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
Launching iDRAC Console...............................................................................................................................................22
Chapter 7: License for the appliance ...........................................................................................23
Chapter 8: Server management................................................................................................... 24
Integration with DRM.......................................................................................................................................................25
Filters................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Update source overview..................................................................................................................................................25
Setting up local FTP................................................................................................................................................... 26
Setting up local HTTP................................................................................................................................................ 26
Viewing update source...............................................................................................................................................26
Creating update source..............................................................................................................................................27
Modifying update source........................................................................................................................................... 27
Deleting update source.............................................................................................................................................. 27
Update groups....................................................................................................................................................................27
Viewing update groups...............................................................................................................................................29
Creating custom update groups.............................................................................................................................. 29
Modifying custom update groups............................................................................................................................29
Deleting custom update groups............................................................................................................................... 29
Applying updates on servers.......................................................................................................................................... 30
Polling and notification..................................................................................................................................................... 31
Setting notifications.................................................................................................................................................... 31
Protection vault..................................................................................................................................................................31
Creating protection vault........................................................................................................................................... 31
Modifying protection vault.........................................................................................................................................31
Deleting protection vault............................................................................................................................................ 31
Part replacement...............................................................................................................................................................32
Applying firmware and configuration settings...................................................................................................... 32
Lifecycle Controller Logs collection..............................................................................................................................32
Collecting LC logs........................................................................................................................................................33
Viewing LC logs............................................................................................................................................................33
Exporting inventory...........................................................................................................................................................34
Viewing and refreshing firmware inventory.......................................................................................................... 34
Exporting server profiles................................................................................................................................................. 35
Creating export jobs................................................................................................................................................... 35
Canceling export server configuration jobs.......................................................................................................... 35
Importing server profile................................................................................................................................................... 35
Importing server profile..............................................................................................................................................36
Manage jobs........................................................................................................................................................................36
Canceling firmware update jobs...............................................................................................................................36
Chapter 9: Profiles and templates............................................................................................... 37
About credential profile....................................................................................................................................................37
Creating credential profile......................................................................................................................................... 37
Modifying credential profile...................................................................................................................................... 38
Deleting credential profile..........................................................................................................................................38
Creating hardware profile................................................................................................................................................38
Modifying hardware configuration profile................................................................................................................... 39
Deleting hardware profile................................................................................................................................................ 39
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