Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 7.3 with Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) User's Guide
- Contents
- About Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
- Purchase and manage OMIMSSC license
- Port information and communication matrix for OMIMSSC appliance
- Support Matrix
- Deploy and configure the OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM
- Enrolling (registering) SCOM Management Group with OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM
- Create Windows Credential Profile
- Enroll SCOM Management Group and Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers with OMIMSSC for SCOM
- Modify enrollment settings
- Configuring and onboarding Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers
- Alert Relay Servers system requirements
- Prerequisites for setting up Alert Relay Servers for scaling up the number of monitored devices
- Discover Alert Relay Servers on the SCOM console
- Download and install Dell EMC Alert Relay Server Installer from the OMIMSSC Admin Portal
- Configuration changes performed by Dell EMC Alert Relay Server Installer
- Monitoring views of Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers
- Synchronize Alert Relay Servers with OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM
- Repair Dell EMC Alert Relay Server Installer installation errors
- Uninstall Dell EMC Alert Relay Server Installer
- Other tasks you can perform on the OMIMSSC Admin Portal
- Manage OMIMSSC from the SCOM console
- Discovery and monitoring of PowerEdge servers by using the licensed monitoring features of OMIMSSC
- Introduction to the licensed monitoring features of OMIMSSC for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations
- Discovery and classification of PowerEdge servers and workstations by using WS-Man or iDRAC access using Host operating system
- Prerequisites to discover PowerEdge Servers using Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed)
- Discover PowerEdge servers by using iDRAC WS-Man through OMIMSSC
- Discover PowerEdge servers by using the SCOM console
- Object discoveries using WS-Man
- Configuration of alert settings on iDRAC and SCOM console
- Monitoring PowerEdge servers and rack workstations on the SCOM console
- Discover and manage PowerEdge servers by using iSM-WMI
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- Scalable and Detailed editions for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations using iSM-WMI
- Discovery and classification of PowerEdge servers and rack workstations using iSM-WMI
- Prerequisites for discovering PowerEdge servers by using iSM-WMI
- Discover PowerEdge servers by using iSM-WMI
- Monitoring features for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations using iSM-WMI
- View options for Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring feature by using iSM-WMI
- Discovery and monitoring of Dell EMC chassis using OMIMSSC
- Discovery and monitoring of Dell EMC Network Switches using OMIMSSC
- Discovery and classification of network switches
- Override properties to customize the network switch discovery process
- Discover Dell EMC Network Switches by using OMIMSSC
- Discover Dell EMC Network Switches by using SCOM
- Configuration of SNMP RunAsAccount on the SCOM console for network switches
- Network Switches monitoring feature in OMIMSSC
- Manage Dell EMC devices using the OMIMSSC appliance
- Run tasks on the SCOM console for OMIMSSC monitoring features
- Run OMIMSSC monitoring feature-based tasks on SCOM
- Tasks run on Dell EMC devices by using the OMIMSSC monitoring features
- Check connection to the nodes
- View warranty information of PowerEdge servers
- Launch OMSA on monolithic servers using the SCOM console
- Launch iDRAC using the SCOM console
- Launch Remote Desktop on monolithic servers using the SCOM console
- Perform a remote iDRAC hard reset operation
- Clear Embedded Server Management (ESM) logs
- Power management-related tasks
- Launch the Dell CMC console
- Backup and restore OMIMSSC appliance settings and data
- Upgrading the OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM
- De-enroll (Deregister) SCOM Management Group enrolled with OMIMSSC
- Remove an OMIMSSC VM
- Troubleshooting
- Deployment of OMIMSSC appliance and OMIMSSC Admin Portal-related issues
- After deploying the OMIMSSC appliance, an IP address is not assigned to the OMIMSSC appliance
- Unable to start the OpenManage Integration Dashboard in the SCOM console
- Unable to log in to the OMIMSSC Admin portal by using the Mozilla Firefox browser
- Unable to connect to the OMIMSSC appliance
- Connection is unavailable between OMIMSSC and the SCOM console
- Enrollment of SCOM Management Group with OMIMSSC appliance-related issues
- After deploying the OMIMSSC appliance, enrollment of Management Servers with OMIMSSC is unsuccessful or Dell EMC management packs are not successfully installed.
- Issues observed when usernames of local account and domain account match but the passwords differ
- Importing of Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Dashboard View Management pack fails in Microsoft System Center-Operations Manager 2012 R2
- De-enrollment of SCOM Management Group with OMIMSSC appliance-related issues
- Discovery and monitoring Dell EMC devices-related issues
- Unable to discover and monitor devices after restarting OMIMSSC
- A job run on OMIMSSC to discover a device stays in the Progress state for more than five hours
- Unable to set the SNMP trap destination on the target device(s)
- Unable to receive alerts from the discovered chassis or network switches
- Resolve issues in synchronizing data of Dell EMC devices with OMIMSSC
- Other issues
- Resolve issues in the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Event ID 33333: Data Access Layer rejected retry on SqlError
- Unable to download Certificate Signing Request using Internet Explorer
- OMIMSSC Admin Portal displays exceptions after upgrading the appliance
- Associated devices with the Dell EMC Alert Relay Server are not deleted from the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Dashboard if there is a network issue
- Deployment of OMIMSSC appliance and OMIMSSC Admin Portal-related issues
- Reference topics
- Monitoring features supported by OMIMSSC
- Configuring the monitoring features of OMIMSSC by using the Feature Management Dashboard
- Import monitoring features using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Upgrade monitoring features using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Customizing monitoring features using the Feature Management Dashboard for scalable and detailed editions
- Remove monitoring features using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard
- Severity levels of discovered devices
- Run tasks on the SCOM console
- Override properties to customize the device discovery process
- Key features of licensed monitoring of PowerEdge servers in OMIMSSC
- System configuration lockdown mode in iDRAC9 PowerEdge servers
- iDRAC Group Manager in iDRAC9 PowerEdge servers
- Event auto resolution
- Capacity planning of PowerEdge servers discovered through iDRAC and iSM
- Detect and restore the status of a failed CMC or OpenManage Enterprise-Modular
- Port connection information of PowerEdge servers discovered through iDRAC and iSM
- Hardware components of servers and rack workstations monitored by OMIMSSC
- Hardware components of chassis monitored by OMIMSSC
- Hardware components of network switches monitored by OMIMSSC
- View options provided by the OMIMSSC monitoring features
- OMIMSSC Unit Monitors
- Unit monitors in the licensed monitoring feature of OMIMSSC and Dell EMC Windows Server Agent-based and iDRAC7 or iDRAC8 SNMP Management Pack Version 7.3 for System Center Operations Manager for PowerEdge servers and workstations
- Unit monitors for Dell EMC Chassis Monitoring feature
- Unit monitors for Dell EMC Network Switches Monitoring feature
- Event rules used by different monitoring features of OMIMSSC
- Additional resources
- Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site
- Contacting Dell Technologies
- Glossary
- Additional topics
Chapter 1: About Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft System Center
(OMIMSSC) for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)....................................................8
OMIMSSC architecture overview....................................................................................................................................9
Key features of OMIMSSC for SCOM........................................................................................................................... 9
Advantages of the OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM..................................................................................................10
Compare the features offered by OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM against Dell EMC Windows Server
Agent-based and iDRAC7 or iDRAC8 SNMP Management Pack for SCOM.................................................. 10
New features in this release.............................................................................................................................................11
Chapter 2: Purchase and manage OMIMSSC license.................................................................... 13
OMIMSSC license types...................................................................................................................................................13
OMIMSSC licensed features........................................................................................................................................... 13
OMIMSSC license-free features.................................................................................................................................... 13
Purchase OMIMSSC license............................................................................................................................................13
Importing licenses in the OMIMSSC Admin Portal.................................................................................................... 14
Check the usage of your OMIMSSC license on the SCOM console..................................................................... 14
Chapter 3: Port information and communication matrix for OMIMSSC appliance......................... 15
Chapter 4: Support Matrix........................................................................................................... 17
User roles necessary for using OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM............................................................................ 19
Chapter 5: Deploy and configure the OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM...........................................20
Download OMIMSSC from the support site................................................................................................................21
Before deploying the OMIMSSC appliance for SCOM............................................................................................. 21
Deploy and configure OMIMSSC on Hyper-V.............................................................................................................21
Ensure that OMIMSSC appliance is hosted on Hyper-V................................................................................... 22
Deploy and configure OMIMSSC on ESXi................................................................................................................... 22
Configure the OMIMSSC appliance..............................................................................................................................23
Configure OMIMSSC VM network settings..........................................................................................................24
OMIMSSC and SCOM interfaces for enrollment and device management........................................................ 25
Log in to the OMIMSSC Admin Portal................................................................................................................... 25
View the current version, hostname, and IP address of the OMIMSSC appliance..................................... 26
Chapter 6: Enrolling (registering) SCOM Management Group with OMIMSSC appliance for
SCOM...................................................................................................................................... 27
Create Windows Credential Profile............................................................................................................................... 27
Modify Windows Credential Profile.........................................................................................................................28
Delete Windows Credential Profile..........................................................................................................................28
Enroll SCOM Management Group and Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers with OMIMSSC for SCOM............... 28
Modify enrollment settings............................................................................................................................................. 30
Configuring and onboarding Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers..................................................................................... 31
Alert Relay Servers system requirements.............................................................................................................. 31
Prerequisites for setting up Alert Relay Servers for scaling up the number of monitored devices......... 31
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