Install Guide

In PSC environment with multiple vCenter servers, if the schedule for individual vCenter is different and you select the All
Registered vCenters option to update the inventory schedule, the inventory schedule settings page displays the default
schedule.
3. Select the inventory data retrieval day and time, and click APPLY.
NOTE: In PSC environment with multiple vCenter servers, if you update the inventory schedule of All Registered
vCenters, the update overrides the individual vCenter inventory schedule settings.
Schedule warranty retrieval jobs
1. To update authorization key, ensure that you have access to index catalog (https://downloads.dell.com/catalog/
CatalogIndex.gz).
2. To get warranty report, ensure that you have access to https://apigtwb2c.us.dell.com.
3. Ensure that the inventory is run successfully on hosts and chassis.
4. To use the warranty features of OMIVV, you must have an Internet connection. If your environment requires proxy to reach
Internet, ensure that you configure the proxy settings in the Admin portal.
Hardware warranty information is retrieved from Dell Online and displayed by OMIVV. Only the Service Tag is sent and not
stored by Dell Online.
In PSC environment with multiple vCenter servers, the chassis warranty runs automatically with every vCenter when the
warranty for any vCenter is run. However, warranty does not automatically run if it is not added to chassis credential profile.
NOTE: The settings in this page are reset to default each time the configuration wizard is invoked. If you have previously
configured a warranty retrieval job, ensure that you replicate that schedule warranty retrieval job in this page before
completing the wizard functions so that the previous warranty retrieval is not overridden by the default settings.
1. On the OMIVV home page, click Settings > vCenter Settings > Data Retrieval Schedule > Warranty Retrieval.
2. Select the Enable Warranty Data Retrieval (Recommended) check box.
In PSC environment with multiple vCenter servers, if the schedule for individual vCenter is different and you select the All
Registered vCenters option to update the warranty schedule, the warranty schedule settings page displays the default
schedule.
3. Select the warranty data retrieval day and time, and click APPLY.
NOTE:
In PSC environment with multiple vCenter servers, if you update the warranty schedule of All Registered
vCenters, the update overrides the individual vCenter warranty schedule settings.
Configure events and alarms
● To receive events from the servers, ensure that the SNMP trap destination is set in iDRAC. OMIVV supports SNMP v1 and
v2 alerts.
● Ensure that you set event posting level before enabling alarms for hosts and its chassis.
● To receive the Memory Page Retire (MPR) alarm for all hosts, ensure that the Enable Memory Page Retire alarm for all
hosts option is enabled for all hosts that are managed using OMIVV. In addition, set the Event Posting Level to Post all
Events or Post only Critical and Warning Events or Post only Vitalization-Related Events.
● To receive the alarms for all hosts and its chassis, set the Event Posting Level to Post all Events or Post only Critical
and Warning Events or Post only Vitalization-Related Events.
1. On the OMIVV home page, click Settings > vCenter Settings > Events and Alarms.
2. To enable Memory Page Retire alarms, perform the following:
a. Click Enable Memory Page Retire alarm for all hosts.
The Enable Memory Page Retire Alarm dialog box is displayed.
b. To accept the change, click CONTINUE.
c. To save the changes, click APPLY.
For more information about Memory Page Retire (MPR), see Forecast Memory Page Retire (MPR) in OMIVV on page
46.
3. To enable alarms for all hosts and its chassis, perform the following:
a. Click Enable Alarms for all hosts and its chassis.
Configure OMIVV appliance using initial configuration wizard
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