Users Guide

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Registering vCenter server by nonadministrator user with required
privileges
You can register a vCenter server for the OMIVV appliance by using a nonadministrator user with the required privileges. See Registering a
vCenter server for information about registering a vCenter server through a nonadministrator user or as an administrator.
Assigning Dell privileges to existing role
You can edit an existing role to assign the Dell privileges.
NOTE: Ensure that you are logged in as a user with administrator privileges.
1. Log in to the vSphere web client with administrative rights.
2. Browse to Administration → Roles in the vSphere web client.
3. Select a vCenter server system from the Roles provider drop-down list.
4. Select the role from the Roles list, and click the icon.
5. Select the following Dell privileges for the selected role and click OK:
• Dell.Configuration
• Dell.Deploy-Provisioning
• Dell.Inventory
• Dell.Monitoring
• Dell.Reporting
See Security roles and permissions for more information about the available OMIVV roles within vCenter.
The changes to permissions and roles take effect immediately. The user with necessary privileges can now perform the OpenManage
Integration for VMware vCenter operations.
NOTE:
For all vCenter operations, OMIVV uses the privileges of the registered user and not the privileges of the logged-
in user.
NOTE: If specific pages of OMIVV are accessed with no Dell privileges assigned to the logged-in user, the 2000000 error
is displayed.
Registering a vCenter server
You can register the OMIVV appliance after the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is installed. OpenManage Integration for
VMware vCenter uses the administrator user account or a non-administrator user account with necessary privileges for vCenter
operations. A single OMIVV appliance instance can support a total of 10 vCenter servers and up to 1000 ESXi hosts.
To register a new vCenter server, perform the following steps:
1. Open Administration Portal from a supported browser.
To open Administration Portal, in the Help and Support tab of OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, click the link under
Administration Console or start a web browser and provide the https:\\<ApplianceIP|hostname> url.
2. In the left pane, click VCENTER REGISTRATION, and then click Register a New vCenter Server.
3. In the REGISTER A NEW VCENTER dialog box, under vCenter Name, perform the following steps:
a) In the vCenter Server IP or Hostname text box, enter the vCenter IP address or FQDN of the host.
NOTE:
It is recommended that register OMIVV with the VMware vCenter by using Fully Qualified Domain Name
(FQDN). For all registrations, the host name of vCenter should be properly resolvable by the DNS server. The
following are the recommended practices for using the DNS server:
• Assign a static IP address and host name when you deploy an OMIVV appliance with a valid DNS registration.
A static IP address ensures that during the system restart, the IP address of the OMIVV appliance remains
same.
• Ensure that OMIVV host name entries are present in both forward and reverse lookup zones in your DNS
server.
b) In the Description text box, enter a description (optional).
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