Install Guide

2. Download and save the license file to a known location.
The license file might be packaged inside a .zip file. Ensure that you unzip the .zip file and upload only the license .xml file. The license
file is likely to be named based on your order number, such as 123456789.xml.
Manage Licenses
License file for new purchases
When you order a new license, an email is sent from Dell EMC after the order confirmation. You can download the new license file from
the Dell EMC Digital Locker at https://www.dell.com/suppot. The license is sent to you as an XML file. If you receive a ZIP file instead,
extract the XML file first before uploading it.
Stacking licenses
OMIVV can stack multiple standard licenses to increase the number of supported hosts to the sum of the hosts in the uploaded licenses.
An evaluation license cannot be stacked. By default, OMIVV supports up to 15 vCenters. If you want to manage more than 15 vCenters,
use multiple appliances.
If a new standard license is uploaded before the existing standard license expires, the licenses stack. Otherwise, if the license expires and a
new license is uploaded, only the number of hosts from the new license is supported. If there are already multiple licenses uploaded, the
number of supported hosts are the sum of the hosts in the nonexpired licenses at the time when last license was uploaded.
Expired licenses
Licenses that are past their support duration, typically three or five years from the date of purchase are blocked from being uploaded. If
licenses have expired after being uploaded, some of the functionality may not work. However, upgrades to new versions of the OMIVV are
blocked.
Replacement of licenses
If there is a problem with your order and you receive a replacement license from Dell EMC, the replacement license contains the same
entitlement ID of the previous license. When you upload a replacement license, the license is replaced if a license was already uploaded
with the same entitlement ID.
Enforcement
Appliance updates
The appliance does not allow updates to newer versions when all licenses are expired. Obtain and upload a new license before attempting
to upgrade the appliance.
Evaluation License
When an evaluation license expires, several key areas cease to work, and an error message is displayed accordingly.
Important notes for reference
• From OMIVV 5.0 onwards, only VMware vSphere Client (HTML5) is supported and the vSphere Web Client (Flex) is not supported.
• To use the DNS server, the recommended practices are:
• OMIVV supports only IPv4 IP addresses. Although both static IP assignment and DHCP assignment are supported, it is
recommended that you assign a static IP address. Assign a static IP address and hostname 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 hostname entries are present in both forward and reverse lookup zones in your DNS server.
For more information about the DNS requirements for vSphere, see the following VMware links:
• DNS requirements for vSphere 6.5 and Platform Services Controller appliance
• DNS requirements for vSphere 6.7 and Platform Services Controller on Windows
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Introduction