Users Guide

● Before logging into to any of the registered vCenter servers, ensure that you update all appliances simultaneously under the
same Platform Service Controller (PSC) before logging in to any of the registered vCenter servers. Else, you may see
inconsistent information across OMIVV instances.
1. In the APPLIANCE UPDATE section of the APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT page, verify the current and available OMIVV
version.
For the available OMIVV appliance version, the applicable RPM and OVF OMIVV appliance upgrade mechanisms are displayed
with a tick mark [
].
The following are the possible upgrade mechanism options available for you to perform either of the tasks for the upgrade
mechanism:
Option Description
1 If a tick mark is displayed against RPM, you can do an RPM upgrade from the existing version to the latest
available version. See Upgrade OMIVV appliance using RPM on page 17.
2 If a tick mark is displayed against OVF, you can take a backup of the OMIVV database from the existing version,
and restore it in the latest available appliance version. See Upgrade OMIVV appliance using backup and restore on
page 18.
3 If a tick mark is displayed against both RPM and OVF, you can perform either of the mentioned options to upgrade
your appliance. In this scenario, the recommended option is RPM upgrade.
2. To update the OMIVV appliance, perform the mentioned tasks for the upgrade mechanisms as applicable from the version of
OMIVV.
Upgrade OMIVV appliance using RPM
Ensure that you are upgrading to a version of the appliance that is greater than the current one.
1. On the APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT page, based on your network settings, enable proxy and enter proxy setting data, if
necessary. See Setting up HTTP proxy .
For the available OMIVV appliance version, the applicable RPM and OVF OMIVV appliance upgrade mechanisms are displayed
with a tick mark [
].
2. To upgrade the OMIVV plug-in from an existing version to the available version, perform one of the following steps:
● To upgrade using RPM that is available in Update Repository Path, ensure that Update Repository Path is set to the
path: https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-plugin-x64/latest/
If the path is different, in the Appliance Management window, in the APPLIANCE UPDATE area, click Edit to update
the path to https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-plugin-x64/latest/ in the Update Repository Path text box,
and click Apply.
3. Compare the available OMIVV appliance version and current OMIVV appliance version.
4. To apply the update to the OMIVV appliance, under Appliance Settings, click Update Virtual Appliance.
5. In the UPDATE APPLIANCE dialog box, click Update.
After you click Update, you are logged out from the ADMINISTRATION CONSOLE window.
6. Close the web browser.
Once the appliance is RPM upgraded, ensure that you clear the browser cache before logging in to the Dell admin portal.
NOTE: During the upgrade process, the appliance restarts once or twice.
NOTE: After the RPM upgrade is complete, you can view the login screen in the OMIVV console. Open a browser, enter the
https:\\<ApplianceIP|hostname> link, and go to the APPLIANCE UPDATE area. You can verify that the available and
current OMIVV appliance versions are same. If you have enabled Proactive HA on clusters, OMIVV unregisters the Dell Inc
provider for those clusters and re-registers the Dell Inc provider after upgrade. Health updates for the Dell EMC hosts are
not available until upgrade is complete.
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