Release Notes

Important notes

1. The following are the important items to note before upgrading to OMIVV 5.0:

a. From OMIVV 5.0 onwards, only VMware vSphere Client (HTML-5) is supported and the vSphere Web Client (FLEX) is

not supported.

b. 11G servers are not supported. Only the 12G and later generations servers are retained after restore.

c. Hardware profiles and deployment templates are not supported. System profiles now have two types, where Basic is

intended to replace the same settings that were captured in the Hardware Profile. For deployment, the deployment

process asks what system profiles (configuration) and ISO repository (hypervisor image) you want to use for the

deployment.

2. For using the DNS server, the recommended practices are:

a. OMIVV supports only IPv4 IP addresses. Although both static IP assignment and DHCP assignment are supported, Dell

recommends you to assign a static IP address. Assign a static IP address and hostname when you deploy an OMIVV

appliance with a valid DNS registration. A static IP address ensures that during the system restart, the IP address of the

OMIVV appliance remains same.

b. Ensure that OMIVV hostname entries are present in both forward and reverse lookup zones in your DNS server.

3. For the OMIVV appliance mode, ensure that you deploy OMIVV in the appropriate mode based on your virtualization

environment. For more information, see the System requirements for deployment modes topic in OpenManage

Integration for VMware vCenter Version 5.0 Installation Guide.

4. Configure your network to match the port requirements. For more information, see the Port information topic in

OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 5.0 Installation Guide.

5. For 14th generation PowerEdge servers, iDRAC mounts the NFS through TCP on port 2049.

6. When restoring the OMIVV data, ensure that you end all the vCenter sessions.

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