Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Version 7.3 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Unified User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction to OMIMSSC
- OMIMSSC license
- OMIMSSC components
- Support Matrix for OMIMSSC
- Deploy OMIMSSC
- Enroll Microsoft console in OMIMSSC
- Manage OMIMSSC and its components
- Backup and Restore OMIMSSC Appliance
- Uninstall OMIMSSC
- Upgrade OMIMSSC
- Manage Credential and Hypervisor profiles
- Discover devices and sync servers with OMIMSSC console
- Remove devices from OMIMSSC
- Views in OMIMSSC
- Manage Operational Templates
- Predefined Operational Templates
- About reference server configuration
- About reference Modular System configuration
- Create Operational Template from reference servers
- Create Operational Template from reference Modular Systems
- Create clusters using Operational Template
- View Operational Template
- Edit Operational Template
- Configure system specific values (Pool values) using Operational Template on multiple servers
- Assign Operational Template and Run Operational Template Compliance for servers
- Deploy Operational Templates
- Unassign Operational Template
- Delete Operational Template
- Deploy operating system using OMIMSSC
- Provision devices using OMIMSSC
- Update firmware using OMIMSSC
- Manage devices using OMIMSSC
- Deploy Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Troubleshooting
- Resources required for managing OMIMSSC
- Verifying permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for MECM
- Verifying PowerShell permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Install and upgrade scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Enrollment failure
- Failure of test connection
- Failure to launch OMIMSSC after installing MECM console extension
- Failure to connect to OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Error accessing console extension after updating SCVMM R2
- IP address not assigned to OMIMSSC Appliance
- SCVMM crashes while importing OMIMSSC console extension
- Failed to login to OMIMSSC console extensions
- SC2012 VMM SP1 crashing during update
- OMIMSSC admin portal scenarios
- Discovery, synchronization and inventory scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Failure to discover servers
- Failure to auto discover iDRAC servers
- Discovered servers not added to All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers collection
- Failure to discover servers due to incorrect credentials
- Creation of incorrect VRTX chassis group after server discovery
- Unable to synchronize host servers with enrolled MECM
- Empty cluster update group not deleted during autodiscovery or synchronization
- Failure to create cluster while applying cluster features
- Unable to retrieve the Cluster Aware Update job status
- Failure to perform maintenance-related tasks on rediscovered servers
- Generic scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Firmware update scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Failure of test connection for local update source
- Failure to create DRM update source
- Failure to create repository during firmware update
- Failure to update firmware of clusters
- Failure of firmware update because of job queue being full
- Failure of firmware update when using DRM update source
- Firmware update on components irrespective of selection
- Failure to delete a custom update group
- Failure to update WinPE image
- Changing of polling and notification bell color after updating the frequency
- Operating system deployment scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Server profile scenarios in OMIMSSC
- LC Logs scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Appendix I: Time zone attribute values
- Appendix II: Populate Pool values
- Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site
OpenManage Enterprise Modular console............................................................................................................ 49
Input/Output Modules............................................................................................................................................... 49
Cluster View....................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Maintenance Center view............................................................................................................................................... 50
Jobs and Logs Center...................................................................................................................................................... 50
Chapter 15: Manage Operational Templates.................................................................................52
Predefined Operational Templates................................................................................................................................53
About reference server configuration..........................................................................................................................53
About reference Modular System configuration....................................................................................................... 53
Create Operational Template from reference servers............................................................................................. 54
Windows OS component for OMIMSSC console extension for MECM........................................................ 55
Windows OS component for OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM..................................................... 55
Non-Windows component for OMIMSSC console extensions.........................................................................56
Create Operational Template from reference Modular Systems.......................................................................... 56
Create clusters using Operational Template...............................................................................................................57
Create logical switch for Windows server HCI clusters.....................................................................................57
Create Windows server HCI clusters......................................................................................................................57
View Operational Template.............................................................................................................................................58
Edit Operational Template.............................................................................................................................................. 58
Configure system specific values (Pool values) using Operational Template on multiple servers................59
Assign Operational Template and Run Operational Template Compliance for servers....................................60
Assign Operational Template for Modular Systems............................................................................................60
Deploy Operational Templates........................................................................................................................................ 61
Deploy Operational Template on servers .............................................................................................................. 61
Deploy Operational Template for Modular System............................................................................................. 62
Unassign Operational Template..................................................................................................................................... 63
Delete Operational Template.......................................................................................................................................... 63
Chapter 16: Deploy operating system using OMIMSSC................................................................ 64
About WinPE image Update........................................................................................................................................... 64
Provide WIM file for MECM......................................................................................................................................64
Provide WIM file for SCVMM...................................................................................................................................64
Extract drivers from OpenManage server driver pack.......................................................................................65
Update WinPE image..................................................................................................................................................65
Prepare for operating system deployment on MECM console.............................................................................. 66
Task sequence-MECM...............................................................................................................................................66
Set a default share location for the Lifecycle Controller boot media............................................................. 67
Create a task sequence media bootable ISO........................................................................................................ 67
Prepare for non-Windows operating system deployment.......................................................................................68
Chapter 17: Provision devices using OMIMSSC ........................................................................... 69
Workflow for deployment scenarios............................................................................................................................. 69
Deploy Windows OS using OMIMSSC console extension for MECM............................................................. 71
Deploy hypervisor using OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM............................................................... 71
Redeploy Windows OS using OMIMSSC............................................................................................................... 72
Deploy non-windows OS using OMIMSSC console extensions........................................................................72
Create Windows server HCI clusters by using predefined Operational Templates...........................................72
Update the firmware of servers and MX7000 devices............................................................................................ 72
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