OME: Support for Dell OpenManage Enterprise Integration for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager

Dell OpenManage Enterprise Integration for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager

• Plugin to Dell OpenManage Enterprise (minimum version 3.10)
• Integrate SCOM consoles into OpenManage Enterprise
• Improve monitoring efficiency

OpenManage Enterprise Integration for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager enables the monitoring of the Dell hardware assets that are discovered in OpenManage Enterprise using the System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) console.

The integration of SCOM Management Server console with OpenManage Enterprise appliance for Operations Manager plug-in is to manage the Dell devices in the data center.

For more information about SCOM Management Server console, see the Microsoft documentation available at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/scom/welcome?view=sc-om-2022. 
 

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Features and Benefits in Operations Manager plug-in

• It monitors the device inventory, health, and alerts for the hardware including Dell Servers, Modular Systems, and Network Switches.
• Simple and Seamless integration: Reduces the complexity of maintaining a separate stand-alone appliance (offered by legacy product), instead an integrated offering with OpenManage Enterprise to give a single console to data-center administrators to connect with Microsoft System Center Consoles (SCOM).
• Unify: Integration with OpenManage Enterprise allows administrators to have access to many OM Enterprise, and its plug-in functionalities as compared to legacy product.
• Modern HTML5 UI Console: Improved UI technologies with consistent and integrated look
• Support for the latest SCOM versions: See the product manuals for more details.
• Simpler plug-in Overview and Dashboard page
• Polling Microsoft SCOM Console health to show it on the plug-in dashboard in OpenManage Enterprise.
• Configurable monitoring cycle schedule to push devices details of OpenManage Enterprise to Microsoft SCOM.
• Auto Resolution of alerts in SCOM
• SCOM Web Console Support
• Modify SCOM Resource Pool from Plugin Page in OME

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Licensing for Operations Manager plug-in

OpenManage Enterprise Advanced+ license is required for Dell OpenManage Enterprise Integration with Microsoft System Center. The OpenManage Enterprise Advanced+ license enables plugins for Microsoft and other partner integrations.
 

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Roles and Privileges 

PRIVILEGES	ADMINISTRATOR	DEVICE MANAGER	VIEWER
View Plugin Availability	Yes	No	No
Download and Install Plugin	Yes	No	No
Uninstall	Yes	No	No
Enable or Disable Plugin	Yes	No	No
Upgrade Plugin	Yes	No	No
Add SCOM Console	No	No	No
Edit SCOM Console	No	No	No
Remove SCOM Console	No	No	No
Management Group Heartbeat	No	No	No
View Overview	Yes	Yes	Yes
View Console Management	Yes	Yes	Yes
View Monitored Devices	Yes	Yes	Yes
View Settings	Yes	Yes	Yes
Monitoring Cycle	Yes	No	No
Perform Synchronization	Yes	No	No
Downloads	Yes	Yes	Yes

  
 

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Download and Install Operations Manager plug-in

OpenManage Enterprise administrators can install the Operations Manager plug-in from the OpenManage Enterprise > Application Settings > Console and Plugins page. You can install or update the plug-in either from Dell.com directly or after downloading the plug-in to a network share. For more information, see OpenManage Enterprise documentation on Online and Offline update.

Prerequisites:

• Supported OpenManage Enterprise.
• The OpenManage Enterprise Advanced+ license is required for managing the Dell Servers.
• To install from Dell.com, ensure that the OpenManage Enterprise appliance can access downloads.dell.com.
• To install from a local network share, you must manually download the package to your network share and update the Location on the Update Settings screen of OpenManage Enterprise. For more information about configuring OpenManage Enterprise Update Settings, see the OpenManage Enterprise documentation

 

To install the Operations Manager plug-in, perform the following steps:

1. In OpenManage Enterprise, click Application Settings > Console and Plugins. The Console and Plugins screen is displayed.
2. In the Plugins section, click Install for Operations Manager. The Install and update multiple plugins wizard is displayed.
3. From the Plugins available for install list, select the Operations Manager, and then click Next.
4. View the progress of the plug-in that you selected to install under the Download section, and then click Next on completion.

5. A consent form is displayed under Review license agreement section to inform you about the End User License Agreement and any other license agreements that are required to install the plug-in. Click Accept, and then click Next to continue.

 

6. To confirm the installation, select I agree that I have captured a snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise appliance prior to performing a plug-in action option, and then click Finish.
7. The OpenManage Enterprise appliance restarts again. Log in to the OpenManage Enterprise and the Operations Manager is displayed under new navigation Plugins.

The status of installation operation is displayed. After the successful installation of the plug-in, the status that appears on the top of the plug-in section changes from Available or Downloaded to Installed.
 

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Resources

• For Dell OpenManage Enterprise Integration with System Center Operations Manager documentation, see https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/openmanage-enterprise-integration-operations-manager/docs.
• For Dell OpenManage Enterprise documentation, see https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/openmanage-enterprise-integration-vmm-configuration-manager/docs.