Users Guide

Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) and set local time zone
1. Open the OMIVV web console.
2. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Virtual Appliance Setup utility, click Date/Time Properties.
Ensure to enter the NTP details in Admin console. For more information, see Set up Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers.
3. On the Date and Time tab, select Synchronize date and time over the network.
The NTP Servers window is displayed.
4. To add another NTP server IP or hostname (if required), click the Add button, and then press TAB.
5. Click Time Zone, select the applicable time zone, and then click OK.
Change hostname of OMIVV appliance
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Virtual Appliance Setup utility, click Change Hostname.
NOTE: If any vCenter servers are registered with the OMIVV appliance, unregister and re-register all the vCenter
instances.
2. Enter an updated hostname.
Type the domain name in the format: <hostname>.
3. Click Update Hostname.
The appliance hostname is updated and main menu page is displayed.
4. To reboot the appliance, click Reboot Appliance.
NOTE: Ensure that you manually update all references to the virtual appliance across its environment such as
provisioning server in iDRAC and Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM).
Reboot OMIVV appliance
1. Open the OMIVV web console.
2. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Virtual Appliance Setup utility, click Reboot Appliance.
3. To reboot the appliance, click Yes.
Reset OMIVV appliance to factory settings
1. Open the OMIVV web console.
2. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Virtual Appliance Setup utility, click Reset Settings.
The following message is displayed:
All the settings in the appliance will be Reset to Factory Defaults and the appliance will
be rebooted. Do you still wish to continue?
3. To reset the appliance, click Yes.
If you click Yes, the OMIVV appliance is reset to the factory default settings and all other settings and existing data is deleted.
After the factory reset is complete, register vCenters to OMIVV appliance again.
NOTE:
When the OMIVV appliance is reset to factory default settings, any updates that you had done on the network
configuration are preserved. These settings are not reset.
Read-only user role
There is a unprivileged user called "readonly" with shell access for diagnostic purposes. The read-only user has limited privileges to run few
commands.
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