Install Guide

Configure OMIVV appliance using initial

configuration wizard

After you complete the basic installation of OMIVV and registration of the vCenters, the Initial Configuration Wizard is displayed

automatically for the first time, when you launch OMIVV in vCenter.

You can also launch the initial configuration wizard using the following:

• Settings > Initial Configuration Wizard > START INITIAL CONFIGURATION WIZARD

• Dashboard > Quick References > START INITIAL CONFIGURATION WIZARD

NOTE: The user interface in both the methods is similar.

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 vSphere Client (HTML-5) and then log in again.

Using the initial configuration wizard, you can view and perform the following tasks:

• Select vCenters

• Create host credential profile. For more information, see Create host credential profile.

• Configure events and alarms. For more information, see Configure events and alarms.

• Schedule inventory jobs. For more information, see Schedule inventory job.

• Schedule warranty retrieval job. For more information, see Schedule warranty retrieval jobs.

Topics:

• Initial configuration

• Configuration tasks on the Settings page

Initial configuration

After you complete the basic installation of OMIVV and registration of the vCenters, the Initial Configuration Wizard is displayed

automatically for the first time, when you launch OMIVV in vCenter.

If you want to launch the initial configuration wizard later, go to:

• Settings > Initial Configuration Wizard > START INITIAL CONFIGURATION WIZARD

• Dashboard > Quick References > START INITIAL CONFIGURATION WIZARD

1. On the Welcome page, read the instructions, and then click GET STARTED.

2. On the Select vCenter page, from the vCenters drop-down menu, select a specific vCenter or All Registered vCenters, and then

click NEXT.

NOTE:

If you have multiple vCenter servers that are part of the same PSC registered with the same OMIVV

appliance, and if you choose to configure a single vCenter server, repeat step 2 until you configure each vCenter.

3. On the Create Host Credential Profile page, click CREATE HOST CREDENTIAL PROFILE.

For more information about creating a host credential profile, see Create host credential profile.

After hosts are added to a host credential profile, the IP address of OMIVV is automatically set as SNMP trap destination for host's

iDRAC. OMIVV enables the WBEM service and then disables after retrieving iDRAC IP for hosts running ESXi 6.5 and later.

OMIVV uses the WBEM service to properly synchronize the ESXi host and the iDRAC relationships. If configuring the SNMP trap

destination fails for particular hosts, and/or enabling the WBEM service fails for particular hosts, those hosts are listed as non-

complaint. To view and fix the non-compliance, see the Management Compliance section in User's Guide.

4. On the Configure Additional Settings page, do the following:

a) Schedule inventory jobs. For more information about scheduling the inventory job, see Schedule inventory job.

b) Schedule warranty retrieval job. For more information about scheduling the warranty retrieval job, see Schedule warranty retrieval

jobs.

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