Users Guide

• Inventory

• Add host to cluster

• Add standalone host

• Modify cluster

• Lifecycle Manager: General Privileges

• Read

NOTE: The vSphere Lifecycle Manager General Privileges are applicable only for vCenter 7.0 and later.

• Host profile

• Edit

• View

• Permissions

• Modify permission

• Modify role

• Sessions

• Validate session

• Task

• Create

• Update

NOTE: If a vCenter server is registered using non-administrator user to access any OMIVV features, non-administrator

user must have Dell privileges. For more information about assigning Dell privileges, see Assign Dell privileges to

existing role.

Assign Dell privileges to existing role

If specific pages of OMIVV are accessed with no Dell privileges that are assigned to the logged-in user, the 2000000 error is displayed.

You can edit an existing role to assign the Dell privileges.

1. Log in to the vSphere Client (HTML-5) with administrative rights.

2. In vSphere Client (HTML-5), expand Menu, click Administration → Roles.

3. From the Roles provider drop-down list, select a vCenter server.

4. From the Roles list, select Dell-Operational, and then click PRIVILEGES.

5. To assign the Dell privileges, click the edit icon [ ].

The Edit Role page is displayed.

6. In the left pane, click Dell, and then select the following Dell privileges for the selected role, and then click NEXT:

• Dell.Configuration

• Dell.Deploy-Provisioning

• Dell.Inventory

• Dell.Monitoring

• Dell.Reporting

For more information about the available OMIVV roles within vCenter, see Security roles and permissions.

7. Edit the role name and enter description for the selected role, if required.

8. Click FINISH.

Log out and log in from the vCenter. The user with necessary privileges can now perform the OMIVV operations.

Update SSL certificates for registered vCenter servers

The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses the OpenSSL API to create the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) by using the

RSA encryption standard with a 2048–bit key length.

The CSR generated by OMIVV gets a digitally signed certificate from a trusted certification authority. The OMIVV uses the digital

certificate to enable SSL on the web server for secure communication.

If the SSL certificate is changed on a vCenter server, use the following tasks to import the new certificate for OMIVV:

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