Users Guide

OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Home
Page
When you log into the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter home page, the navigation buttons are in the left pane, and
the right pane provides useful links and information. This design provides key links into the tasks you do most often. While all
these tasks are found under the left-pane navigation, you can also find them on the Overview page for ease of use. The tasks
provided on this page belong to the following categories:
● Hosts and Server Deployment
This section provides more information on hosts and server deployment.
● vSphere Host and Bare Metal Server Compliance
This section provides more information and lets you view details about non-compliant hosts or bare metal servers or run the
wizards to fix them.
● Inventory Schedule
In this section, you can learn more about inventory scheduling.
● Warranty Data Retrieval Schedule
This section lets you learn more or view/change warranty schedules.
●
Licensing
This section lets you learn more about licensing. Use the links to go to the licensing tasks. In the host connection licenses,
you can view the host connection licenses in real time. In addition, you can use the Buy Now link to purchase a full version
license to manage more than one host. The Buy Now link only appears if you are using a demo license. In vCenter Connection
Licenses, you can view the VMware vCenter connection license related information.
● Events and Alarms Settings
Learn more about event and alarm settings or take the link that lets you configure them.
Configuration Wizard welcome page
After you install the OMVV, it must be configured.
1. In the vSphere Client, from Home page, under Management tab, click the Dell Management Center icon.
The first time you click on the Dell Management Center icon, it opens the Configuration Wizard. You can also access
this wizard on the Dell Management Center > Settings page.
2. In the Welcome tab, review the steps, and then click Next.
Creating a new Connection Profile [Wizard]
A connection profile stores the credentials that the virtual appliance uses to communicate with Dell servers. Each Dell server
must be associated with a connection profile to be managed by the OMIVV. You may assign multiple servers to a single
connection profile. Creating the Connection Profile is similar between the Configuration Wizard and the Dell Management
Center, under Settings option. You can configure OMIVV to connect to iDRAC and Host using Active directory credential.
Prior using the Active Directory credentials with a connection profile, the Active Directory user’s account must exist in Active
Directory and the iDRAC and host must be configured for Active Directory based authentication. The active directory credential
can be same for both iDRAC and host or it can be set as separate active directory credential. The user credential must have
administrative privilege.
NOTE:
With installations on hosts that are using 12th or later generation of the Dell PowerEdge servers, the OMSA agent
installation is not required. For installations on 11th generation servers, OMSA agent is automatically installed during the
deployment process.
NOTE: You are not allowed to create a connection profile if the number of hosts added exceeds the license limit for
creating a Connection Profile
To create a new connection profile using the wizard:
1. From the Connection Profiles tab, click Create New.
Steps to Configure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
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