Administrator Guide

6. Select the Enabled checkbox.
7. Click OK.
The Data Collector Restart dialog box opens.
8. Click Yes.
The Data Collector service stops and restarts.
Using the Dell SMI-S Provider with Microsoft
SCVMM
Complete the following tasks to discover the Dell SMI-S provider using System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 or
SCVMM 2016:
Steps
1. SCVMM Prerequisites
2. Limitations for SCVMM 2012
3. Modify the SCVMM 2012 Management Server Registry to Allow HTTPS
4. Use SCVMM to Discover the SMI-S Provider
SCVMM Prerequisites
Make sure that the following prerequisites are met before using SCVMM to discover the Dell SMI-S provider and Storage Centers.
About this task
• SCVMM and the Storage Manager Data Collector must be installed on separate servers, and both servers must be members of the
same Active Directory domain.
• If the SCVMM server is running Windows Server 2012 R2:
• Install Update Rollup 14 for SCVMM on the server – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4043306/description-of-update-
rollup-14-for-microsoft-system-center-2012-r2
• Enable TLS v1.2 on the server – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4055768/tls-1-2-protocol-support-deployment-
guide-for-system-center-2012-r2
• If the SCVMM sever is running Windows Server 2016:
• Install latest version of SCVMM on the server
• Enable TLS v1.2 on the server – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4051111/tls-1-2-protocol-support-deployment-guide-
for-system-center-2016
• SMI-S must be enabled and configured for the Storage Manager Data Collector.
• The Storage Centers that you want to manage with SMI-S must be added to Data Collector and mapped to the SMI-S user.
Limitations for SCVMM 2012
Review the following limitations before you use Microsoft SCVMM 2012 to discover the Dell SMI-S provider and Storage Centers.
Thin Provisioning
The SCVMM 2012 console limits the maximum volume size at creation time to the available capacity of the storage pool. Storage Center
thin provisioning does not have this restriction. This limitation can also cause the SCVMM 2012 console to display an error for "Allocated
Storage" if allocated storage exceeds the available physical storage.
To create a volume that is larger than the available storage pool, use the PowerShell cmdlet New-SCStorageLogicalUnit instead of
the SCVMM 2012 console.
Adding Server WWNs
If a WWN is not associated with a Storage Center server object, SMI-S creates one new server object for each available WWN. If a server
has more than one WWN, SMI-S creates one server object for each WWN instead of creating one server object with multiple WWNs.
If a server has more than one WWN, create the server object manually instead of allowing SMI-S to automatically create the object(s).
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