book.book Page 1 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM Dell Server PRO Management Pack 2.
book.book Page 2 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM Notes and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc.
book.book Page 3 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM Contents 1 Overview 2 Minimum Requirements 3 Supported Operating Systems 4 Installing SCOM/SCE and SCVMM Agents . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Integrating Operations Manager With SCVMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
book.book Page 4 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM 10 Uninstalling Dell PRO Pack 11 Security Considerations 4 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
book.book Page 5 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM Overview This guide provides information on software prerequisites and requirements to install and uninstall Dell Server Performance and Resource Optimization Management Pack (PRO Pack) 2.1. Dell PRO Pack is a tool to monitor Dell systems and take remedial action when an inefficient system is identified. The Dell PRO Pack 2.
book.book Page 6 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM Minimum Requirements To install and implement the Dell PRO Pack 2.
book.book Page 7 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM Supported Operating Systems For information on the supported operating systems for Dell Pro Pack 2.1, see the Dell PRO Pack readme file, DellMPv21_PROPack_Readme.txt. You can find the readme packaged in the self-extracting executable file Dell_PROPack_v2.1.0_A00.exe. It is also available at support.dell.com/manuals.
book.book Page 8 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM Importing Dell PRO Pack Dell PRO Pack 2.1 is provided as a .mp file. To import Dell PRO Pack: 1 Download the Dell_PROPack_v2.1.0_A00.exe file from support.dell.com to a removable media or a local repository. 2 Extract the contents of the file to a folder on your system. 3 Launch the Operations Manager console. 4 On the Administration tab, right-click Management Packs. The Select Management Pack to import window is displayed.
book.book Page 9 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM Figure 1-1. Security Warning Message 7 Click Close to close the warning message window. 8 Click Install. A confirmation dialog box is displayed. 9 Click Yes. For alerts and PRO Tips, ensure that SCVMM discovers the managed objects and displays them in the State View. Configuring PRO Tips The Dell systems and virtual infrastructure are monitored for either Critical alerts, or for both Critical and Warning alerts.
book.book Page 10 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM • A Critical alert is generated when a component has either failed or failure is imminent. To enable PRO Tips for both Warning and Critical alerts and automatically implement PRO Tips: 1 Launch the SCVMM console. 2 In the Host Groups section, right-click All Hosts and select Properties. The Host Groups Properties for All Hosts window is displayed, as shown in Figure 1-2. Figure 1-2.
book.book Page 11 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM 4 Select the Automatically implement PRO tips on this Host Group check box. By default, the automation level is set to Critical only, which means that PRO Tips with a Critical severity level are automatically implemented. To implement all PRO Tips automatically, select the Warning and Critical option. 5 Click OK to save your settings. 6 In the Host Groups section, right-click your host cluster and select Properties.
book.book Page 12 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM 7 Click the PRO tab and select the Inherit PRO setting from parent Host Group check box. 8 Click OK to save your settings. Testing the Setup Using Scenarios To confirm that the imported Dell PRO Pack is fully functional, create the scenarios listed in the Table 1-1 and check if the activities listed under Expected System Response column are carried out. Scenario - The Ambient System Temperature exceeds its warning threshold value on a managed system.
book.book Page 13 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:38 PM Table 1-1. Checking Recovery Action for Warning Alert Conditions (continued) Your Actions Expected System Response Select the Dismiss option instead of Dismisses the PRO Tip. No recovery task is the Implement option in the PRO performed. The corresponding PRO Tip entry Tip window. moves out of the PRO Tip window. Upgrading to Dell PRO Pack 2.1 Importing the PRO Pack 2.1.mp file will replace any older version of Dell PRO Pack.
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