Users Guide

Renaming Hypervisor Profiles.................................................................................................................................. 55
Deleting Hypervisor Profiles..................................................................................................................................... 55
Refreshing Hypervisor Profiles................................................................................................................................ 55
Building A New Deployment Template.........................................................................................................................55
Managing Deployment Templates........................................................................................................................... 56
Running The Deployment Wizard.................................................................................................................................. 56
Deployment Wizard - Step 1: Select Servers .......................................................................................................57
Deployment Wizard Step 2: Deployment Templates.......................................................................................... 57
Deployment Wizard Step 3: Global Settings.........................................................................................................57
Deployment Wizard Step 4: Server Identification............................................................................................... 58
Deployment Wizard Step 5: Connection Profile.................................................................................................. 58
Deployment Wizard Step 6: Scheduling Jobs.......................................................................................................59
Understanding Job Queue.........................................................................................................................................59
Adding A Server Manually......................................................................................................................................... 60
Removing A Bare Metal Server................................................................................................................................60
Chapter 6: Console Administration.............................................................................................. 61
Web-based Administration Console...............................................................................................................................61
Using the Administration Console..................................................................................................................................61
Registering a vCenter server by a non-administrator user with necessary privileges................................ 61
Registering a vCenter Server................................................................................................................................... 63
Uploading a OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter License to the Administration Console.... 65
Virtual Appliance Management...................................................................................................................................... 66
Restarting the Virtual Appliance..............................................................................................................................66
Updating a Repository Location and Virtual Appliance...................................................................................... 66
Updating the Virtual Appliance Software .............................................................................................................66
Downloading the Troubleshooting Bundle............................................................................................................. 67
Setting Up The HTTP Proxy..................................................................................................................................... 67
Setting Up the NTP Servers..................................................................................................................................... 67
Generating a Certificate Signing Request............................................................................................................. 67
Setting up Global Alerts...................................................................................................................................................68
Managing Backup And Restore......................................................................................................................................69
Configuring Backup And Restore............................................................................................................................ 69
Scheduling Automatic Backups................................................................................................................................69
Performing An Immediate Backup...........................................................................................................................70
Restoring the Database from a Backup................................................................................................................. 70
Understanding the vSphere Client Console ...............................................................................................................70
Configuring Network Settings...................................................................................................................................71
Changing The Virtual Appliance Password.............................................................................................................71
Setting The Local Time Zone.....................................................................................................................................71
Rebooting Virtual Appliance.......................................................................................................................................71
Resetting The Virtual Appliance To Factory Settings.........................................................................................72
Refreshing the Console View....................................................................................................................................72
Logging out from the console...................................................................................................................................72
Read-only User Role................................................................................................................................................... 72
Upgrading OpenManage Integration Plugin from 3.0 version to the current version.................................72
Migration Path to migrate from 2.x to 3.1............................................................................................................. 73
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 74
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