Update Repository Path is not set to default path after I reset appliance to factory settings
- Warranty and inventory schedule for all vCenters is not applying when selected from the job queue page
- What should I do when a web communication error in the vCenter web client appears after changing the DNS settings in OMIVV
- The settings page fail to load, if I navigate away and again go back to the settings page
- Task cannot be scheduled for the time in the past- error in inventory schedule and warranty schedule page of Initial Configuration Wizard appear
- Installation date appears as 12-31-1969 for some of the firmware on the firmware page
- Successive global refresh cause exception to be thrown in the recent task window.
- Why is web client UI distorted for few Dell screens in IE 10
- I am not seeing OpenManage Integration icon in web client even if registration of plug-in to vCenter was successful
- Even if repository has bundles for selected 11G system, firmware update displaying that there are no bundles for firmware update
- Why is DNS configuration settings restored to original settings after appliance reboot if appliance IP and DNS settings are overwritten with DHCP values
- Using OMIVV to update the Intel network card with firmware version of 13.5.2 is not supported
- Using OMIVV to update Intel network card from 14.5 or 15.0 to 16.x fails due to staging requirement from DUP
- Why trying firmware update with invalid DUP, hardware update job status on vCenter console neither fails nor times-out for hours, although job status in LC prompts as FAILED
- Why does Administration Portal display unreachable update repository location
- Why did system not enter maintenance mode when I performed one-to-many firmware update
- Chassis global health still healthy when some of power supply status has changed to critical
- Processor version is displayed as “Not Applicable” in processor view in system overview page
- Does OMIVV support vCenter in linked mode
- What are required port settings for OMIVV
- Password is not changed for user used for bare-metal discovery after successfully applying hardware profile or system profile that has same user with new changed credentials in iDRAC user list
- Unable to view new iDRAC version details listed on vCenter hosts and clusters page
- How can I test event settings by using OMSA to simulate temperature hardware Fault
- Although OMSA agent is installed on OMIVV host system, I still get error message that OMSA is not installed.
- Can OMIVV support ESXi with lockdown mode enabled
- When I tried to use lockdown mode, it fails
- Creation of hardware profile fails if I am using reference server
- Attempting to deploy ESXi on server fails
- Hypervisor deployments failing on Dell PowerEdge R210 II machines
- Auto discovered systems are displayed without model information in Deployment wizard
- NFS share is set up with ESXi ISO, but deployment fails with errors mounting share location
- How do I force remove virtual appliance from vCenter
- Entering a Password in the Backup Now Screen Receives an Error Message
- In vSphere web client, clicking Dell server management portlet or Dell icon returns 404 error
- What should I do as firmware update failed
- What should I do as vCenter registration failed
- Performance during connection profile test credentials is slow or unresponsive
- Does OMIVV support VMware vCenter server appliance
- Firmware level not updated when I have performed firmware update with Apply on Next reboot option and system was rebooted
- Host still displayed under chassis even after removing host from vCenter tree
- In Administration Console, Update Repository Path is not set to default path after I reset appliance to factory settings
- After backup and restore of OMIVV, alarm settings are not restored
- Hypervisor deployment fails when NPAR is enabled on a target node and disabled in System Profile
- Available virtual appliance version displays wrong information when the available version is lesser than the current version
- The 267027 exception is thrown while adding a 12G bare-metal server with an Express license
- During OS deployment on 14G, hardware profile apply fails due to iDRAC error
- OMIVV RPM upgrade fails when proxy is configured with domain user authentication
- Unable to apply System Profile that has PCIe card in the FX chassis
- Bare-metal deployment issues
- Frequently Asked Questions-FAQ
- Related Documentation
- System specific attributes
- Customization attributes
- Additional information
- Component vs. baseline version comparison matrix
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 9
Whats new in this release..................................................................................................................................................9
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter features...........................................................................................9
Chapter 2: About Administration Console..................................................................................... 11
Using Administration Portal..............................................................................................................................................11
Registering vCenter Server by nonadministrator user........................................................................................ 11
Registering vCenter server........................................................................................................................................13
Uploading license to Administration Portal............................................................................................................ 15
Managing the virtual appliance................................................................................................................................. 15
Setting up global alerts.............................................................................................................................................. 20
Managing backup and restore.................................................................................................................................. 20
About vSphere client console....................................................................................................................................21
Chapter 3: Managing multiple appliances.....................................................................................24
Chapter 4: Accessing OpenManage Integration from web client.................................................. 25
Navigating in VMware vCenter web client................................................................................................................. 25
Icons in web client.............................................................................................................................................................26
Locating software version...............................................................................................................................................26
Refreshing screen content..............................................................................................................................................26
Viewing Dell EMC hosts...................................................................................................................................................26
Viewing OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter licensing tab................................................................. 27
Accessing help and support............................................................................................................................................ 27
Downloading troubleshooting bundle......................................................................................................................28
Resetting iDRAC.......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Opening online help.....................................................................................................................................................29
Launching Administration Console.......................................................................................................................... 29
Viewing log history............................................................................................................................................................29
Viewing logs..................................................................................................................................................................30
Exporting log files........................................................................................................................................................30
Chapter 5: OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter licensing..............................................31
Buying and uploading software license.........................................................................................................................31
Chapter 6: Appliance configuration for VMware vCenter............................................................. 33
Configuration tasks through configuration wizard....................................................................................................33
Viewing configuration wizard welcome dialog box..............................................................................................33
Selecting vCenters......................................................................................................................................................33
Creating connection profile.......................................................................................................................................34
Scheduling inventory jobs ........................................................................................................................................ 36
Running warranty retrieval jobs............................................................................................................................... 36
Configuring events and alarms ............................................................................................................................... 36
Configuration tasks through settings tab....................................................................................................................37
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