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
c. If a server is listed as an unassigned server and manually added to SCVMM, then after
synchronization the server is added in to the hosts tab in the appliance.
d. If a host server belongs to a Hyper-V cluster, then the cluster details are available in the device
inventory. The host server is added or moved to the cluster update group.
e. If a host is a modular server, then the service tag of the chassis containing the modular server is
added to the device inventory page. If the modular server does not belong to a Hyper-V cluster,
the host server is added or moved into the chassis update group.
f. Any changes to the host inventory details such as hostname, iDRAC IP address, memory, cluster
membership and so on are updated in device inventory.
g. DLCI for SCVMM can provide the latest firmware inventory information. If a default update
source is provided, then the firmware inventory is compared against the update source and the
latest information is added to the update group.
Synchronizing appliance with SCVMM
To perform synchronization:
In DLCI for SC2012 VMM, click Device Inventory, and then click Synchronize with SCVMM.
Resolving synchronization errors
The servers that are not synchronized with appliance are listed with their iDRAC IP address and host
name.
Consider the following when you are resolving synchronization errors:
• For servers that are not synchronized due to credentials, iDRAC, connectivity, or other issues; Resolve
the issues first, and then resynchronize.
To resynchronize the servers:
1. In DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM, click Device Inventory and then click Resolve Sync
Errors.
2. Select the servers you want to synchronize and select the credential profile or create new credential
profile.
3. Provide a job name and select Go to the Job List to view the job status, and then click Finish.
Launching iDRAC Console
To launch iDRAC Console:
In Device Inventory, under Unassigned Servers or Hosts, click the iDRAC IP.
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