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
Table 18. Storage details for a single host (continued)
Information Description
Physical Disks—When you select this
option, the Filter drop-down list is
displayed.
You can filter physical disks based on the
following options:
● All Physical Disks
● Global Hot Spares
● Dedicated Hot Spares
● The last option displays custom named
virtual drives
● Name—displays the name of the physical disk
● Device FQDD—displays the device FQDD
● Capacity—displays the physical disk capacity
● Disk Status—displays physical disk status. The options include:
○ ONLINE
○ READY
○ DEGRADED
○ FAILED
○ OFFLINE
○ REBUILDING
○
INCOMPATIBLE
○ REMOVED
○ CLEARED
○ SMART ALERT DETECTED
○ UNKNOWN
○ FOREIGN
○ UNSUPPORTED
● Configured—displays whether the disk is configured
● Hot Spare Type(Not applicable for PCIe)—shows the hot spare type. The
options include:
○
No—there is no hot spare
○ Global—an unused backup disk that is part of the disk group
○ Dedicated—an unused backup disk that is assigned to a single virtual
drive. When a physical disk in the virtual drive crashes, the hot spare is
enabled to replace the failed physical disk without interrupting the system
or requiring your intervention.
● Virtual Disk—displays the name of the virtual drive
● Bus Protocol—displays the bus protocol
● Controller ID—displays the controller ID
● Media Type—displays either SSD or HDD.
● Remaining Rated Write Endurance—displays the SSD remaining write
endurance.
● Connector ID—displays the connector ID
● Enclosure ID—displays the enclosure ID
● Device ID—displays the device ID
● Model—displays the model number of the physical storage disk
● Part Number—displays the storage part number
● Serial Number—displays the storage serial number
● Vendor—displays the storage vendor name
Controllers
● Controller ID—displays the controller ID
● Name—displays the name of the controller
● Device FQDD—displays the FQDD of the device
● Firmware Version—displays the firmware version
● Minimum Required Firmware—displays the minimum required firmware.
This column is populated if the firmware is out of date and a newer version is
available
● Driver Version—displays the driver version
● Patrol Read State—displays the Patrol Read State
● Cache Size—displays the cache size
Enclosures
● Controller ID—displays the controller ID
● Connector ID—displays the connector ID
● Enclosure ID—displays the enclosure ID
● Name—displays the name of the enclosure
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