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
Creating hypervisor profile
You can create a hypervisor profile and use the profile to deploy the operating system on the servers. A hypervisor profile
contains a customized WinPE ISO (WinPE ISO is used for hypervisor deployment), host group and host profile taken from
SCVMM, and LC drivers for injection.
Prerequisites:
● The required WinPE ISO is created and the ISO is available in the share folder of DLCI Integration gateway for SCVMM. To
update WinPE image, see WinPE image update.
● In SCVMM, a Host group, a Host profile, or physical computer profile is created.
To create a hypervisor profile:
1. In DLCI Console Add-in for SCVMM, do any of the following:
● In dashboard, click Create Hypervisor Profiles.
● In the left navigation pane, click Profiles and Templates, click Hypervisor Profiles, and then click Create.
2. In the Hypervisor Profile Wizard, Welcome page, click Next.
3. In Hypervisor Profile, provide a name and description for the profile, and then click Next.
4. In SCVMM information page, provide the SCVMM Host Group Destination and SCVMM Host Profile/Physical
Computer Profile information.
5. In WinPE Boot Image Source, provide the <Network WinPE ISO file name>.iso information, and then click Next.
6. (Optional) To enable LC driver injection; if enabled, select the operating system that you want to deploy so that the relevant
drivers are picked up. Select Enable LC Drivers Injection and in Hypervisor Version, select the required hypervisor
version.
7. In Summary, click Finish.
Modifying hypervisor profile
Consider the following when you are modifying a hypervisor profile:
● You can modify host profile, host group, and drivers from Lifecycle Controller.
● You can modify the WinpE ISO name; however, you cannot modify the ISO.
To modify a hypervisor profile:
1. In DLCI Console Add-in for SCVMM, in Hypervisor Profile, select the profile that you want to modify and click Edit.
2. Provide the details and click Finish.
Deleting hypervisor profile
Consider the following when you are deleting a hypervisor profile:
● If a hypervisor profile is deleted, then the deployment template associated with the hypervisor profile is also deleted.
To delete a hypervisor profile:
In DLCI Console Add-in for SCVMM, in Hypervisor Profile, select the profile that you want to delete and click Delete.
WinPE Update
A PreExecution Environment (PXE) server of SCVMM is required for creating a WinPE image. A WinPE ISO is created from the
WinPE image and Dell OpenMange Deployment Toolkit (DTK).
NOTE:
While using the latest version of DTK for creating a WinPE ISO image, use the Dell OpenManage Deployment
Toolkit for Windows file. The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit for Windows file contains the necessary firmware
versions required for systems on which you are deploying the operating systems. Use the latest version of the file, and do
not use the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Windows Driver Cabinet file for WinPE update.
To create a WinPE ISO image:
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Profiles and templates