Users Guide

Resetting The Virtual Appliance To Factory Settings
To reset the virtual appliance to factory settings:
1. In vSphere Web Client, in the Navigator, select vCenter.
2. In the Navigator, select the Virtual Machine that you want to manage.
3. Do one of the following:
● On the Object tab, select Action > Open Console.
● Right-click the virtual machine that you selected and select Open Console.
4. Use the arrow keys to select Reset this Virtual Appliance to Factory Settings and press <ENTER>.
5. The following notice is displayed:
This operation is completely Irreversible if you continue you will completely reset
*this* appliance to its original settings. All changes you have made to this
appliance will be Lost. Are you sure you wish to Reset this Appliance to Factory
Settings?
6. Enter y to reset or n to cancel. The appliance is reset to the original factory settings and all the others settings and saved
data will be lost.
NOTE: When the virtual appliance is reset to factory settings, any updates made to the Network Configuration are
preserved; these settings are not reset.
Refreshing the Console View
To refresh the Console view, select Refresh and press <ENTER>.
Logging out from the console
To log out from the console, click Log out in the top right corner against your logged-in account.
Read-only User Role
There is an unprivileged user role called readonly with shell access for diagnostic purposes. The read-only user has limited
privileges to run the mount. The readonly user's password is set as readonly. The readonly user’s password has changed from
admin password (for OMIVV v1.0 to v2.3.1) for security purposes.
Upgrading OpenManage Integration Plugin from 3.0 version to the
current version
To upgrade OpenManage Integration plug-in from version 3.0 to the current version, perform the following steps:
1. Open a web browser and enter the Administration Console URL displayed in the vSphere vCenter Console tab for the virtual
machine you want to configure. You can also use the link displayed on the Help and Support page in the Dell Management
Console. The URL is represented in the following format and is case-insensitive: https://<ApplianceIPAddress>
2. In the left pane of the ADMINISTRATION CONSOLE window, click APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT.
3. Depending on your network settings, enable proxy and provide proxy settings if your network needs proxy.
4. To upgrade OpenManage Integration plug-in from version 3.0 to the current version, do one of the following:
● Ensure that Update Repository Path is set to http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-plugin-x64/latest/ path.
If the path is different, in the Appliance Management window, in the APPLIANCE UPDATE section, click Edit to
update the path to http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-plugin-x64/latest/ in the Update
Repository Path text box. Click Apply to save the updates.
● If there is no internet connectivity, download all the files and folders from the http://linux.dell.com/repo/
hardware/vcenter-plugin-x64/latest/ path and copy them to an HTTP share. In the Appliance Management
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