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Upgrade OMIVV appliance using backup and restore

Dell EMC recommends not to change or remove cluster or host that is managed by OMIVV after taking backup and before

restoring the backup file. If the cluster or host that is managed by OMIVV is changed or removed, reconfigure profiles (for

example, Host credential profile, cluster profile) associated with those clusters and hosts after restore.

Do not unregister the OMIVV plug-in from vCenter. Unregistering the plug-in from vCenter removes Dell health update provider

for Proactive HA clusters that are registered on vCenter by the OMIVV plugin.

To update the OMIVV appliance from an older version to current version, perform the following steps:

1. Back up the data of earlier releases.

2. Turn off the older OMIVV appliance from vCenter.

3. Deploy the new OpenManage Integration appliance OVF.

4. Power on the OpenManage Integration new appliance.

5. Set up the network and time zone for the new appliance.

NOTE: Dell EMC recommends retaining the identity (IP or FQDN) of the earlier OMIVV appliance for the new OMIVV

appliance.

NOTE: If the IP address for the new appliance is different from the IP address of the older appliance the Proactive HA

feature may not work properly. In such a scenario, disable and enable the Proactive HA for each cluster where Dell EMC

host is present.

6. The OMIVV appliance comes with default certificate. If you want to have a custom certificate for your appliance, update the

same. See Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) on page 22 and Upload HTTPS certificate on page 22. Else, skip

this step.

7. Restore the database to the new OMIVV appliance. See Restoring the OMIVV database from a backup.

8. Verify the appliance. For more information, see . the Verify installation topic in Installation Guide

9. After the upgrade, Dell EMC recommends running the inventory again on all the hosts that the OMIVV plugin manages.

The events and alarms settings are not enabled after restoring the appliance. You can enable the Events and Alarms settings

again from the Settings tab.

If you upgrade from an earlier version of OMIVV to the available version, all the scheduled job continues to run.

NOTE:

If the identity (IP or FQDN) of the new OMIVV version Y is changed from the OMIVV version X, configure the

trap destination for the SNMP traps to point to the new appliance. For 12G and later servers, the identity change is fixed

by running the inventory on these hosts. While running the inventory on 12G hosts, if SNMP traps do not point to the

new IP, those hosts are listed as noncomplaint. To fix host compliance issues, see Fix a non-compliant host on page 67.

After backing up and restoring from an earlier version of OMIVV to an updated version, if you observe that the 200000

message is displayed, or the Dell EMC logo is not displayed , or the OMIVV UI is not responding on the vCenter UI, do the

following:

● Restart vSphere Client services for both vSphere Client (HTML-5) and vSphere Web Client (FLEX) on the vCenter

server.

● If the issue persists:

○ For VMware vCenter Server Appliance: Go to—/etc/vmware/vsphere-client/vc-packages/vsphere-

client-serenity. For Windows vCenter, go to the following folders in the vCenter appliance and check if the old

data corresponding to the earlier version exists—C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\cfg\vsphere-

client\vc-packages\vsphere-client-serenity folder in the vCenter appliance.

An example old data is com.dell.plugin.OpenManage—

com.dell.plugin.OpenManage_Integration_for_VMware_vCenter_WebClient-X.0.0.XXX.

○ Manually delete the folder corresponding to the earlier OMIVV version and restart vSphere Client services for both

vSphere Client (HTML-5) and Web Client (FLEX).

Manage backup and restore

By using the Administrator Console, you can perform backup and restore related tasks.

● Configure backup and restore

About Administration Console