Users Guide

2. On the VCENTER REGISTRATION page, in the right pane, click Register New vCenter Server.
The REGISTER A NEW vCENTER page is displayed.
3. In the REGISTER A NEW VCENTER dialog box, under vCenter Name, perform the following tasks:
a. In the vCenter Server IP or Hostname box, enter the vCenter IP address or FQDN of the host.
Dell EMC recommends you to register OMIVV with the VMware vCenter using a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).
For all registrations, the hostname of vCenter must be properly resolvable by the DNS server. The following are the
recommended practices for using the DNS server:
● 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.
● Ensure that OMIVV hostname information is present in both forward and reverse lookup zones in your DNS server.
b. In the Description box, enter a description—optional.
4. Under vCenter User Account, perform the following steps:
a. In the vCenter User Name box, enter the username of administrator or a non-administrator username with the required
privileges.
b. In the Password box, enter the password.
c. In the Verify Password box, enter the password again.
d. Select the Register vSphere Lifecycle Manager check box.
Selecting the Register vSphere Lifecycle Manager check box allows you to use vSphere Lifecycle Manager feature
from vCenter 7.0 and later.
5. Click Register.
The following error message is displayed if vCenter registration fails:
Could not contact the given vCenter server <x> due to wrong credentials. Check the username and password.
Results
After registering the vCenter server, OMIVV is registered as a vCenter plug-in, and “Dell EMC OpenManage Integration” icon is
visible in the vSphere Client from which you can access the OMIVV features.
NOTE:
For all vCenter operations from OMIVV appliance, OMIVV uses the privileges of the registered user and not the
privileges of the user logged-in to VMware vCenter or the OMIVV appliance local accounts. For example, user X with the
necessary privileges registers OMIVV with vCenter, and user Y has only the Dell privileges. User Y can now log in to the
vCenter and can trigger a firmware update task from OMIVV. While performing the firmware update task, OMIVV uses the
privileges of user X to put the host into maintenance mode or reboot the host.
NOTE: If you want to upload a customized Certificate Authority (CA)-signed certificate to OMIVV, ensure that you
upload the new certificate before vCenter registration. If you upload the new custom certificate after vCenter registration,
communication errors are displayed on the vSphere Client. To fix this issue, log out and log in to vCenter. If issue persists,
restart the vSphere Client service on the vCenter server.
Register vCenter server using a non-administrative account
Prerequisites
You can register vCenter servers for the OMIVV appliance with vCenter administrator credentials or a non-administrator user
with the Dell privileges.
About this task
To enable a non-administrator user with the required privileges to register a vCenter server, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Create a role or modify existing role with a required privileges for the role.
For more information about the list of privileges required for the role, see Required privileges for non-administrator users.
For the steps required to create or modify a role and select privileges in the vSphere Client (HTML-5), see the VMware
vSphere documentation
2. Assign a user to the newly created role after you define a role and select privileges for the role.
For more information about assigning a role to privilege, see the VMware vSphere documentation.
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Log in to Dell EMC OMIVV administration console