OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.0 Web Client Installation Guide

Registering OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter and importing license file

1. From the vSphere web client, click Home > Hosts and Clusters, then in the left panel, locate OMIVV that you had deployed, and click Power on the virtual machine.
   During deployment, if you select Power on after Deployment, the VM is powered on automatically after deployment is complete.
2. To run the Administration Console, click the Console tab in the main VMware vCenter window.
3. Allow OMIVV to complete booting up, and then enter the user name as, Admin (the default is Admin), and press Enter.
4. Enter a new admin password. Ensure that the admin password complies with the password complexity rules displayed in the interface. Press Enter.
5. Reenter the password that was provided earlier and press Enter.
   To configure the network and time zone information in the OMIVV appliance, press Enter.
6. To configure the OMIVV time zone information, click Date/Time Properties.

   

7. In the Date and Time tab, select the Synchronize date and time over the network.
   The NTP Servers box is displayed.
8. Add valid NTP server details to which your vCenter is synchronized with.
9. Click Time Zone and select the applicable time zone, and click OK.
10. To configure static IP to the OMIVV appliance, click Network Configuration, or skip to step 17.
11. Select Auto eth0, and then click Edit.
12. Select the IPV4 Settings tab, and select Manual in the Method drop-down.
13. Click Add, and then add a valid IP, Netmask, and Gateway information.
14. In the DNS Servers field, provide the DNS server detail.
15. Click Apply.
16. To change the host name of the OMIVV appliance, click Change Hostname.
17. Enter a valid host name, and click the Update hostname.
    NOTE After host name and NTP are changed, ensure that the system is rebooted.

    NOTE If any vCenter servers are registered with the OMIVV appliance, unregister and re-register all the vCenter instances.

    Before opening the administration console, ensure that you manually update all references to the appliance such as, provisioning server in iDRAC, DRM.

18. Open Administration Console from a supported browser.
    To open Administration Console, in the Help and Support tab of OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, click the link under Administration Console or start a web browser and provide the https://<ApplianceIP or Appliance hostname> url.
    The IP address is the IP address of the appliance VM and not the ESXi host IP address. The Administration Console can be accessed by using the URL mentioned at the top of the console.
    For example: Https://10.210.126.120 or Https://myesxihost
    The URL is not case-sensitive.

    

19. In the Administration Console login window, enter the password, and then click Login.

    

20. In the vCenter Registration window, click Register a New vCenter Server.
21. In the Register a New vCenter Server window, perform the following substeps:
    1. Under vCenter Name, in the vCenter Server IP or Hostname text box, enter the server IP or host name, and then in the Description text box, enter a description.
       The description is optional.

       NOTE Dell recommends registering OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter with the VMware vCenter by using Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). Ensure that the host name of the vCenter is properly resolvable by the DNS server for FQDN-based registrations.
    2. Under vCenter User Account, in vCenter User Name, enter the Admin user name or the user name with necessary privileges.
       Enter the username as domain\user or domain/user or user@domain. OMIVV uses the Admin user account or the user with necessary privileges for vCenter administration.
    3. In Password, enter the password.
    4. In Verify Password, enter the password again.
22. Click Register.
    NOTE OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter currently supports up to 1000 hosts for large deployment mode with a single vCenter instance or multiple vCenter servers by using the linked mode.
23. Perform one of the following actions:

    • If you are using the OMIVV trial version, you can view the OMIVV icon.

    • If you are using the full product version, the license file can be downloaded from the Dell Digital store, and you can import this license to your virtual appliance. To import the license file, click Upload License.

24. In the Upload License window, click Browse to navigate to the license file, and then click Upload to import the license file.
    NOTE If you modify or edit the license file, the license file (.XML file) does not work and you can download the .XML file (license key) through the Dell Digital store. If you are unable to download your license key(s), contact Dell Support by going to www.dell.com/support/softwarecontacts to locate the regional Dell Support phone number for your product.
    After OMIVV is registered, the OMIVV icon is displayed under the Administration category of the web client home page.

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