Setup Guide

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Contents

1 Quick Start Installation.................................................................................................... 5

Installation Introduction...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Prerequisites.......................................................................................................................................................................5

Hardware Requirements............................................................................................................................................... 5

Software Requirements................................................................................................................................................6

Installation and Conguration Overview........................................................................................................................6

Deploying the OMIVV OVF Using the vSphere Web Client...........................................................................................6

Registering a vCenter server by using a user with necessary privileges........................................................................7

Registering OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter and importing license le...................................................9

Installation Verication................................................................................................................................................ 13

Upgrading OMIVV from existing version to current version.........................................................................................13

Migrating from 2.x to 3.2.............................................................................................................................................14

Recovering OMIVV after unregistering earlier version of OMIVV................................................................................ 15

2 Understanding How to Congure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware

vCenter............................................................................................................................ 16

Conguration Wizard Welcome Page................................................................................................................................ 16

vCenter Selection............................................................................................................................................................. 16

Creating A New Connection Prole using the Initial Conguration Wizard.........................................................................17

Scheduling Inventory Jobs [Wizard]..................................................................................................................................19

Running A Warranty Retrieval Job [Wizard]...................................................................................................................... 19

Conguring Events And Alarms [Wizard].......................................................................................................................... 19

Creating A Chassis Prole................................................................................................................................................ 20

3 Additional Conguration Settings..................................................................................22

Warranty Expiration Notication.......................................................................................................................................22

Viewing Warranty Expiration Notication Settings......................................................................................................22

Conguring Warranty Expiration Notication..............................................................................................................22

Firmware Update Repository............................................................................................................................................ 22

Setting Up the Firmware Update Repository.............................................................................................................. 23

OMSA Web Server URL................................................................................................................................................... 23

4 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter licensing................................................24

Buying and uploading software license............................................................................................................................. 24

Options after uploading Licenses......................................................................................................................................25

License le for new purchases................................................................................................................................... 25

Stacking licenses........................................................................................................................................................25

Expired licenses..........................................................................................................................................................25

Replacement of licenses ............................................................................................................................................25

Enforcement.................................................................................................................................................................... 25

Appliance updates...................................................................................................................................................... 25

Evaluation License......................................................................................................................................................25