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
Prepare for operating system deployment on MECM
console
Before deploying operating system on managed servers discovered using OMIMSSC in MECM console, create a Dell EMC
specific or a custom task sequence, an LC boot media file, and task sequence media bootable ISO file.
Task sequence-MECM
Task sequence is a series of commands that is used to deploy operating system on the managed system using MECM.
Before creating Operational Template, Dell EMC recommends that you complete the following prerequisites.
1. In Configuration Manager, ensure that the system is discovered and present under Assets and Compliance > Device
Collections > All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers. For more information, see Discover servers.
2. Install the latest BIOS version on the system.
3. Install the latest version of Lifecycle Controller on the system.
4. Install the latest version of iDRAC firmware on the system.
NOTE: Always launch the Configuration Manager console with administrator privileges.
Types of task sequence
You can create a task sequence in two ways:
● Create a Dell-specific task sequence using OMIMSSC Deployment template.
● Create a custom task sequence.
The task sequence goes to the next task sequence step irrespective of the success or failure of the command.
Create Dell specific task sequence
To create a Dell-specific task sequence by using OMIMSSC Server Deployment Template option in MECM:
1. Launch Configuration Manager.
The Configuration Manager console screen is displayed.
2. In the left pane, select Software Library > Overview > Operating Systems > Task Sequences.
3. Right-click Task Sequences, and then click OMIMSSC Server Deployment > Create OMIMSSC Server Deployment
Template.
The OMIMSSC Server Deployment Task Sequence Wizard is displayed.
4. Type the name of the task sequence in the Task Sequence Name field.
5. Select the boot image that you want to use from the drop-down list.
NOTE: It is recommended that you use the Dell custom boot image that you created.
6. Under Operating System Installation, select the operating system installation type. The options are:
● Use an OS WIM image
● Scripted OS install
7. Select an operating system package from the Operating system package to use drop-down menu.
8. If you have a package with unattend.xml, and then select it from the Package with unattend.xml info menu, else select
<do not select now>.
9. (Optional) Select Apply drivers from Dell Lifecycle Controller.
NOTE:
It is recommended to enable Dell Lifecycle Controller drivers injection in Operational Template and in OMIMSSC
Server deployment template (Task Sequence), to install latest Dell hardware specific drivers that are available in the
latest LC driver pack.
10. Click Create.
The Task Sequence Created window is displayed with the name of the task sequence you created.
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Deploy operating system using OMIMSSC