Install Guide

Appliance conguration for VMware vCenter
After you complete the basic installation of OMIVV and registration of the vCenters, the Initial Conguration Wizard is displayed when you
click the OMIVV icon. You can proceed to congure the appliance by using one of the following methods:
• Conguring the appliance through the Initial Conguration Wizard.
• Conguring the appliance through the Settings tab in OMIVV.
You can use the Initial Conguration Wizard to congure the OMIVV appliance settings on rst launch. For subsequent instances, use the
Settings tab.
NOTE: The user interface in both the methods is similar.
Topics:
• Conguration tasks through conguration wizard
• Conguration tasks through settings tab
• Creating chassis prole
Conguration tasks through conguration wizard
NOTE
: If you view a web communication error while performing OMIVV-related tasks after changing the DNS settings; clear the
browser cache, and log out from the web client and then log in again.
using the conguration wizard, you can view and perform the following tasks:
• View conguration wizard welcome page
• Select vCenters. See Selecting vCenters.
• Create a connection prole. See Creating a connection prole.
• Create a chassis prole. The hosts present in an MX chassis with an iDRAC IPv4 disabled has to be managed using a chassis prole.
See Creating chassis prole.
• Congure events and alarms. See the Conguring events and alarms.
• Schedule inventory jobs. See the Scheduling inventory jobs.
• Run a warranty retrieval job. See Running a warranty retrieval job.
Viewing conguration wizard welcome dialog box
To congure OMIVV after installing and registering with the vCenter, perform the following steps to view the Initial Conguration Wizard:
1 In vSphere web client, click Home, and then click the OpenManage Integration icon.
You can perform any one of the following options to access the initial conguration wizard:
• The rst time you click the OpenManage Integration icon, Initial Conguration Wizard is displayed automatically.
• From OpenManage Integration > Getting Started, click Start Initial Conguration Wizard.
2 In the Welcome dialog box, review the steps, and then click Next.
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