Users Guide

Viewing Warranty History.............................................................................................................................................26
Modifying a Warranty Job Schedule...........................................................................................................................26
Running a Hosts Warranty Job Now...........................................................................................................................27
Running a Chassis Warranty Job Now........................................................................................................................27
Log.........................................................................................................................................................................................27
Viewing the Logs........................................................................................................................................................... 28
Exporting Log Files........................................................................................................................................................ 28
6 Console Administration...............................................................................................................29
Using the Administration Console..................................................................................................................................... 29
Registering a vCenter server by a non-administrator user with necessary privileges..........................................29
Registering a vCenter Server....................................................................................................................................... 31
Uploading a OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter License to the Administration Console................ 33
Virtual Appliance Management..........................................................................................................................................34
Restarting the Virtual Appliance.................................................................................................................................. 34
Updating a Repository Location and Virtual Appliance.............................................................................................34
Updating the Virtual Appliance Software .................................................................................................................. 34
Downloading the Troubleshooting Bundle..................................................................................................................34
Setting Up The HTTP Proxy........................................................................................................................................ 35
Setting Up the NTP Servers........................................................................................................................................ 35
Generating a Certificate Signing Request..................................................................................................................35
Setting up Global Alerts......................................................................................................................................................36
Managing Backup And Restore......................................................................................................................................... 36
Configuring Backup And Restore................................................................................................................................ 36
Scheduling Automatic Backups....................................................................................................................................37
Performing An Immediate Backup...............................................................................................................................37
Restoring the Database from a Backup......................................................................................................................37
Understanding the vSphere Client Console ....................................................................................................................38
Configuring Network Settings..................................................................................................................................... 38
Changing the Virtual Appliance Password..................................................................................................................38
Setting The Local Time Zone....................................................................................................................................... 39
Rebooting Virtual Appliance......................................................................................................................................... 39
Resetting The Virtual Appliance To Factory Settings...............................................................................................39
Refreshing the Console View.......................................................................................................................................40
Logging out from the console......................................................................................................................................40
Read-only User Role......................................................................................................................................................40
Upgrading OMIVV from existing version to current version....................................................................................40
Migrating from 2.x to 3.2..............................................................................................................................................40
7 Settings.....................................................................................................................................42
Editing the OMSA Link........................................................................................................................................................42
Understanding Using OMSA with 11th Generation Servers..................................................................................... 42
Viewing Warranty Expiration Notification Settings.........................................................................................................43
Configuring Warranty Expiration Notification............................................................................................................ 43
Configuring Events And Alarms ..................................................................................................................................44
About Firmware Updates................................................................................................................................................... 45
Setting Up the Firmware Update Repository............................................................................................................ 45
Running The Firmware Update Wizard for a Single Host........................................................................................ 46
Running the Update Firmware Wizard for a Cluster.................................................................................................46
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