Install Guide

Upgrading from Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite

version 7.0 to Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite

version 7.1

The installer detects the features that are installed from Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite version 7.0, and automatically upgrades

the Dell EMC Management Packs to version 7.1.

NOTE: The installer may display a message prompting a restart after the upgrade is completed, ignore this message as restart is

not required.

NOTE: Refer to Table 2. Dell EMC OMIMSSC and Dell EMC Server Management Pack supported Monitoring Features to know

the supported features that can be upgraded in this approach.

NOTE: The alerts generated for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers, Rack Workstations, and Dell EMC Chassis will be acknowledged.

NOTE: Low performance metrics will be retained after the upgrade.

Upgrading from previous version of Dell EMC Server

Management Pack Suite to Dell EMC OMIMSSC version 7.1

While upgrading to the Dell EMC OMIMSSC version 7.1 from Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite version 7.0, perform the following

steps:

1 Set up the OMIMSSC appliance by deploying the .vhd le onto a virtual machine on a Hyper-V.

2 Perform enrollment of the Operations Manager in the OMIMSSC. Wait for few minutes until the management packs are upgraded.

NOTE

: To plan the number of Proxy MS that are required, see Introduction to Proxy MS.

NOTE: The supported number of devices on a Proxy MS is 250. For more information, see Conguration planning for

Management Server and Proxy MS with deployment scenarios for supported scalability.

3 Launch the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Dashboard and perform Synchronize with MSSC from the respective device view

to synchronize the devices that are discovered in the Operations Manager console. For example, to synchronize the SMASH devices

that are discovered in Operations Manager, go to the Server View in the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Dashboard and click on

the Synchronize with MSSC button. A Synchronize with MSSC operation also synchronizes the Proxy MS details that are added to

the DellProxyMSGroup. For more information, see Adding Proxy MS to DellProxyMSGroup and Synchronizing Dell Proxy MS with

OMIMSSC and Synchronizing Dell EMC devices with enrolled Operations Manager in Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version

7.1 for Microsoft System Center for Operations Manager(SCOM) User's Guide.

CAUTION

: Ensure to add the required number of Proxy MSes when you want to scale to large number of devices.

NOTE: Ensure that the Dell CMC login Account prole has been associated with the Run As Account for Dell Modular Chassis.

NOTE: Performance metrics that are generated from Dell EMC Servers and Rack Workstation Monitoring feature that is

discovered through the WSMAN protocol in the 7.0 views are not retained.

Upgrading from version 6.3 and prior versions

Upgrade from the Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite version 6.3 or earlier versions to version 7.1 are not supported.

Installing Dell EMC Server Management Pack suite for Operations Manager