Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 1.2 for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager User’s Guide
- About Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
- Installing and setting up DLCI Console Add-in
- Getting Started
- Workflows
- About golden configurations
- Creating golden configurations
- Creating, managing, and deleting credential profiles
- Creating, managing, and deleting update sources
- Creating, managing, and deleting custom update groups
- Applying updates on servers, or server groups
- Creating, managing, and deleting protection vaults
- Exporting server profile
- Importing server profile
- Hypervisor deployment
- Deleting servers
- Setting up the environment for deploying hypervisors
- Server discovery
- System requirements for managed systems
- Enabling CSIOR in managed systems
- Discovering servers using auto discovery
- Discovering servers using manual discovery
- Deleting servers from DLCI Console
- Viewing device inventory
- Synchronization with SC2012 VMM
- Synchronizing appliance with SCVMM
- Resolving synchronization errors
- Launching iDRAC Console
- License for the appliance
- Server management
- Profiles and templates
- About credential profile
- Creating hardware profile
- Modifying hardware configuration profile
- Deleting hardware profile
- Creating hypervisor profile
- Modifying hypervisor profile
- Deleting hypervisor profile
- WinPE Update
- About hypervisor deployment
- Creating deployment template
- Modifying deployment template
- Deleting deployment template
- Deploying hypervisors
- Viewing information in appliance
- Troubleshooting
- Account deletion in SC2012 VMM
- Comparison report not displayed in Maintenance Center
- Compatibility issue of appliance with ADK
- Empty cluster update group does not get deleted during autodiscovery or synchronization
- Discovery jobs not submitted
- Duplicate VRTX chassis group gets created
- Exporting configuration profile of another server after IP address is changed
- Error accessing the appliance after changing network configuration
- Error accessing plugin after updating SCVMM R2
- Failure to connect to server
- Failure of creation of update source
- Failure of firmware update on cluster update group
- Failure of a scheduled job on an update group
- Failure of firmware update because of job queue being full
- Failure to connect to FTP using system default update source
- Failure to create a repository during a firmware update
- Failure to delete a custom update group
- Failure to export server profiles
- Firmware update on a few components irrespective of the selection
- IG installation issue while running multiple instances of the installer on the same server
- Importing server profile job gets timed out after two hours
- Hypervisor deployment failure
- Hypervisor deployment failure due to driver files retained in library share
- Latest inventory information is not displayed even after firmware update
- SC2012 VMM error 21119 while adding servers to active directory
- Connection lost between appliance and Integration Gateway
- Hypervisor deployment fails for 11th generation PowerEdge blade servers when using Active Directory
- RAID configuration failure for virtual disks with RAID10
- Configuration of RAID failure due to configuration of hot spares on software RAID S130
- Accessing documents from Dell support site
Exporting server profile
To export server configuration:
1. Create a protection vault. For more information, see Creating protection vault.
2. Export server profile immediately, or schedule it for a later date. For more information, see Creating
export jobs.
Importing server profile
To import a server profile:
1. Create a protection vault. For more information, see Creating protection vault.
2. Export a server profile. For more information, see Creating export jobs.
3. Import an exported server profile including, or excluding the RAID configuration. For more
information, see Importing server profile.
Hypervisor deployment
Using the appliance, you can perform firmware update and hypervisor deployment based on the golden
configuration. You can use the LC Driver Injection feature for the factory delivered servers that ship with
the latest driver packs. Also, you can update the driver packs, and get the same benefits of installing latest
drivers during hypervisor deployments and firmware updates.
Table 1. Different scenarios for hypervisor deployment
If you require the latest factory drivers and out-of-
band drivers
While creating a hypervisor profile, enable LC
(Lifecycle Controller) driver injection.
If you want to retain the existing hardware
configuration
While creating a deployment template, select only
the hypervisor profile.
To work with hypervisor deployment, see the following:
1. About deployment
2. Creating credential profiles
3. Creating update sources
4. Creating hardware profiles
5. Creating hypervisor profiles
6. Creating deployment templates
7. (Optional) Creating custom update groups
8. (Optional) Applying updates on servers
9. Deploying hypervisors
Deleting servers
For information on deleting servers in the appliance, see Deleting servers from DLCI Console.
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