Install Guide

The Select Storage window is displayed.
11. In the Select Storage window, perform the following substeps:
a. In the Select Virtual Disk Format drop-down list, select either of the following formats:
● Thick Provision (lazy Zeroed)
● Thick Provision (Eager zeroed
● Thin Provision
It is recommended that you select, Thick Provision (Eager Zeroed).
b. In the VM Storage Policy drop-down list, select a policy.
12. Click Next.
The Setup Networks window is displayed that includes details about the source and destination networks.
13. In the Setup Networks window, click Next.
NOTE: It is recommended that the OMIVV appliance and the vCenter server are located in the same network.
14. In the Ready to Complete window, review the selected options for the OVF deployment task and click Finish.
The deployment job runs and provides a completion status window where you can track the job progress.
Registering vCenter server by non-administrator user
You can register vCenter servers for the OMIVV appliance with vCenter administrator credentials or a non-administrator user
with the necessary privileges.
To enable a non-administrator user with the required privileges to register a vCenter server, perform the following steps:
1. To change the privileges selected for a role, add the role and select the required privileges for the role or modify an existing
role.
See VMware vSphere documentation for the steps required to create or modify a role and select privileges in the vSphere
web client. To select all the required privileges for the role, see the Required privileges for non-administrator users.
NOTE: The vCenter administrator should add or modify a role.
2. Assign a user to the newly created role after you define a role and select privileges for the role.
See VMware vSphere documentation for more information on assigning permissions in the vSphere web client.
NOTE: The vCenter administrator should assign permissions in the vSphere client.
A vCenter server non-administrator user with the required privileges can now register and/or unregister vCenter, modify
credentials, or update the certificate.
3. Register a vCenter server by using a non-administrator user with the required privileges. See Registering a vCenter server by
a non-administrator user with the required privileges.
4. Assign the Dell privileges to the role created or modified in step 1. See Assigning Dell privileges to the role in vSphere web
client.
A non-administrator user with the required privileges can now use the OMIVV features with the Dell EMC hosts.
Required privileges for non-administrator users
To register OMIVV with vCenter, a non-administrator user requires the following privileges:
NOTE:
While registering a vCenter server with OMIVV by a non-administrator user, an error message is displayed if the
following privileges are not assigned.
● Alarms
○ Create alarm
○ Modify alarm
○ Remove alarm
● Extension
○ Register extension
○ Unregister extension
○ Update extension
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