Users Guide

When upgrading or downgrading some iDRAC firmware
versions using OMIVV, even when the firmware update is
successful, OMIVV may indicate that the job is failed.
During firmware update, when you downgrade or upgrade the iDRAC versions such as 3.20.20.20, 3.21.21.21, and 3.21.21.22, the job status
is indicated as failed even when the job was successfully run.
Resolution: Refresh the inventory after the job failure and rerun the job for other components.
Version Affected: 4.3
Configuring the System Lockdown mode at a cluster level
sometimes displays a message "No hosts under the cluster
has successful inventory"
Configuring the System Lockdown mode at a cluster level sometimes displays a message "No hosts under the cluster has successful
inventory." This message is displayed even when the cluster has successfully inventoried the iDRAC9-based servers that are managed by
OMIVV. For the list of iDRAC9-based servers, see the compatibility matrix.
Resolution: Reboot the vCenter.
To reboot the vCenter, do the following:
1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client with a vCenter Single Sign-on Administrator account.
2. Go to Administration > Deployment > Deployment > System Configuration.
3. Click Nodes, select the vCenter Server Appliance node, and click the Related Objects tab.
4. Reboot the vCenter node.
Sometimes post RPM upgrade of OMIVV appliance,
multiple entries in the logs are seen in vCenter Recent
Tasks
Sometimes, after RPM upgrade, multiple entries are displayed in logs when viewed on vCenter Recent Tasks.
Resolution: Restart the vCenter services.
Version Affected: 4.3
After registration of vCenter, the Dell EMC logo of OMIVV
is not displayed on the home page of VMware
Description: The Dell EMC logo of OMIVV may not be displayed on the Home page of VMware because soon after completion of
registration, VMware vCenter will be validating the plugin.
Resolution: Perform the following:
1. Refresh the browser, or clear the browser cache, or restart the client services for vSphere Client (HTML-5).
2. Log out from vSphere WebClient and then log in again.
Version Affected: 5.0
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