Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Version 7.1.1 for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Installation Guide April 2019 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to OMIMSSC............................................................................................ 5 Chapter 2: OMIMSSC components................................................................................................ 6 Chapter 3: Workflows for installing or managing OMIMSSC.......................................................... 7 Planning for installing OMIMSSC on SCCM ..........................................................................................
Modifying SCCM and SCVMM accounts in OMIMSSC admin portal................................................................... 19 Backup and Restore OMIMSSC Appliance................................................................................................................. 20 Taking back up of OMIMSSC Appliance................................................................................................................ 20 Restore OMIMSSC Appliance ......................................................
1 Introduction to OMIMSSC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) is an appliance-based integration into System Center suite of products. OMIMSSC enables full lifecycle management of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers by using integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller (LC). OMIMSSC offers operating system deployment, Storage Spaces Direct cluster creation, hardware patching, firmware update, and maintenance of servers and modular systems.
2 OMIMSSC components The following is the list of the OMIMSSC components and their names that have been used in this guide: Table 1. Components in OMIMSSC Components Description OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Appliance virtual machine, also known as OMIMSSC Appliance. Host the OMIMSSC Appliance on a Hyper-V as a virtual machine based on CentOS and performs the following tasks: ● Interacts with the Dell EMC servers through iDRAC by using Web Services Management (WSMan) commands.
3 Workflows for installing or managing OMIMSSC Based on your requirements you can choose to install either OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM, or OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM, upgrade existing OMIMSSC, or migrate OMIMSSC, by performing the tasks mentioned in the following topics: Topics: • • • • Planning for installing OMIMSSC on SCCM Planning for installing OMIMSSC on SCVMM Planning for upgrading OMIMSSC Migrating from one OMIMSSC Appliance to another OMIMSSC Appliance Planning for installing OMI
1. Take a backup of old OMIMSSC Appliance. For more information, see Taking back up of OMIMSSC Appliance. 2. Remove the existing OMIMSSC Console Extension in SCVMM. 3. Upgrade OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM or OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM. For information about upgrading OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM see OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM. For information about upgrading OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM see Upgrading OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM. 4.
4 System requirements for OMIMSSC Topics: • • • • • Account privileges Common system requirements for OMIMSSC System requirements of OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM System requirements of OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM Network requirements Account privileges All the required account privileges to use OMIMSSC are as follows: Account privileges for OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM is that the user is a member of the following groups in SCCM: Table 2.
● Install one of the following versions of Windows operating system: ○ Windows Server 2019 ○ Windows Server 2016 ○ Windows server 2012 R2 ○ Windows Server 2012 ● OMIMSSC admin portal: Install any of the following supported browsers: ○ Internet Explorer 10 or later ○ Mozilla Firefox 30 or later ○ Google Chrome 23 or later ○ Microsoft Edge To follow specific OMIMSSC system requirements, you can now follow the requirements that are mentioned in bellow link as per the console you use: ● System requirements of O
5 Installing, and configuring OMIMSSC Topics: • • • • • • Downloading OMIMSSC from web Setting up OMIMSSC Appliance Enrolling multiple Microsoft consoles Launching OMIMSSC admin portal to download OMIMSSC components Enrolling Microsoft console in OMIMSSC Launching OMIMSSC from enrolled Microsoft console Downloading OMIMSSC from web To download OMIMSSC, from https://www.dell.com/support perform the following steps: 1.
NOTE: It is recommended that you wait for five minutes before you log in as an Admin so that all services are initiated. a. b. c. d. In In In In localhost login: Type admin. Enter new Admin password: Type a password. Please confirm new Admin password: retype the password, and press Enter to continue. the options listed, select Configure Network, press Enter, and perform the following substeps: ● In NetworkManagerTUI, select Set system hostname provide the OMIMSSC Appliance name and click OK.
4. In the Destination Folder page, by default an installation folder is selected. To change the location, click Change and traverse to a new location, and then click Next. 5. On the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install. The following folder is created after installing the console extension: ● Log—this folder consists of console-related log information. 6. In Installation Completed Successfully, click Finish.
7. To enroll the console after a successful test connection, click Enroll. NOTE: After enrollment, OMIMSSC creates an account in SCVMM with the name OMIMSSC SCVMM Console Extension Registration Profile. Ensure that this profile is not deleted, because you cannot perform any operations in OMIMSSC if this profile is deleted. NOTE: Enroll the SCCM site server to use OMIMSSC console extension on SCCM admin console.
6 OMIMSSC licensing OMIMSSC has two types of licenses: ● Evaluation license—this is a trial version of the license containing an evaluation license for five servers (hosts or unassigned) which is auto imported after the installation. This is applicable only for 11th and later generations of the Dell EMC servers. ● Production license—you can purchase production license from Dell EMC for any number of servers to be managed by OMIMSSC. This license includes product support and OMIMSSC Appliance updates.
Reimporting licenses If you try to import the same license file, an error message is displayed. Purchase a new license, and import the new license file. Importing multiple licenses You can import multiple license files with different entitlement ID to increase the number of discovering, and maintaining servers in OMIMSSC. Enforcement Upgrading licenses You are allowed to work with OMIMSSC with the existing license file for all the supported server generations.
● Nodes in use—number of servers discovered and have used up the license ● Nodes Available—remaining licensed nodes that you can discover in OMIMSSC. Managing Licenses—displays each license file imported along with the details such as entitlement ID, product description, date when the license file was imported, date from when the license file is valid, and list of all the server generations supported by the license.
7 Managing OMIMSSC and its components Topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • Viewing OMIMSSC Appliance details Viewing OMIMSSC user management Viewing or refreshing enrolled consoles Changing OMIMSSC Appliance password Repairing or modifying installers Modifying SCCM and SCVMM accounts in OMIMSSC admin portal Backup and Restore OMIMSSC Appliance Restore OMIMSSC Appliance Upgrading OMIMSSC Rebooting OMIMSSC Appliance Logging out of OMIMSSC Appliance Uninstalling OMIMSSC Viewing OMIMSSC Appliance details 1.
NOTE: Appliance will reboot after changing the password. Repairing or modifying installers To repair any of the installer files, see the following topics: ● Repairing OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM ● Repairing OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM Repairing OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM To repair the OMIMSSC files in case they are corrupt, perform the following steps: 1. Run the OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM installer. The Welcome screen is displayed. 2. Click Next. 3.
Backup and Restore OMIMSSC Appliance Using Backup Appliance Data option from OMIMSSC Appliance, save OMIMSSC information such as enrolled Microsoft consoles, discovered devices, profiles, update sources, Operational Templates, licenses and completed jobs in OMIMSSC console extensions. Taking back up of OMIMSSC Appliance ● Ensure that there are no jobs running in OMIMSSC. Perform the following steps to back up OMIMSSC Appliance: 1. Launch the OMIMSSC Appliance VM. 2.
c. Download the dlciappliance_main.log file, and search for the following message for a successful restore: Successfully restored OMIMSSC Appliance Perform the following after restoring the old OMIMSSC Appliance: ● It is recommended that you re-create the scheduled jobs after restoring old OMIMSSC Appliance. ● For the hypervisor profiles exported from earlier version of OMIMSSC, ensure that you edit the profile to provide the ISO file path and Windows credential profile.
Installation prerequisites ● Ensure OMIMSSC for SCCM and SCVMM version 7.1 or version 7.1.1 or version 7.2 is deployed before upgrading to OMIMSSC for SCCM and SCVMM version 7.2.1 ● Ensure that no jobs are running. If running, wait till the jobs are completed. ● Backup the OMIMSSC appliance data. NOTE: For information about the backup procedure, see the Backup OMIMSSC Appliance section.
Providing repository URL information for service pack updates To update OMIMSSC, provide URL information where the service pack updates are located. To update OMIMSSC, using service pack updates, perform the following steps: 1. In OMIMSSC, select Settings > Service Pack Updates. 2.
Upgrading OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM Ensure that you backup the old OMIMSSC Appliance. For more information, see Back up OMIMSSC Appliance. 1. From the OMIMSSC admin portal, click Download Installer and save the installer to a location. 2. Run the OMIMSSC installer. 3. In the message prompting you to upgrade, click Yes. 4. On the OMIMSSC Welcome page, click Next. 5. On the License Agreement page, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next. 6.
● After de-enrolling and uninstalling a console, the host servers that are associated with the console are moved to unassigned server list in OMIMSSC. 4. (Optional) In case the console is not reachable, click Yes when promoted to forcefully de-enroll the console. ● If an OMIMSSC console is already open during de-enrollment, ensure that you close the Microsoft console to complete the de-enrollment.
Removing Appliance VM To remove Appliance VM: 1. In Windows Server, in Hyper-V Manager, right-click the Appliance VM and click Turn Off. 2. Right-click the Appliance VM and then click Delete.
8 Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site Access supporting content related to an array of systems management tools using direct links, going to the Dell EMC support site, or using a search engine. ● Direct links: ○ For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management and Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management—https:// www.dell.com/esmmanuals ○ For Dell EMC Virtualization Solutions—https://www.dell.com/SoftwareManuals ○ For Dell EMC OpenManage—https://www.dell.
