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
Chapter 1: About Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center Virtual
Machine Manager.......................................................................................................................6
What’s new in this release.................................................................................................................................................6
Existing features.................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Chapter 2: Installing and setting up DLCI Console Add-in ............................................................. 9
Installing DLCI Console Add-in......................................................................................................................................... 9
Removing or repairing DLCI Console add-in................................................................................................................. 9
Importing DLCI Console Add-in into VMM.................................................................................................................. 10
Viewing DLCI Console Add-in......................................................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 3: Getting Started...........................................................................................................11
Logging in to the DLCI Admin Portal — SCVMM ..................................................................................................... 11
DLCI for SCVMM admin portal........................................................................................................................................11
Logging in to DLCI Console Add-in for SCVMM........................................................................................................ 12
DLCI Console add-in for SCVMM ................................................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 4: Workflows.................................................................................................................. 14
About golden configurations........................................................................................................................................... 14
Creating golden configurations.......................................................................................................................................14
Creating, managing, and deleting credential profiles................................................................................................ 15
Creating, managing, and deleting update sources..................................................................................................... 15
Creating, managing, and deleting custom update groups........................................................................................15
Applying updates on servers........................................................................................................................................... 15
Creating, managing, and deleting protection vaults.................................................................................................. 15
Exporting server profile.................................................................................................................................................... 16
Importing server profile.................................................................................................................................................... 16
Hypervisor deployment.....................................................................................................................................................16
Deleting servers..................................................................................................................................................................16
Configuring replaced components................................................................................................................................. 16
Collecting and viewing LC logs....................................................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 5: Setting up the environment for deploying hypervisors................................................18
Chapter 6: Server discovery.........................................................................................................19
System requirements for managed systems ............................................................................................................. 20
Enabling CSIOR in managed systems...........................................................................................................................20
Discovering servers using auto discovery................................................................................................................... 20
Discovering servers using manual discovery.............................................................................................................. 20
Deleting servers from DLCI Console............................................................................................................................. 21
Viewing device inventory................................................................................................................................................. 21
Synchronization with SCVMM....................................................................................................................................... 22
Synchronizing appliance with SCVMM........................................................................................................................ 22
Resolving synchronization errors.................................................................................................................................. 22
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