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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
- What’s new?
OMIMSSC license
- Supported options for license feature
- Import license in to OMIMSSC
- License Center View
OMIMSSC components
Support Matrix for OMIMSSC
- Supported System Center versions
- Network Requirements
- Infrastructure administration using Microsoft System Center Console
- System requirements for OMIMSSC
- System requirements of OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
Deploy OMIMSSC
- Download OMIMSSC from web
- Set up OMIMSSC Appliance on Hyper-V
- Set up OMIMSSC Appliance on ESXi
- Enroll multiple Microsoft consoles
- Launch OMIMSSC admin portal to download OMIMSSC components
  - Install OMIMSSC console extension for MECM
  - Install OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
Enroll Microsoft console in OMIMSSC
- Access OMIMSSC from enrolled Microsoft console
Manage OMIMSSC and its components
- View OMIMSSC Appliance details
- View OMIMSSC user management
- Manage HTTPS certificate
- View or refresh enrolled consoles
- Change OMIMSSC Appliance password
- Reboot OMIMSSC Appliance
- Modify MECM and SCVMM accounts in OMIMSSC admin portal
  - Repair or modify installers
    - Repair OMIMSSC console extension for MECM
    - Repair OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
Backup and Restore OMIMSSC Appliance
- Backup OMIMSSC Appliance
- Restore OMIMSSC Appliance
Uninstall OMIMSSC
- De-enroll Microsoft console from OMIMSSC
- Uninstall OMIMSSC console extension for MECM
- Uninstall OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Other uninstallation steps
  - Delete Appliance-specific RunAsAccounts
  - Delete OMIMSSC application profile
- Remove Appliance VM
Upgrade OMIMSSC
Manage Credential and Hypervisor profiles
- Credential profile in MECM and SCVMM
- Hypervisor profile in SCVMM
Discover devices and sync servers with OMIMSSC console
- Discover devices in OMIMSSC
- Sync of OMIMSSC console extension with enrolled MECM
  - Sync of OMIMSSC console extension with enrolled SCVMM
  - Synchronize with enrolled Microsoft console
- Resolve sync errors
- View System Lockdown Mode
Remove devices from OMIMSSC
- Remove Modular Systems from OMIMSSC
Views in OMIMSSC
- Server View
  - iDRAC console
- Modular Systems view
  - OpenManage Enterprise Modular console
  - Input/Output Modules
    - Input Output Modules console
- Cluster View
- Maintenance Center view
- Jobs and Logs Center
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
  - Create logical switch for Windows server HCI clusters
  - Create Windows server HCI clusters
- 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
  - Assign Operational Template for Modular Systems
- Deploy Operational Templates
  - Deploy Operational Template on servers
  - Deploy Operational Template for Modular System
- Unassign Operational Template
- Delete Operational Template
Deploy operating system using OMIMSSC
- About WinPE image Update
- Prepare for operating system deployment on MECM console
- Prepare for non-Windows operating system deployment
Provision devices using OMIMSSC
- Workflow for deployment scenarios
- Create Windows server HCI clusters by using predefined Operational Templates
- Update the firmware of servers and MX7000 devices
- Configure replaced components
- Export and import server profiles
Update firmware using OMIMSSC
- About update groups
- About update sources
- Integration with Dell EMC Repository Manager(DRM)
  - Integrating DRM with OMIMSSC
- Set polling frequency
- View and refresh device inventory
- Apply filters
  - Remove filters
- Upgrade and downgrade firmware versions using run update method
  - Updates using CAU
Manage devices using OMIMSSC
- Server recovery
- Apply firmware and configuration settings on replaced component
- Collect LC Logs for servers
  - View LC Logs
  - File description
- Export inventory
- Manage Jobs
Deploy Azure Stack HCI cluster
Troubleshooting
- Resources required for managing OMIMSSC
- Verifying permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for MECM
  - Configuring user access to WMI
- Verifying PowerShell permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Install and upgrade scenarios in OMIMSSC
- OMIMSSC admin portal scenarios
  - Error message while accessing OMIMSSC admin portal through Mozilla Firefox browser
  - Failure to display Dell EMC logo in OMIMSSC admin portal
- Discovery, synchronization and inventory scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Generic scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Firmware update scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Operating system deployment scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Server profile scenarios in OMIMSSC
  - Failure to export server profiles
  - Importing server profile job gets timed out after two hours
- 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

IP address not assigned to OMIMSSC Appliance................................................................................................93

SCVMM crashes while importing OMIMSSC console extension..................................................................... 94

Failed to login to OMIMSSC console extensions................................................................................................. 94

SC2012 VMM SP1 crashing during update............................................................................................................94

OMIMSSC admin portal scenarios................................................................................................................................ 94

Error message while accessing OMIMSSC admin portal through Mozilla Firefox browser...................... 94

Failure to display Dell EMC logo in OMIMSSC admin portal............................................................................. 94

Discovery, synchronization and inventory scenarios in OMIMSSC...................................................................... 95

Failure to discover servers........................................................................................................................................ 95

Failure to auto discover iDRAC servers................................................................................................................. 95

Discovered servers not added to All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers collection.......................................95

Failure to discover servers due to incorrect credentials................................................................................... 95

Creation of incorrect VRTX chassis group after server discovery................................................................. 95

Unable to synchronize host servers with enrolled MECM................................................................................ 96

Empty cluster update group not deleted during autodiscovery or synchronization................................... 96

Failure to create cluster while applying cluster features...................................................................................96

Unable to retrieve the Cluster Aware Update job status ................................................................................. 96

Failure to perform maintenance-related tasks on rediscovered servers....................................................... 96

Generic scenarios in OMIMSSC.....................................................................................................................................97

Failure to access CIFS share using hostname...................................................................................................... 97

Failure to display Jobs and Logs page in console extension............................................................................. 97

Failure of operations on managed systems ..........................................................................................................97

Failure to launch online help for OMIMSSC.......................................................................................................... 97

OMIMSSC job failures because of unsupported network share password .................................................. 97

Firmware update scenarios in OMIMSSC....................................................................................................................98

Failure of test connection for local update source............................................................................................. 98

Failure to create DRM update source ................................................................................................................... 98

Failure to create repository during firmware update.......................................................................................... 98

Failure to update firmware of clusters................................................................................................................... 98

Failure of firmware update because of job queue being full............................................................................. 99

Failure of firmware update when using DRM update source .......................................................................... 99

Firmware update on components irrespective of selection..............................................................................99

Failure to delete a custom update group...............................................................................................................99

Failure to update WinPE image................................................................................................................................99

Changing of polling and notification bell color after updating the frequency.............................................100

Operating system deployment scenarios in OMIMSSC ........................................................................................ 100

Operating system deployment generic scenarios.............................................................................................. 100

Operating system deployment scenarios for MECM users.............................................................................. 101

Operating system deployment scenarios for SCVMM users........................................................................... 101

Windows server HCI cluster creation scenarios for SCVMM users.............................................................. 102

Server profile scenarios in OMIMSSC ....................................................................................................................... 102

Failure to export server profiles ............................................................................................................................102

Importing server profile job gets timed out after two hours...........................................................................103

LC Logs scenarios in OMIMSSC.................................................................................................................................. 103

Failure to export LC logs in .CSV format............................................................................................................. 103

Failure to open LC log files...................................................................................................................................... 103

Failure of test connection........................................................................................................................................103

Chapter 22: Appendix I: Time zone attribute values....................................................................104

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