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
Synchronizing with enrolled Microsoft console.................................................................................................... 41
Resolving synchronization errors................................................................................................................................... 41
Viewing System Lockdown Mode................................................................................................................................. 42
Deleting servers from OMIMSSC.................................................................................................................................. 42
Deleting Modular Systems from OMIMSSC..........................................................................................................42
Chapter 15: Views in OMIMSSC................................................................................................... 43
Launching Server View.................................................................................................................................................... 43
Launching Modular Systems view................................................................................................................................. 44
Launching OpenManage Enterprise Modular console........................................................................................ 44
Input/Output Modules............................................................................................................................................... 45
Launching Cluster View................................................................................................................................................... 45
Launching iDRAC console............................................................................................................................................... 45
Launching Maintenance Center.....................................................................................................................................46
Launching Jobs and Logs Center.................................................................................................................................. 46
Chapter 16: Managing Operational Templates.............................................................................. 48
Predefined Operational Templates................................................................................................................................49
About reference server configuration.......................................................................................................................... 49
Creating Operational Template from reference servers..........................................................................................49
Windows OS component for OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM.......................................................... 51
Windows component for OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM............................................................. 51
Non-Windows component for OMIMSSC console extensions..........................................................................51
Creating Operational Template from reference Modular Systems....................................................................... 52
Viewing Operational Template....................................................................................................................................... 52
Modifying Operational Template................................................................................................................................... 52
Configuring system specific values (Pool values) using Operational Template on multiple servers............ 53
Deleting Operational Template.......................................................................................................................................54
Assigning Operational Template and running Operational Template compliance for servers.........................54
Deploying Operational Template on servers ..............................................................................................................54
Assigning Operational Template for Modular Systems............................................................................................ 55
Deploying Operational Template for Modular System..............................................................................................56
Unassigning Operational Template............................................................................................................................... 56
About reference Modular System configuration....................................................................................................... 56
Chapter 17: Preparing for operating system deployment..............................................................57
About WinPE image ......................................................................................................................................................... 57
Providing WIM file for SCCM................................................................................................................................... 57
Providing WIM file for SCVMM................................................................................................................................57
Extracting DTK drivers............................................................................................................................................... 57
Updating WinPE image...............................................................................................................................................58
Preparing for operating system deployment on SCCM console............................................................................58
Task sequence-SCCM................................................................................................................................................58
Setting a default share location for the Lifecycle Controller boot media......................................................60
Creating a task sequence media bootable ISO.....................................................................................................60
Preparing for non-Windows operating system deployment.................................................................................... 61
Chapter 18: Creating clusters using Operational Template...........................................................62
Creating logical switch for Storage Spaces Direct clusters................................................................................... 62
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