Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 1.3 for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center 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
- Creating, managing, and deleting protection vaults
- Exporting server profile
- Importing server profile
- Hypervisor deployment
- Deleting servers
- Configuring replaced components
- Collecting and viewing LC logs
- 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 SCVMM
- 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
- 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
- Failure applying RAID configuration
- Failure of creation of update source
- Failure of firmware update because of job queue being full
- Failure of firmware update while using DRM update source
- Failure of a scheduled job on an update group
- Failure of firmware update on cluster update group
- Failure of firmware update on 11th generation of servers
- 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 LC logs in CSV format
- Failure to view LC logs
- 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
- SCVMM error 21119 while adding servers to active directory
- 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 support content from the Dell EMC support site
3. To record the ideal configuration, create a hardware profile. To create a hardware profile, see Creating hardware profile.
4. If you want to modify configurations, see Modifying hardware configuration profile.
Creating, managing, and deleting credential profiles
To create a credential profile, see Creating a credential profile.
To manage a credential profile, see Modifying a credential profile.
To delete a credential profile, see Deleting a credential profile.
Creating, managing, and deleting update sources
To create an update source, see Creating an update source.
To manage an update source, see Modifying an update source.
To delete an update source, see Deleting an update source.
Creating, managing, and deleting custom update
groups
To create a custom update group, see Creating a custom update group.
To manage a custom update group, see Modifying a custom update group.
To delete a custom update group, see Deleting a custom update group.
Applying updates on servers
You can update the selected servers or server groups using the following sources:
● Online FTP and local FTP source
● Online HTTP and local HTTP
● Local DRM repository
To apply updates on selected servers or server groups:
1. Before you begin updates, view information on update sources and update groups. For more information, see Server
management.
2. Discover servers. For more information, see Discovering servers using auto discovery, or Discovering servers using manual
discovery.
3. Synchronize servers present in SCVMM environment with DLCI for SCVMM. For more information on synchronization, see
Synchronization with SCVMM.
4. Ensure that the servers inventory is up-to-date. For more information, see Viewing device inventory.
5. Ensure that there is an update source created. For more information, see Creating an update source.
6. Ensure that the update source is regularly updated with the latest catalog using polling and notification. For more
information, see Polling and notification.
7. Ensure that the required server groups are selected to apply the updates. For more information, see Applying updates on
servers.
NOTE: Select Allow Downgrade to downgrade the firmware version of the components.
Creating, managing, and deleting protection vaults
1. To create a protection vault, see Creation of protection vault.
Workflows
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