Users Guide

Renaming Hypervisor Profiles.................................................................................................................................. 54
Deleting Hypervisor Profiles..................................................................................................................................... 54
Refreshing Hypervisor Profiles................................................................................................................................ 54
Building A New Deployment Template.........................................................................................................................54
Managing Deployment Templates........................................................................................................................... 55
Running The Deployment Wizard..................................................................................................................................55
Deployment Wizard - Step 1: Select Servers ...................................................................................................... 56
Deployment Wizard Step 2: Deployment Templates.......................................................................................... 56
Deployment Wizard Step 3: Global Settings.........................................................................................................56
Deployment Wizard Step 4: Server Identification............................................................................................... 57
Deployment Wizard Step 5: Connection Profile.................................................................................................. 57
Deployment Wizard Step 6: Scheduling Jobs.......................................................................................................58
Understanding Job Queue.........................................................................................................................................58
Adding A Server Manually......................................................................................................................................... 59
Removing A Bare Metal Server................................................................................................................................59
Chapter 6: Console Administration.............................................................................................. 60
Web-based Administration Console..............................................................................................................................60
Using the Administration Console................................................................................................................................. 60
Registering a vCenter server by a non-administrator user with necessary privileges............................... 60
Registering a vCenter Server................................................................................................................................... 62
Uploading a OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter License to the Administration Console.... 65
Virtual Appliance Management...................................................................................................................................... 65
Restarting the Virtual Appliance..............................................................................................................................65
Updating a Repository Location and Virtual Appliance...................................................................................... 65
Updating the Virtual Appliance Software .............................................................................................................66
Downloading the Troubleshooting Bundle.............................................................................................................66
Setting Up The HTTP Proxy.....................................................................................................................................66
Setting Up the NTP Servers.....................................................................................................................................66
Generating a Certificate Signing Request............................................................................................................. 67
Setting up Global Alerts................................................................................................................................................... 67
Managing Backup And Restore......................................................................................................................................68
Configuring Backup And Restore............................................................................................................................ 68
Scheduling Automatic Backups................................................................................................................................68
Performing An Immediate Backup...........................................................................................................................69
Restoring the Database from a Backup................................................................................................................. 69
Understanding the vSphere Client Console .............................................................................................................. 69
Configuring Network Settings..................................................................................................................................70
Changing The Virtual Appliance Password............................................................................................................70
Setting The Local Time Zone....................................................................................................................................70
Rebooting Virtual Appliance......................................................................................................................................70
Resetting The Virtual Appliance To Factory Settings......................................................................................... 71
Refreshing the Console View.................................................................................................................................... 71
Logging out from the console................................................................................................................................... 71
Read-only User Role.................................................................................................................................................... 71
Upgrading OpenManage Integration Plugin from 3.0 version to the current version................................. 71
Migration Path to migrate from 2.x to 3.1............................................................................................................. 72
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 73
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