Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.1 Web Client User's Guide
 - Introduction
 - About Administration Console
- Using Administration Portal
- Registering vCenter server by non-administrator user
 - Registering a 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 (NTP) 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
 - Profiles
 - Inventory and warranty management
 - About firmware updates
 - Events, alarms, and health monitoring
 - Chassis management
 - Deploying hypervisor
 - About host, bare-metal, and iDRAC compliance
 - Security roles and permissions
 - Troubleshooting
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Why 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
 - Configuration wizard settings are overridden by default settings each time it is invoked
 - Dell provider is not displayed as health update provider
 - Why is 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. How can I get a valid iDRAC IP?
 - On running fix noncompliant vSphere hosts wizard, why 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
 - Dell Management Center does not display all the relevant logs when trying to filter a severity category. How can I view all the logs?
 - How do I resolve error code 2000000 caused by VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA)?
 - In Administration Console, why Update Repository Path is not set to default path after I reset appliance to factory settings?
 - Why 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?
 - Why does the settings page fail to load, if I navigate away and again go back to the settings page?
 - Why “Task cannot be scheduled for the time in the past” error in inventory schedule/warranty schedule page of Initial Configuration Wizard appear?
 - Why 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. How can I resolve the error?
 - Why is web client UI distorted for few Dell screens in IE 10?
 - Why am I 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, why is 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 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?
 - Why is chassis global health still healthy when some of power supply status has changed to critical?
 - Why is processor version displayed “Not Applicable” in processor view in system overview page?
 - What generation of Dell servers does OMIVV configure and support for SNMP traps?
 - What vCenter servers are managed by OMIVV?
 - Does OMIVV support vCenter in linked mode?
 - What are required port settings for OMIVV?
 - Why is password 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?
 - Why am I 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. How do I resolve this error?
 - Can OMIVV support ESXi with lockdown mode enabled?
 - When I tried to use lockdown mode, it fails
 - What do I do if creation of hardware profile fails if I am using reference server?
 - Why attempting to deploy ESXi on server fails?
 - Why hypervisor deployments failing on Dell PowerEdge R210 II machines?
 - Why 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 removal of virtual appliance?
 - 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?
 - Why is firmware level not updated when I have performed firmware update with Apply on Next reboot option and system was rebooted?
 - Why is host still displayed under chassis even after removing host from vCenter tree?
 - In Administration Console, why Update Repository Path is not set to default path after I reset appliance to factory settings?
 - After backup and restore of OMIVV, why alarm settings are not restored?
 - Hypervisor deployment fails when NIC Partitioning (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
 
 - Bare-metal deployment issues
 
 - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
 - Related Documentation
 - System specific attributes
 - Customization attributes
 - Additional information
 
Table 26. Virtualization events (continued)
Event name Description Severity Recommended action
Dell-Fluid Cache Disk failure Fluid cache disk failure Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-Cable failure or critical
event
Cable failure or critical event Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-Chassis Management
Controller detected a warning
Chassis Management
Controller detected a warning
Warning No action
Dell-Chassis Management
Controller detected an error
Chassis Management
Controller detected an error
Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-IO Virtualization failure or
critical event
IO virtualization failure or
critical event
Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-Link status warning Link status warning Warning No action
Dell-Link status failure or
critical event
Link status failure or critical
event
Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-Security warning Security warning Warning No action
Dell-System: Software
configuration warning
System: Software
configuration warning
Warning No action
Dell-System: Software
configuration failure
System: Software
configuration failure
Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-Storage Security warning Storage security warning Warning No action
Dell-Storage Security failure
or critical event
Storage security failure or
critical event
Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-Software change update
warning
Software change update
warning
Warning No action
Dell-Chassis Management
Controller audit warning
Chassis Management
Controller audit warning
Warning No action
Dell-Chassis Management
Controller audit failure or
critical event
Chassis Management
Controller audit failure or
critical event
Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-PCI device audit warning PCI device audit warning Warning No action
Dell Power Supply audit
warning
Power supply audit warning Warning No action
Dell-Power Supply audit
failure or critical event
Power supply audit failure or
critical event
Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-Power usage audit
warning
Power usage audit warning Warning No action
Dell-Power usage audit failure
or critical event
Power usage audit failure or
critical event
Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-Security configuration
warning
Security configuration
warning
Warning No action
Dell-Configuration: Software
configuration warning
Configuration: Software
configuration warning
Warning No action
Dell-Configuration: Software
configuration failure
Configuration: Software
configuration failure
Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
Dell-Virtual Disk Partition
failure
Virtual disk partition failure Error Put the system into
maintenance mode
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