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
Dell recommends that you upgrade to the latest firmware to use security, bug fixes, and new feature requests. Dell publishes the
following updates through PDK catalogs posted on Dell FTP at quarterly cadence:
● Server BIOS and firmware
● Dell certified operating system driver packs (for operating system deployment)
Predefined and default update source
DELL ONLINE CATALOG is a predefined update source of type FTP available in the appliance after a fresh installation or
upgrade. You cannot delete, or change the name of a predefined update source.
DELL ONLINE HTTP CATALOG is a default update source available in the appliance after a fresh installation or upgrade. You
cannot delete or change the name of this default update source. However, you can create another update source and mark it as
a default update source.
NOTE:
● After installing DLCI for SCVMM, add the proxy details for DELL ONLINE CATALOG and, DELL ONLINE HTTP
CATALOG update source and save it.
● After upgrading to DLCI for SCVMM version 1.2, set DELL ONLINE HTTP CATALOG as default update source.
Test connection
Use Test Connection to verify if the location of the update source is reachable by using the credentials mentioned while
creating the update source.
You can create an update source, only after confirming that the catalog location is accessible through the provided credentials.
Setting up local FTP
To set up your local FTP:
1. Create a folder structure in your local FTP that is an exact replica of the online FTP, ftp.dell.com.
2. Download the catalog.xml.gz file from online FTP and extract the files.
3. Open the catalog.xml file and change the baseLocation to your local FTP URL, and compress the file with .gz
extension.
For example, change the baseLocation from ftp.dell.com to ftp.yourdomain.com.
4. Place the catalog file and the DUP files in your local FTP folder replicating the same structure as in ftp.dell.com.
Setting up local HTTP
To set up HTTP server on a local system, perform the following:
1. Create a folder structure in your local HTTP that is an exact replica of downloads.dell.com.
2. Download the catalog.xml.gz file from the online HTTP from the following location: http://downloads.dell.com/
catalog/catalog.xml.gz and extract the files.
3. Extract the catalog.xml file, and change the baseLocation to your local HTTP URL, and compress the file with .gz
extension.
For example, change the baseLocation from downloads.dell.com to hostname.com.
4. Place the catalog file with the modified catalog file, and the DUP files in your local HTTP folder replicating the same
structure in downloads.dell.com.
Viewing update source
To view update source:
1. In DLCI for SCVMM, click Maintenance Center.
2. In Maintenance Center, click Maintenance Settings, and then click Update Source.
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