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4. Click Apply after downloading is complete.
NOTE: It might take up to 60 to 90 minutes to read the catalog from the source and update the OMIVV database.
Configuring latest appliance version notification
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. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage → Settings tab, under Appliance Settings, at the
right side of Latest Version Notification, click the
icon.
By default, the latest version notification is disabled.
2. In the Latest Version Notification and Retrieval Schedule dialog box, perform the following actions:
a. If you want to enable latest version notification, select the Enable Latest Version notification check box.
b. Under Latest Version Retrieval Schedule, select the days of the week for this job.
c. In Latest Version Retrieval Time, specify the required local time.
The time you provide is your local time. Ensure that you calculate any time difference for running this task at a proper
time on the OMIVV appliance.
3. To save the settings, click Apply, to reset the settings, click Clear, and to abort the operation, click Cancel.
Configuring deployment credentials
The deployment credentials allow you to set up credentials to communicate securely with a bare-metal system that is
discovered using auto discovery until the OS deployment is complete. For secure communication with iDRAC, OMIVV uses
deployment credentials from initial discovery until the end of the deployment process. Once the OS deployment process
is successfully complete, OMIVV changes the iDRAC credentials as provided in the connection profile. If you change the
deployment credentials, all newly discovered systems from that point onwards are provisioned with the new credentials.
However, the credentials on servers that are discovered prior to the change of deployment credentials are not affected by this
change.
NOTE:
OMIVV acts as a provisioning server. The deployment credentials allow you to communicate with iDRAC that uses
the OMIVV plug-in as a provisioning server in the auto discovery process.
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Settings tab, under Appliance Settings, at the right
side of Deployment Credentials, click the icon.
2. In Credentials for Bare Metal Server Deployment, under Credentials, enter the values for the following:
● In the User Name text box, enter the user name.
The user name should be 16 characters or less (only ASCII printable characters).
● In the Password text box, enter the password.
The password should be 20 characters or less (only ASCII printable characters).
● In the Verify Password text box, enter the password again.
Ensure that the passwords match.
3. To save the specified credentials, click Apply.
vCenter settings
In this section, configure the following vCenter settings:
● Enable the OMSA link. See Enabling the OMSA link.
● Configure events and alarms. See the Configuring events and alarms.
● Configure the data retrieval schedules for inventory and warranty. See the Viewing data retrieval schedules for inventory and
warranty.
Appliance configuration for VMware vCenter
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