Users Guide

Manage OMIVV appliance settings

On the Settings page, you can perform the following tasks:

• Configure warranty expiration notification settings. For more information, see Configure warranty expiration notification.

• Configure the latest appliance version notification. For more information, see Configure latest appliance version notification .

• Override severity for Proactive HA alerts. For more information, see Override severity of health update notification.

• Initial Configuration. For more information, see Initial configuration

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

• Schedule or modify data retrieval schedules for inventory and warranty. For more information, see Schedule inventory job and

Schedule warranty retrieval jobs.

Manage multiple appliances

If multiple vCenter instances share the same PSC and are registered with more than one instance of an OMIVV appliance, use the switch

appliance wizard to switch between the different instances of OMIVV.

You can see the current instance of OMIVV on the home page.

1. On the OMIVV home page, click CHANGE.

• IP/Name—The OMIVV appliance FQDN or IP

• Version—The current version of the OMIVV appliance

• Compliance Status—The status (Compliant or Non-compliant) of the OMIVV appliance based on the version

• Availability Status—The availability status of the OMIVV appliance based on whether the OMIVV services are running. OK or

ERROR is displayed to indicate the working status of OMIVV.

• Registered vCenter Servers—The registered vCenter server FQDN or IP

• Actions—The action name (SELECT or SELECTED)

2. On the Switch OMIVV Appliance page, click SELECT.

3. To confirm, click YES.

You can view the change in the appliance IP on the home page.

Configure warranty expiration notification

Enable the warranty expiration notification to get notified if warranties for any of the hosts are nearing expiration.

1. On the OMIVV home page, click Settings > Notifications > Warranty Expiration Notification.

2. Select Enable Warranty Expiration Notification for hosts.

3. Select the number of days to be notified before the warranty expires.

4. Click APPLY.

Configure latest appliance version notification

To get notified about the availability of a new OMIVV version, select the Enable Latest Version Notification (Recommended) check

box. It is recommended that you check it on weekly basis. To use the latest appliance version notification features of OMIVV, you must

have an Internet connection. If your environment requires a proxy to connect to Internet, ensure that you configure the proxy settings on

the Admin portal.

To receive periodic notification about the availability of latest version (RPM, OVF, RPM/OVF) of OMIVV, perform the following steps to

configure the latest version notification:

1. On the OMIVV home page, click Settings > Appliance Settings > Notifications > Latest Version Notification.

2. Select the Enable Latest Version Notification (Recommended) check box.

3. To receive the latest appliance version notification, select the day and time.

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