Technical White Paper Scalability with Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Abstract The Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) appliance provides an option to configure Proxy Management Servers (henceforth referred to as Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers).
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Executive summary Executive summary The Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows System Center (OMIMSSC) for Operations Manager appliance provides an option to configure Proxy Management Servers (henceforth referred to as Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers).
Technical support and resources 1 Monitoring more devices with OMIMSSC by using Proxy Management Servers (henceforth referred to as Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers) 1.1 Overview of Proxy MS Proxy MS (henceforth referred to as Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers) is a virtual machine running on Windows Server Operating System that is introduced for Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center—Operations Manager (version 7.
Technical support and resources 1.4 Setting up Proxy MS to monitor multiple devices 1.4.1 Prerequisites for setting up Proxy MS for scaling up the number of monitored devices • Ensure that proxy management server is discovered as an agent-based computer on the SCOM console. • • • 1.4.2 Configure registry settings on the proxy management server. Apply Microsoft public hotfix: https://support.microsoft.
Technical support and resources After running the DellEMC-Proxy-MS-Configuration-Script.ps1 script: • • • 1.4.4 The script stops the agent health services and backs up current registry values in the same directory path. The required registry key changes are implemented on the proxy management server. See Proxy management server registry configuration definitions. Microsoft Monitoring Agent Health Services are started.
Technical support and resources Use-case scenarios for configuring proxy management server on a management server that is running on SCOM 2012 R2. Monitoring Mode Device Count Number of Management Servers Scalable <=600 For minimum hardware recommendation for MS, DB, and the number of management servers, set Number of Network Devices count to 2,000 in Sizing Guide. NOTE: This configuration is required for monitoring Dell devices that are mentioned under Device count column.
Technical support and resources Scenario 1. Use-case scenarios for configuring proxy management server on management server running on SCOM 2016 and later versions Required minimum number of Remarks proxy management servers Dell Monitoring EMC mode Devices count Proxy management Number of management server servers configured Scalable No Set “Number of Network NA Devices” count to 2,000 in Sizing Guide. Yes Same as above.
Technical support and resources Dell Monitoring EMC mode Devices count Proxy management Number of management server servers configured Required minimum number of Remarks proxy management servers Yes 4 Same as above.
Technical support and resources Scenario 2: Devices discovery using Dell EMC OMIMSSC (iDRAC, chassis, network switch) Dell EMC devices are discovered as iDRAC, Dell EMC Chassis, or Dell EMC Network. The inputs are provided in the OpenManage Integration Dashboard and during discovery, the IP address range is provided, and appropriate credential profile is associated with the job. Scenario 2.
Technical support and resources 1. Discover the proxy management server VM as an Agent-Managed Windows computer in the SCOM console. For more information, see the respective SCOM documentation at docs.microsoft.com/scom. 2. After enrollment in the OMIMSSC Admin portal, log in to OMIMSSC. 3. Click Authoring → Groups. 4. From the Group list, select DellProxyMSGroup. 5. Right-click DellProxyMSGroup and select Properties. 6. Click Explicit Members and click Add/Remove Objects.
Technical support and resources 1.10 Resolve errors when discovery of devices is unsuccessful by using the Resolve Sync Errors feature 1. 2. 3. 4. On the SCOM console, in the left pane, click Monitoring. Click Dell EMC OpenManage Integrations Views → OpenManage Integration Dashboard. Log in to the OMIMSSC appliance as an administrator. The OMI Dashboard page is displayed. Select the device type that you want to synchronize. For example, to synchronize a server with SCOM, click View Servers.
Technical support and resources A Technical support and resources Dell.com/support is focused on meeting customer needs with proven services and support. Dell.com/esmmanuals: For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management, Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management, and Dell EMC Virtualization Solutions documents. A.
