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
● Custom import server profile — allows you to import server profiles for each of the individually selected servers. For
example, if exporting server profile is scheduled, and the server profile is exported every day, this feature allows you to
select a specific server profile that is imported from the list of server profiles available in the protection vault of that server.
Import server profile notes:
● You can import a server profile from the list of exported server profiles for that server only. You cannot import the same
server profiles for different servers or server groups. If you try to import server profile of another server or server group, the
import server profile job fails.
● If a server profile image is not available for a particular server or group of servers, and an import server profile job is
attempted for that particular server or group of servers, the import server profile job fails for those particular servers that do
that have server profile and a log message is added in the Activity logs with the details of the failure.
● After exporting a server profile, if any component is removed from the server, and then an import profile job is started,
all the components information are restored except the missing component information is skipped. This information is not
available in the activity log of DLCI for SCVMM. To know more about the missing components, see iDRAC’s LifeCycle Log.
● You cannot import a server profile after applying the filters. To import server profiles, clear all the applied filters.
Importing server profile
To import inventory of discovered servers:
1. In DLCI for SCVMM, under Maintenance Center, select the servers’ whose profiles you want to import, and click Import
Server Profile.
2. Provide the required details, select the Import Server Profile Type you want, and then click Finish.
NOTE: Clear the Preserve Data option if you do not want to preserve the present RAID configurations of the server.
Manage jobs
All the firmware update, export and import server configuration jobs are listed with their status information. Also, you can cancel
only the scheduled jobs.
Canceling firmware update jobs
Prerequisites: Make sure that the job is in Scheduled state.
To cancel a scheduled firmware update job:
1. In DLCI for SCVMM, click Maintenance Center, and then click Manage Jobs.
2. Select the jobs that you want to cancel, click Cancel, and then click Yes.
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