Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Storage Compellent Integration Tools for VMware Administrator’s Guide Version 3.1
- Preface
- Installing CITV
- VASA Provider
- Replay Manager Service for VMware
- Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin
- CITV Application Troubleshooting

Install an Update to CITV
Prerequisite
CAUTION: Before updating CITV, make sure that no scheduled backups or restore operations are in progress.
Steps
1 Log in to CITV.
2 St the CLI prompt, type 15 and press Enter. The following options are displayed:
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1. Appliance version
2. Check for updates
3. Install update
4. Return to main menu
Enter selection [1 - 4]:
3 Type 3 and press Enter.
• If an update is not found, the following message is displayed:
No available updates found
• If an update is found, the version number of the update is displayed and the update is installed.
4 Press Enter to return to the virtual appliance update menu.
5 Type 16 and press Enter to log out of CITV.
6 When the logon prompt appears, log back in to CITV.
Next step
Check the appliance version after the update completes. On some occasions, the version number is not refreshed. In that case, reboot
CITV. The updated version is then displayed.
When Replay Manager Explorer is installed on a server with Replay Manager Service also installed, Dell recommends that you restart the
Replay Manger Service after the CITV update completes.
NOTE
: Dell recommends that you reboot the CITV appliance after installing an update.
Related links
Logging on to CITV
Rebooting CITV
Updating CITV at a Dark Site
When CITV is installed at a site without Internet access, updates to CITV must be obtained from Dell Technical Support. The updates can
then be made available using an internal web server or they can be copied directly to the virtual appliance.
Copy Updates to a Web Server
1 Contact Dell Technical Support to obtain the latest DellCitvUpdate.zip le.
2 Extract the contents of the DellCitvUpdate.zip le in a folder named citvupdate at the root directory of the web server.
For example, if the root directory of the web server is C:\inetpub\wwwroot, extract the contents of the zip le to C:\inetpub
\wwwroot\citvupdate.
3 Verify access to the updates by using a web browser to go to http://web_server_address/citvupdate/manifest/manifest-latest.xml.
4 Log in to CITV.
5 Type 99 and press Enter to access the interactive shell.
6 Open the /etc/hosts le.
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Installing CITV