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OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 5.0 Installation Guide

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Register OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter and import license file

Prerequisites

Ensure that your licenses are ready for download at Dell Digital Locker. If you have ordered more than one license, they might be shipped separately at different times. You can check the status of other license items at Order Status. The license file is available as an .XML format.
NOTE If you want to upload a custom certificate for your appliance, ensure that you upload the new certificate before vCenter registration. If you upload the new custom certificate after vCenter registration, communication errors are displayed in the vSphere Client (HTML-5). To fix this issue, unregister, and re-register the appliance with vCenter. For more information, see Manage un-registration and re-registration.

Steps

  1. Open Administration Console from a supported browser.
    To open Administration Console, start a web browser and enter https://<ApplianceIP or Appliance hostname or FQDN>.
    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.
    Figure 1. Administration Console
    Administration Console
  2. In the Administration Console login window, enter the password, and then click Login.
    Figure 2. vCenter registration window from Administration Console
    vCenter registration window from Administration Console
  3. In the vCenter Registration window, click Register a New vCenter Server.
  4. 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 FQDN, and then in the Description text box, enter a description. The description is optional.
      NOTE It is recommended that register 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. For more information, see Register vCenter server by non-administrator user.
    3. In Password, enter the password.
    4. In Verify Password, enter the password again.
  5. Click Register.
    NOTE OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter currently supports up to 2000 hosts for extra large deployment mode with a single vCenter instance or multiple vCenter servers by using the linked mode.
  6. 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 Locker at Dell Digital Locker, and you can import this license to your virtual appliance. To import the license file, click Upload License.

  7. In the Upload License window, click Browse to go to 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 Locker. If you are unable to download your license keys, contact Dell Support by going to Contact Technical Support to locate the regional Dell Support phone number for your product.
    After OMIVV is registered, the OMIVV icon is displayed on the vSphere Client (HTML-5) home page.

    To verify the installation, see Verify installation.

Results

Figure 3. OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter successfully added to vCenter
OMIVV icon in vSphere Client

Example

For all vCenter operations, OMIVV uses the privileges of a registered user and not the privileges of a logged-in user.

For example: User X with the necessary privileges registers OMIVV with vCenter, and user Y has only Dell privileges. User Y can now log in to the vCenter and can trigger a firmware update task from OMIVV. While performing the firmware update task, OMIVV uses the privileges of user X to put the machine into maintenance mode or reboot the host.

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