Users Guide

that are non-compliant due to the iDRAC license. If the

Recheck Bare Metal Server Compliance

link is disabled, that

means there are no bare metal servers that are non-compliant due to the iDRAC license.

1. In Dell Management Center, in the left pane, click Compliance.

2. Expand Compliance, and click iDRAC License.

Once you arrive to this page the compliance test runs. This is the same test that runs when you click Refresh.

3. If your license is out of date, click Purchase/Renew iDRAC License.

4. Log into the Dell License Management page and update or purchase a new iDRAC license.

Use the information on this page to identify and update your iDRAC.

5. After you install an iDRAC license, run an inventory job for vSphere hosts and return to this page after the inventory

job completes. For bare metal servers, recheck licensed bare metal server compliance.

Upgrading Dell Management Plug-In For VMware VCenter

There are three upgrade scenarios for the Dell Management Plug-in:

• Upgrading From Version 1.0 To the Current Version

• Upgrading Dell Management Plug-in From Trial Version To Full Product Version

• Upgrading Dell Management Plug-in from Previous Version (1.0.1 or later) to the Current Version

NOTE: Perform an appliance backup before you begin the upgrade. See Performing An Immediate Backup.

Upgrading From Version 1.0 To the Current Version

To upgrade from version 1.0 to the current version:

1. Launch a browser window and enter the Administration Console displayed in the vSphere vCenter Console tab for

the virtual machine you want to configure or use the link from the

Dell Management Console → Settings page. The

URL uses the following format and is case sensitive: https://<ApplianceIPAddress>

2. In the Administration Console, to unregister the 1.0 appliance from any vCenter instances to which it is registered,

select VCENTER REGISTRATION → Unregister .

3. To back up the virtual appliance data to a network share location, from the left-pane of the Administration Console,

select BACKUP AND RESTORE.

4. In vSphere, shut down the 1.0 virtual appliance.

5. Deploy the new current version appliance OVF from the vSphere Client, set the administration password, and

configure networking through the appliance console's user interface.

NOTE: If the current version appliance is using the same IP address as the 1.0 version, clear the Internet

Explorer cache.

6. To upgrade to the full product version, repeat Step 1.

7. In the Administration Console Login dialog box, in the Enter Password below text box, enter the password, and then

click

8. There is a Dell_Management_Center_license.bin file included in the product download package. This file contains

your product license, and must be uploaded to your appliance. To upload the license file, in the Administration

Console, on the vCenter Registration page, click Upload License.

9. In the Upload License dialog box, click Browse to navigate to the license file.

10. To upload the license file, click Upload.

11. Restore the 1.0 user data that was backed up from the network share to the curent version appliance using current

version Administration Console. See

Restoring The Database From Backup.