Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.3 Web Client User's Guide
- Introduction
- About Administration Console
- Using Administration Portal
- Registering vCenter server
- Registering vCenter Server by non-administrator user
- Uploading license to Administration Portal
- Managing the virtual appliance
- Restarting virtual appliance
- Changing host name of virtual appliance
- Updating virtual appliance repository location and virtual appliance
- Upgrading OMIVV from existing version to current version
- Updating appliance through backup and restore
- Downloading the troubleshooting bundle
- Setting up HTTP proxy
- Setting up Network Time Protocol servers
- Configuring deployment mode
- Generating Certificate Signing Request
- Uploading HTTPS certificate
- Setting up global alerts
- Managing backup and restore
- About vSphere client console
- Using Administration Portal
- Managing multiple appliances
- Accessing OpenManage Integration from web client
- OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter licensing
- Appliance configuration for VMware vCenter
- Using Baseline tab
- Profiles
- Inventory and warranty management
- Events, alarms, and health monitoring
- About firmware updates
- Chassis management
- Deploying hypervisor
- Device discovery
- Provisioning
- System profiles
- Managing System profiles
- Configuring hardware profile
- Creating hypervisor profile
- Creating deployment templates
- About deployment wizard
- Deployment job timing
- Downloading custom Dell EMC ISO images
- About host, bare-metal, and iDRAC compliance
- Security roles and permissions
- Frequently Asked Questions-FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions-FAQ
- Export All button fails to export to .CSV file in Google chrome
- iDRAC license type and description are displayed incorrectly for non-compliant vSphere hosts
- Dell provider is not displayed as health update provider
- Inventory failing when performing firmware update task on ESXi 5.x host
- Host inventory or test connection fails due to invalid or unknown iDRAC IP.
- On running fix noncompliant vSphere hosts wizard, the status of a specific host is displayed as Unknown
- Dell privileges that are assigned while registering the OMIVV appliance are not removed after unregistering OMIVV
- OMIVV does not display all the relevant logs when trying to filter a severity category
- How do I resolve error code 2000000 caused by VMware Certificate Authority-VMCA
- In Administration Console, Update Repository Path is not set to default path after I reset appliance to factory settings
- Warranty and inventory schedule for all vCenters is not applying when selected from the job queue page
- What should I do when a web communication error in the vCenter web client appears after changing the DNS settings in OMIVV
- The settings page fail to load, if I navigate away and again go back to the settings page
- Task cannot be scheduled for the time in the past- error in inventory schedule and warranty schedule page of Initial Configuration Wizard appear
- Installation date appears as 12-31-1969 for some of the firmware on the firmware page
- Successive global refresh cause exception to be thrown in the recent task window.
- Why is web client UI distorted for few Dell screens in IE 10
- I am not seeing OpenManage Integration icon in web client even if registration of plug-in to vCenter was successful
- Even if repository has bundles for selected 11G system, firmware update displaying that there are no bundles for firmware update
- Why is DNS configuration settings restored to original settings after appliance reboot if appliance IP and DNS settings are overwritten with DHCP values
- Using OMIVV to update the Intel network card with firmware version of 13.5.2 is not supported
- Using OMIVV to update Intel network card from 14.5 or 15.0 to 16.x fails due to staging requirement from DUP
- Why trying firmware update with invalid DUP, hardware update job status on vCenter console neither fails nor times-out for hours, although job status in LC prompts as FAILED
- Why does Administration Portal display unreachable update repository location
- Why did system not enter maintenance mode when I performed one-to-many firmware update
- Chassis global health still healthy when some of power supply status has changed to critical
- Processor version is displayed as “Not Applicable” in processor view in system overview page
- Does OMIVV support vCenter in linked mode
- What are required port settings for OMIVV
- Password is not changed for user used for bare-metal discovery after successfully applying hardware profile or system profile that has same user with new changed credentials in iDRAC user list
- Unable to view new iDRAC version details listed on vCenter hosts and clusters page
- How can I test event settings by using OMSA to simulate temperature hardware Fault
- Although OMSA agent is installed on OMIVV host system, I still get error message that OMSA is not installed.
- Can OMIVV support ESXi with lockdown mode enabled
- When I tried to use lockdown mode, it fails
- Creation of hardware profile fails if I am using reference server
- Attempting to deploy ESXi on server fails
- Hypervisor deployments failing on Dell PowerEdge R210 II machines
- Auto discovered systems are displayed without model information in Deployment wizard
- NFS share is set up with ESXi ISO, but deployment fails with errors mounting share location
- How do I force remove virtual appliance from vCenter
- Entering a Password in the Backup Now Screen Receives an Error Message
- In vSphere web client, clicking Dell server management portlet or Dell icon returns 404 error
- What should I do as firmware update failed
- What should I do as vCenter registration failed
- Performance during connection profile test credentials is slow or unresponsive
- Does OMIVV support VMware vCenter server appliance
- Firmware level not updated when I have performed firmware update with Apply on Next reboot option and system was rebooted
- Host still displayed under chassis even after removing host from vCenter tree
- In Administration Console, Update Repository Path is not set to default path after I reset appliance to factory settings
- After backup and restore of OMIVV, alarm settings are not restored
- Hypervisor deployment fails when NPAR is enabled on a target node and disabled in System Profile
- Available virtual appliance version displays wrong information when the available version is lesser than the current version
- The 267027 exception is thrown while adding a 12G bare-metal server with an Express license
- During OS deployment on 14G, hardware profile apply fails due to iDRAC error
- OMIVV RPM upgrade fails when proxy is configured with domain user authentication
- Unable to apply System Profile that has PCIe card in the FX chassis
- Drift Detection shows noncompliant for Modular servers that has PCIe card in the FX chassis
- Unable to deploy an OS on PowerEdge serves when the iDRAC does not populate the MAC address of the selected NIC
- When deploying an OS, the Hardware Profile cannot be applied and the boot order cannot be configured without restarting the host
- When creating a connection profile for the host having ESXi 6.5U1, the Service Tag of the host is not displayed on the Select Hosts page
- Chassis object is not displayed on the left Navigator pane of the Dell EMC Chassis page
- Dell icon is not displayed after backup and restore from an earlier OMIVV version to a later OMIVV version
- When upgrading or downgrading some iDRAC firmware versions using OMIVV, even when the actual firmware update is successful, OMIVV may indicate that the job is failed.
- The deployment job fails when a server is in the UEFI mode and Secure boot feature is enabled
- Configuring the System Lockdown mode at a cluster level sometimes displays a message "No hosts under the cluster has successful inventory"
- Sometimes post RPM upgrade of OMIVV appliance, multiple entries in the logs are seen in vCenter Recent Tasks
- Bare-metal deployment issues
- Frequently Asked Questions-FAQ
- Related Documentation
- System specific attributes
- Customization attributes
- Additional information
- Component vs. baseline version comparison matrix
Creating system profile............................................................................................................................................. 116
Managing System profiles.............................................................................................................................................. 117
Configuring hardware profile......................................................................................................................................... 117
Enabling CSIOR on reference server..................................................................................................................... 118
Creating or customizing hardware profile ........................................................................................................... 118
Creating or cloning hardware profile.....................................................................................................................120
Managing hardware profiles.................................................................................................................................... 120
Creating hypervisor profile.............................................................................................................................................121
Managing hypervisor profiles...................................................................................................................................121
Creating deployment templates................................................................................................................................... 122
Managing deployment templates........................................................................................................................... 122
About deployment wizard..............................................................................................................................................123
VLAN support............................................................................................................................................................. 123
Running Deployment Wizard................................................................................................................................... 124
Managing deployment jobs using Job Queue......................................................................................................126
Managing firmware update jobs............................................................................................................................. 128
Deployment job timing.................................................................................................................................................... 129
Downloading custom Dell EMC ISO images.............................................................................................................. 129
Chapter 14: About host, bare-metal, and iDRAC compliance.......................................................130
Reporting and fixing compliance for vSphere hosts............................................................................................... 130
Fixing iDRAC license compliance for vSphere hosts......................................................................................... 132
Support for OEM servers.............................................................................................................................................. 132
Adding OEM hosts...........................................................................................................................................................132
Viewing baseline compliance.........................................................................................................................................133
Using OMSA with 11th generation servers................................................................................................................ 134
Deploying OMSA agent on the ESXi system.......................................................................................................134
Setting up OMSA trap destination........................................................................................................................ 134
Reporting and fixing compliance for bare-metal servers.......................................................................................135
Fixing iDRAC license compliance for bare-metal servers.................................................................................136
Refreshing bare-metal servers............................................................................................................................... 136
Chapter 15: Security roles and permissions................................................................................ 137
Data integrity.................................................................................................................................................................... 137
Access control authentication, authorization, and roles........................................................................................ 137
Dell Operational role........................................................................................................................................................ 138
Dell Infrastructure Deployment role............................................................................................................................ 138
About privileges................................................................................................................................................................138
Chapter 16: Frequently Asked Questions-FAQ............................................................................ 140
Frequently Asked Questions-FAQ............................................................................................................................... 140
Export All button fails to export to .CSV file in Google chrome.....................................................................140
iDRAC license type and description are displayed incorrectly for non-compliant vSphere hosts..........140
Dell provider is not displayed as health update provider..................................................................................140
Inventory failing when performing firmware update task on ESXi 5.x host.................................................141
Host inventory or test connection fails due to invalid or unknown iDRAC IP. ........................................... 141
On running fix noncompliant vSphere hosts wizard, the status of a specific host is displayed as
Unknown...................................................................................................................................................................141
Dell privileges that are assigned while registering the OMIVV appliance are not removed after
unregistering OMIVV............................................................................................................................................. 141
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