Users Guide

Running an Inventory Job Now...................................................................................................................................28
Running a Chassis Inventory job now......................................................................................................................... 28
Warranty History.............................................................................................................................................................. 29
Viewing Warranty History........................................................................................................................................... 29
Modifying a Warranty Job Schedule...........................................................................................................................30
Running a Hosts Warranty Job Now...........................................................................................................................30
Running a Chassis Warranty Job Now........................................................................................................................30
Log...................................................................................................................................................................................30
Viewing the Logs.........................................................................................................................................................31
Exporting Log Files.....................................................................................................................................................32
6 Console Administration................................................................................................. 33
Using the Administration Console.....................................................................................................................................33
Registering a vCenter server by a non-administrator user with necessary privileges..................................................33
Registering a vCenter Server..................................................................................................................................... 35
Uploading a OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter License to the Administration Console........................... 38
Virtual Appliance Management.........................................................................................................................................38
Restarting the Virtual Appliance................................................................................................................................. 38
Updating a Repository Location and Virtual Appliance................................................................................................39
Updating the Virtual Appliance Software ...................................................................................................................39
Downloading the Troubleshooting Bundle...................................................................................................................39
Setting Up The HTTP Proxy.......................................................................................................................................39
Setting Up the NTP Servers.......................................................................................................................................40
Generating a Certicate Signing Request...................................................................................................................40
Setting up Global Alerts.....................................................................................................................................................41
Managing Backup And Restore......................................................................................................................................... 41
Conguring Backup And Restore................................................................................................................................ 41
Scheduling Automatic Backups.................................................................................................................................. 42
Performing An Immediate Backup.............................................................................................................................. 42
Restoring the Database from a Backup...................................................................................................................... 42
Understanding the vSphere Client Console ..................................................................................................................... 43
Conguring Network Settings.................................................................................................................................... 43
Changing the Virtual Appliance Password.................................................................................................................. 43
Setting The Local Time Zone......................................................................................................................................44
Rebooting Virtual Appliance........................................................................................................................................44
Resetting The Virtual Appliance To Factory Settings.................................................................................................. 44
Refreshing the Console View..................................................................................................................................... 45
Logging out from the console.....................................................................................................................................45
Read-only User Role...................................................................................................................................................45
Upgrading OMIVV from existing version to current version........................................................................................45
Migrating from 2.x to 3.2............................................................................................................................................45
7 Settings.........................................................................................................................47
Editing the OMSA Link..................................................................................................................................................... 47
Understanding Using OMSA with 11th Generation Servers.........................................................................................47
Viewing Warranty Expiration Notication Settings............................................................................................................48
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