Users Guide

2. Click the icon at the right side of Events and Alarms.
3. To enable all hardware alarms and events, select Enable Alarms for all Dell EMC Hosts.
NOTE: The Dell EMC hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering into maintenance mode and
you can modify the alarm, as needed.
4. To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers, click Restore Default Alarms.
This step can take up to a minute before the change takes effect and is available only if Enable Alarms For Dell EMC
Hosts is selected.
5. In Event Posting Level, select either “Do not post any events”, “Post All Events”, “Post only Critical and Warning Events”,
or “Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events”. For more information, see Events, alarms, and health
monitoring.
6. If you want to apply these settings to all vCenters, select Apply these settings to all vCenters.
NOTE: Selecting the option overrides the existing settings for all vCenters.
NOTE: The option is not available, if you have already selected All Registered vCenters from the drop-down list on
the Settings tab.
7. To save, click Apply.
Viewing data retrieval schedules for inventory and warranty
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Settings tab, under vCenter Settings, click Data
Retrieval Schedule.
On clicking, data retrieval schedule expands to expose the edit options for inventory and warranty.
2. Click the
icon against Inventory Retrieval or Warranty Retrieval.
In the Inventory/Warranty Data Retrieval dialog box, you can view the following information for inventory or warranty
retrieval:
● Whether the inventory and/or warranty retrieval option is enabled or disabled?
● The weekdays for which it is enabled.
● The time of day it is enabled.
3. To edit the data retrieval schedules, see the Modifying inventory job schedules or the Modifying warranty job schedules.
4. Click Data Retrieval Schedule again to contract the inventory and warranty schedules and display a single line.
Configuring SNMP trap community string
1. On the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter page, on the Manage > Settings tab, under Appliance Settings,
click
against the OMSA SNMP Trap Community String.
The OMSA SNMP Trap Community String Settings dialog box is displayed. By default, public is displayed in the SNMP
trap community string.
2. Customize the public text to any string, and click Apply.
NOTE:
The SNMP trap community string configuration for 11
th
generation of PowerEdge servers is set while installing or
upgrading OMSA through OMIVV.
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