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
Backup OMIMSSC Appliance ........................................................................................................................................ 25
Restore OMIMSSC Appliance ....................................................................................................................................... 25
Restoring OMIMSSC Appliance .............................................................................................................................. 26
Chapter 9: Uninstalling OMIMSSC............................................................................................... 27
De-enrolling Microsoft console from OMIMSSC....................................................................................................... 27
Uninstalling OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM...............................................................................................27
Uninstalling OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM ..........................................................................................27
Removing OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM .......................................................................................28
Removing OMIMSSC console extension in SCVMM ......................................................................................... 28
Other uninstallation steps............................................................................................................................................... 28
Deleting Appliance-specific RunAsAccounts........................................................................................................ 28
Deleting OMIMSSC application profile................................................................................................................... 28
Removing Appliance VM..................................................................................................................................................28
Chapter 10: Upgrading OMIMSSC for SCVMM.............................................................................29
About service pack updates........................................................................................................................................... 29
Installation prerequisites............................................................................................................................................ 30
Instructions for upgrading service packs...............................................................................................................30
Copying service pack updates to repository.........................................................................................................30
Providing repository URL information for service pack updates......................................................................31
Installing service pack updates................................................................................................................................. 31
Upgrading OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM................................................................................................. 31
Upgrading OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM............................................................................................. 32
Chapter 11: Rebooting OMIMSSC Appliance.................................................................................33
Chapter 12: Logging out of OMIMSSC Appliance......................................................................... 34
Chapter 13: Managing profiles..................................................................................................... 35
About credential profile................................................................................................................................................... 35
Creating credential profile.........................................................................................................................................35
Modifying credential profile...................................................................................................................................... 36
Deleting credential profile..........................................................................................................................................36
About hypervisor profile (for SCVMM users)............................................................................................................ 36
Creating hypervisor profile........................................................................................................................................ 37
Modifying hypervisor profile......................................................................................................................................37
Deleting hypervisor profile.........................................................................................................................................37
Chapter 14: Discovering devices and synchronizing servers with MSSC console.......................... 38
Discovering devices in OMIMSSC.................................................................................................................................38
Device discovery in OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM.......................................................................... 38
Device discovery in OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM...................................................................... 38
System requirements for managed systems.........................................................................................................39
Discovering servers using auto discovery............................................................................................................. 39
Discovering servers using manual discovery.........................................................................................................39
Discovering MX7000 by using manual discovery................................................................................................ 40
Synchronization of OMIMSSC console extension with enrolled SCCM............................................................... 41
Synchronization of OMIMSSC console extension with enrolled SCVMM......................................................41
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