Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Version 7.2.1 for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Unified User’s Guide
- Introduction to OMIMSSC
- OMIMSSC components
- System requirements for OMIMSSC
- Deploy OMIMSSC
- OMIMSSC licensing
- Enrolling Microsoft console in OMIMSSC
- Managing OMIMSSC and its components
- Backup and Restore OMIMSSC Appliance
- Uninstalling OMIMSSC
- Upgrading OMIMSSC for SCVMM
- Rebooting OMIMSSC Appliance
- Logging out of OMIMSSC Appliance
- Managing profiles
- Discovering devices and synchronizing servers with MSSC console
- Views in OMIMSSC
- Managing Operational Templates
- Predefined Operational Templates
- About reference server configuration
- Creating Operational Template from reference servers
- Creating Operational Template from reference Modular Systems
- Viewing Operational Template
- Modifying Operational Template
- Configuring system specific values (Pool values) using Operational Template on multiple servers
- Deleting Operational Template
- Assigning Operational Template and running Operational Template compliance for servers
- Deploying Operational Template on servers
- Assigning Operational Template for Modular Systems
- Deploying Operational Template for Modular System
- Unassigning Operational Template
- About reference Modular System configuration
- Preparing for operating system deployment
- Creating clusters using Operational Template
- Firmware update in OMIMSSC
- Managing devices in OMIMSSC
- Provisioning devices from OMIMSSC
- Configuration and deployment
- Use cases
- Creating Operational Templates
- Installer folders
- Assign Operational Templates
- Deploy Operational Templates
- Windows OS component for the OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM
- Windows component for the OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Non-Windows component for the OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM/SCVMM
- Discovery in enrolled MSSC
- Importing server profile
- Export server profile
- Viewing LC logs
- Collect LC logs
- Part replacement
- Polling and notification
- Launch iDRAC
- Launch Input Output Module
- Resolving synchronization errors
- Synchronizing OMIMSSC with enrolled Microsoft console
- Deploy Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Trouble shooting scenarios
- Resources required for managing OMIMSSC
- Verifying permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM
- Verifying PowerShell permissions for using OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Install and upgrade scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Enrollment failure
- Failure of test connection
- Failure to connect to OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
- Error accessing console extension after updating SCVMM R2
- IP address not assigned to OMIMSSC Appliance
- SCVMM crashes while importing OMIMSSC console extension
- Failed to login to OMIMSSC console extensions
- SC2012 VMM SP1 crashing during update
- OMIMSSC admin portal scenarios
- Discovery, synchronization and inventory scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Failure to discover servers
- Discovered servers not added to All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers collection
- Failure to discover servers due to incorrect credentials
- Creation of incorrect VRTX chassis group after server discovery
- Unable to synchronize host servers with enrolled SCCM
- Empty cluster update group not deleted during autodiscovery or synchronization
- Failure to perform maintenance-related tasks on rediscovered servers
- Generic scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Firmware update scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Failure of creation of update source
- Failure to connect to FTP using system default update source
- Failure of test connection for local update source
- Failure to create DRM update source
- Failure to create repository during firmware update
- Failure to display comparison report after upgrading or migrating OMIMSSC
- Failure to update firmware of clusters
- Failure of firmware update because of job queue being full
- Failure of firmware update when using DRM update source
- Firmware update on components irrespective of selection
- Failure to display latest inventory information after firmware update
- Failure to delete a custom update group
- Failure to update WinPE image
- Changing of polling and notification bell color after updating the frequency
- Operating system deployment scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Server profile scenarios in OMIMSSC
- LC Logs scenarios in OMIMSSC
- Appendix
- Appendix 2
- Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site
Installing OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM
● Ensure that you install the OMIMSSC on the SCCM site server before using it in the SCCM admin console.
● It is recommended that you close Configuration Manager before installing, upgrading, or uninstalling the OMIMSSC console
extension for SCCM.
1. Double-click OMIMSSC_SCCM_Console_Extension.exe.
The Welcome screen is displayed.
2. Click Next.
3. On the License Agreement page, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next.
4. In the Destination Folder page, by default an installation folder is selected. To change the location, click Change and
traverse to a new location, and then click Next.
5. On the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install.
The following folder is created after installing the console extension:
● Log—this folder consists of console-related log information.
6. In Installation Completed Successfully, click Finish.
Installing OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM
● Install OMIMSSC console extension on SCVMM management server and SCVMM console. Only after installing OMIMSSC
console, you can import the console extension to SCVMM.
1. Double-click the OMIMSSC_SCVMM_Console_Extension.exe .
The Welcome screen is displayed.
2. Click Next.
3. On the License Agreement page, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next.
4. In the Destination Folder page, by default an installation folder is selected. To change the location, click Change and
traverse to a new location, and then click Next.
5. On the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install.
The following folders are created after installing the console extension:
● Log—this folder consists of console-related log information.
● OMIMSSC_UPDATE—This folder consists of all the activities that are required for Cluster Aware Update (CAU). This
folder has read and write permissions only for CAU operations. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
permissions are configured for this folder. For more information, see Microsoft documentation.
6. In InstallShield Wizard Completed page, click Finish.
7. Import the OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM in to SCVMM console. For more information see, Importing OMIMSSC
console extension for SCVMM.
Deploy OMIMSSC
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