Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Version 7.
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Contents 1 Introduction to OMIMSSC............................................................................................................. 5 2 OMIMSSC components................................................................................................................ 6 3 Workflows for installing or managing OMIMSSC............................................................................. 7 Planning for installing OMIMSSC on SCCM .................................................................
Modifying SCCM and SCVMM accounts in OMIMSSC admin portal...........................................................................19 Back up OMIMSSC Appliance............................................................................................................................................ 19 Taking back up of OMIMSSC Appliance..................................................................................................................... 19 Restore OMIMSSC Appliance ..........................
1 Introduction to OMIMSSC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) is an appliance-based integration into System Center suite of products. OMIMSSC enables full lifecycle management of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers by using integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller (LC). OMIMSSC offers operating system deployment, Storage Spaces Direct cluster creation, hardware patching, firmware update, and maintenance of servers and modular systems.
2 OMIMSSC components The following is the list of the OMIMSSC components and their names that have been used in this guide: Table 1. Components in OMIMSSC Components Description OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Appliance virtual machine, also known as OMIMSSC Appliance. Host the OMIMSSC Appliance on a Hyper-V as a virtual machine based on CentOS and performs the following tasks: • • • OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center console, also known as the OMIMSSC console.
3 Workflows for installing or managing OMIMSSC Based on your requirements you can choose to install either OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM, or OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM, upgrade existing OMIMSSC, or migrate OMIMSSC, by performing the tasks mentioned in the following topics: Topics: • • • • Planning for installing OMIMSSC on SCCM Planning for installing OMIMSSC on SCVMM Planning for upgrading OMIMSSC Migrating from one OMIMSSC Appliance to another OMIMSSC Appliance Planning for installing OMI
3. Upgrade OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM or OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM. For information about upgrading OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM see OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM. For information about upgrading OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM see Upgrading OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM. 4. Restore the old OMIMSSC Appliance on a fresh OMIMSSC Appliance. For more information, see Restoring Appliance. 5. Import the OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM in SCVMM console. 6.
4 System requirements for OMIMSSC Topics: • • • • • Account privileges Common system requirements for OMIMSSC System requirements of OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM System requirements of OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM Network requirements Account privileges All the required account privileges to use OMIMSSC are as follows: Account privileges for OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM is that the user is a member of the following groups in SCCM: Table 2.
• • Windows Server 2016 • Windows server 2012 R2 • Windows Server 2012 OMIMSSC admin portal: Install any of the following supported browsers: • • • • Internet Explorer 10 or later Mozilla Firefox 30 or later Google Chrome 23 or later Microsoft Edge To follow specific OMIMSSC system requirements, you can now follow the requirements that are mentioned in bellow link as per the console you use: • • System requirements of OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM System requirements of OMIMSSC console extension fo
5 Installing, and configuring OMIMSSC Topics: • • • • • • Downloading OMIMSSC from web Setting up OMIMSSC Appliance Enrolling multiple Microsoft consoles Launching OMIMSSC admin portal to download OMIMSSC components Enrolling Microsoft console in OMIMSSC Launching OMIMSSC from enrolled Microsoft console Downloading OMIMSSC from web To download OMIMSSC, from https://www.dell.com/support perform the following steps: 1.
NOTE: It is recommended that you wait for five minutes before you log in as an Admin so that all services are initiated. a) b) c) d) In localhost login: Type admin. In Enter new Admin password: Type a password. In Please confirm new Admin password: retype the password, and press Enter to continue. In the options listed, select Configure Network, press Enter, and perform the following substeps: • In NetworkManagerTUI, select Set system hostname provide the OMIMSSC Appliance name and click OK.
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.
NOTE: Enroll the SCCM site server to use OMIMSSC console extension on SCCM admin console. Launching OMIMSSC from enrolled Microsoft console Launch OMIMSSC from enrolled SCCM or SCVMM console. Adding OMIMSSC FQDN address in browser Before launching OMIMSSC, add the FQDN address of OMIMSSC as a prerequisite into the Local Intranet site list by performing the following steps: 1. Click IE Settings, and click Internet Options. 2. Click Advanced, and under Settings, search for the Security section. 3.
6 OMIMSSC licensing OMIMSSC has two types of licenses: • • Evaluation license—this is a trial version of the license containing an evaluation license for five servers (hosts or unassigned) which is auto imported after the installation. This is applicable only for 11th and later generations of the Dell EMC servers. Production license—you can purchase production license from Dell EMC for any number of servers to be managed by OMIMSSC. This license includes product support and OMIMSSC Appliance updates.
Reimporting licenses If you try to import the same license file, an error message is displayed. Purchase a new license, and import the new license file. Importing multiple licenses You can import multiple license files with different entitlement ID to increase the number of discovering, and maintaining servers in OMIMSSC. Enforcement Upgrading licenses You are allowed to work with OMIMSSC with the existing license file for all the supported server generations.
Managing Licenses—displays each license file imported along with the details such as entitlement ID, product description, date when the license file was imported, date from when the license file is valid, and list of all the server generations supported by the license.
7 Managing OMIMSSC and its components Viewing OMIMSSC Appliance details 1. Launch the OMIMSSC admin portal from a browser. 2. Log in to OMIMSSC admin portal by using the same credentials that were used while logging in to OMIMSSC Appliance VM, and click Appliance Details. The IP address and host name of OMIMSSC Appliance is displayed. Viewing OMIMSSC user management 1. Launch the OMIMSSC admin portal from a browser. 2.
A progress screen displays the progress of installation. After installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Completed window is displayed. 5. Click Finish. Repairing OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM To repair the OMIMSSC files in case they are corrupt, perform the following steps: 1. Run the OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM installer. 2. In Program Maintenance, select Repair, and then click Next. 3. In Ready to Repair or Remove the program, click Repair. 4.
Restoring OMIMSSC Appliance Ensure that you restore the data before performing any operations on the new OMIMSSC Appliance. Perform the following steps for restoring old OMIMSSC Appliance data on a fresh OMIMSSC Appliance: 1. From the OMIMSSC admin portal, click Settings, and then click Restore Appliance. The Restore page is displayed. 2. In IP Address, provide the IP address of the old OMIMSSC Appliance, and click Restore. The information is restored to new OMIMSSC Appliance.
To apply the service pack updates using online package, perform the following steps: 1. Provide the repository URL information in OMIMSSC admin portal. For more information, see Proving repository URL information. 2. Install the service pack updates. For more information, see Installing service pack updates. Installation prerequisites • • • Ensure OMIMSSC for SCCM and SCVMM version 7.1 or version 7.1.1 is deployed before upgrading to OMIMSSC for SCCM and SCVMM version 7.2. Ensure that no jobs are running.
Providing repository URL information for service pack updates To update OMIMSSC, provide URL information where the service pack updates are located. To update OMIMSSC, using service pack updates, perform the following steps: 1. In OMIMSSC, select Settings > Service Pack Updates. 2.
1. From the OMIMSSC admin portal, click Download Installer and save the installer to a location. 2. Run the OMIMSSC installer. 3. In the message prompting you to upgrade, click Yes. 4. On the OMIMSSC Welcome page, click Next. 5. On the License Agreement page, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next. 6. On the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install. 7. On the InstallShield Wizard Completed page, click Finish to complete the installation. 8.
Uninstalling OMIMSSC console extension for SCCM Double-click OMIMSSC_SCCM_Console_Extension.exe, select Remove, and follow the instructions on the screen. Uninstalling OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM To uninstall the OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM: 1. Remove the console extension from Uninstall a Program. 2. Remove the console extension from SCVMM console. Removing OMIMSSC console extension for SCVMM 1. In Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Uninstall a Program. 2.
8 Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site You can access the required documents using the following links: • • • • • • • • For Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Management documents — www.dell.com/SoftwareSecurityManuals For Dell EMC OpenManage documents — www.dell.com/OpenManageManuals For Dell EMC Remote Enterprise Systems Management documents — www.dell.com/esmmanuals For iDRAC documents — www.dell.com/idracmanuals For Dell EMC OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems Management documents — www.
