Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 7.2 with Microsoft System Center for System Center Operations Manager User's Guide
- Contents
- About this guide
- About Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
- Purchase and manage OMIMSSC license
- Port information and Communication Matrix for OMIMSSC appliance
- Support Matrix
- Deploy and configure the OMIMSSC appliance
- OMIMSSC and SCOM interfaces for device management
- Enroll (register) management servers to OMIMSSC
- Tasks you can perform on the OMIMSSC Admin Portal
- Manage OMIMSSC from the SCOM console
- Discovery and monitoring of PowerEdge servers by using the licensed monitoring features of OMIMSSC
- Introduction to the licensed monitoring features in OMIMSSC for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations
- Discovery and classification of PowerEdge servers and workstations by using WS-Man or iDRAC access using Host operating system
- Prerequisites to discover PowerEdge Servers using Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed)
- Discover PowerEdge servers by using iDRAC WS-Man through OMIMSSC
- Discover PowerEdge servers by using the SCOM console
- Object discoveries using WS-Man
- Install SNMP services to monitor PowerEdge servers
- Monitoring PowerEdge servers and rack workstations on the SCOM console
- Discovery and monitoring of Dell EMC chassis using OMIMSSC
- Discovery and monitoring of Dell EMC Network Switches using OMIMSSC
- Discovery and classification of network switches
- Override properties to customize the network switch discovery process
- Import network switch management packs for discovery from OMIMSSC Admin Portal
- Discover Dell EMC Network Switches by using OMIMSSC
- Discover Dell EMC Network Switches by using SCOM
- Network Switches monitoring feature in OMIMSSC
- Manage Dell EMC devices using the OMIMSSC appliance
- View jobs in OMIMSSC Admin Portal and OpenManage Integration Dashboard
- Run tasks on the SCOM console for OMIMSSC monitoring features
- Run OMIMSSC monitoring feature-based tasks on SCOM
- Tasks run on Dell EMC devices by using the OMIMSSC monitoring features
- Check connection to the nodes
- View warranty information of PowerEdge servers
- Start OMSA on monolithic servers using the SCOM console
- Start iDRAC using the SCOM console
- Start Remote Desktop on monolithic servers using the SCOM console
- Perform a remote iDRAC hard reset operation
- Clear Embedded Server Management (ESM) logs
- Power management-related tasks
- Start the Dell CMC console
- Upgrading the OMIMSSC appliance
- De-enroll (Deregister) management servers enrolled to OMIMSSC
- Remove an OMIMSSC VM
- Troubleshooting
- After deploying the OMIMSSC appliance, an IP address is not assigned to the OMIMSSC appliance
- After deploying the OMIMSSC appliance, enrollment of management servers with OMIMSSC is unsuccessful or the management packs are not successfully installed.
- Unable to start the OpenManage Integration Dashboard in the SCOM console
- Unable to connect to the OMIMSSC appliance
- Issues observed when usernames of local account and domain account match but the passwords differ
- Resolve issues in synchronizing data of Dell EMC devices with OMIMSSC
- Manually clean the SCOM console that is unreachable during the de-enrollment
- Connection is unavailable between OMIMSSC and the SCOM console
- Unable to log in to the OMIMSSC Admin portal by using the Mozilla Firefox browser
- A job run on OMIMSSC to discover a device stays in the Progress state for more than five hours
- Unable to discover and monitor devices after restarting OMIMSSC
- Event ID 33333: Data Access Layer rejected retry on SqlError
- Resolve issues in the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Reference topics
- Monitoring features supported by OMIMSSC
- Configuring the monitoring features of OMIMSSC by using the Feature Management Dashboard
- Import monitoring features using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Upgrade monitoring features using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Customizing monitoring features using the Feature Management Dashboard for scalable and detailed editions
- Remove monitoring features using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Severity levels of discovered devices
- Key features of licensed monitoring of PowerEdge servers in OMIMSSC
- System configuration lockdown mode in iDRAC9 PowerEdge servers
- iDRAC Group Manager in iDRAC9 PowerEdge servers
- Event auto resolution
- Capacity planning of PowerEdge servers discovered through iDRAC and iSM
- Detect and restore the status of a failed CMC or OpenManage Enterprise-Modular
- Port connection information of PowerEdge servers discovered through iDRAC and iSM
- Hardware components of servers and rack workstations monitored by OMIMSSC
- Hardware components of chassis monitored by OMIMSSC
- Hardware components of network switches monitored by OMIMSSC
- View options provided by the OMIMSSC monitoring features
- OMIMSSC Unit Monitors
- Event rules used by different monitoring features of OMIMSSC
- Additional resources
- Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site
- Contacting Dell Technologies
- Glossary
- Additional topics
Create Windows credential profile for enrolling a SCOM console to
OMIMSSC
To create a Windows credential profile:
1. During enrollment of one or more management servers with SCOM, on the Console Enrollement page, click Create New.
2. In the Create Profile dialog box, enter or select the following data:
a. From the Credential Profile Type drop-down menu, select Windows Credential Profile.
b. Enter a name for the newly created credential profile.
c. Provide the user credentials of a user who will enroll a SCOM management server to OMIMSSC.
d. Enter the domain name of the management server associated with this SCOM.
e. Click Finish.
Skip to Step 7 to create the Windows credential profile.
3. To create a Windows credential profile in the SCOM console after the enrollment of management servers, under Dell EMC
OpenManage Integrations Views, select OpenManage Integration Dashboard.
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Dashboard is displayed.
4. Log in into the Dell EMC OMIMSSC.
5. In the left pane, select Profiles and Configuration > Credential Profile, and then click Create.
6. Perform the actions provided in Step 2.
7. Provide a unique name for the job, and then click Finish.
The new Windows credential profile is successfully created, and then listed in the Credentials drop-down menu.
Create a device credential profile in OMIMSSC
1. In the left pane of SCOM, select Monitoring.
2. Expand Dell EMC > Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Dashboard.
3. Enter the OMIMSSC administrator credentials to log in to the OpenManage Integration Dashboard.
4. Expand the left pane and select Profiles and Configuration > Credential Profile.
The available credential profiles are listed in the working pane.
5. Click Create.
6. In the Credential Profile dialog box, enter or select the following data:
a. From the Credential Profile Type drop-down menu, select Device Credential Profile.
b. Enter a name and description for the new credential profile.
7. To create a device credential profile for:
● PowerEdge servers, chassis, and modular systems :
a. Select HTTP as the protocol.
b. Enter the credentials.
c. If necessary, change the WS-Man or Rest port number.
● Network switches:
a. Select SNMP as the protocol.
b. Enter the community string and SNMP port number.
8. From the Default Profile for drop-down menu, to sync devices discovered in SCOM, select one of the following to make it
as the default profile for the credential type you have selected.
OMIMSSC uses the default profile to discover devices discovered in the native SCOM console.
● iDRAC—Default profile for servers.
● CMC—Default profile for Chassis Management Controller or OpenManage Enterprise Modular (CMC/ OME-M).
● Network switch—Default profile for network switch.
● None—To not set this profile as a default profile.
The default iDRAC profile is used to access the device when you discover a device or perform synchronization.
9. Click Finish.
The device credential profile is created and listed in the Credential Profiles list. To refresh the list, click Refresh.
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Manage OMIMSSC from the SCOM console