In this video
we are going to show how to use OMIVV with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
to baseline your cluster and update firmware.
Note: vSphere Lifecycle Manager is applicable only for vCenter 7.0 and later
and clusters with hosts running ESXi 7.0 and later.
Before managing clusters using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Register vCenter server.
Enable the vSphere Lifecycle Manager in the Dell EMC Administration console during vCenter registration
After vCenter registration is successful,
You can modify the vSphere Lifecycle Manager status.
If the vSphere Lifecycle Manager is not enabled during vCenter registration
you can register by clicking Register
In this video
vSphere Lifecycle Manager is enabled during vCenter registration.
You can unregister the vSphere Lifecycle manager by clicking Unregister
Make the hosts in the clusters management compliant.
To check the management compliance status, go to Management Compliance page.
and Create the cluster profile for clusters that you want to manage using vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Now on the OMIVV home page, go to Hosts and Clusters.
Select the cluster that you want to manage using an image.
In the Updates tab, click Image, and then click SETUP IMAGE
Select the ESXI version from the drop-down.
To select the Firmware and Driver Add-on, click SELECT. Select DellEMC OMIVV as a hardware support manager
All the cluster profiles associated with firmware repository and linked to a cluster in the selected vCenter are displayed
Select a cluster profile that is applicable for the selected cluster
To identify the cluster profile associated to the selected cluster, see the description present in the cluster profile
Click SELECT, then click SAVE.
The vSphere Lifecycle Manager performs cluster compliance check.
The compliance check results are displayed in the Image Compliance section
If the host status is complaint, no further action is required.
If the host status is non-compliant, continue with Remediation
If the host status is Unknown or Incompatible, resolve the compliance issue and then continue with Remediation
Overall compliance consists of Software Compliance and Firmware Compliance
OMIVV manages the firmware compliance part of the vSphere Lifecycle Manager tasks
Click FINISH IMAGE SETUP
vSphere Lifecycle Manager provides an option to run pre-check.
The pre-check operation performs various checks against each host in a cluster to ensure cluster readiness for firmware remediation
You can skip the pre-check operation.
The vSphere Lifecycle Manager performs the pre-check operation during remediation
vSphere Lifecycle Manager also provides an option to perform Hardware Compatibility Check for vSAN cluster before performing remediation
Hardware compatibility check
compares the firmware and driver present in the image against the listed hardware
and supported driver in the vSAN Hardware Compatibility List or HCL.
To run the hardware compatibility check, click CHECK COMPLIANCE
You can view results on the Hardware Compatibility page
Please note, it’s recommended that you perform iDRAC reset before running the remediation task
Performing iDRAC reset reduces the possibility of failure
To reset iDRAC, go to Settings, then Firmware Update Settings.
Select the Clear iDRAC Jobs and Reset iDRAC check box and then click Apply
You can run the remediation task at cluster level or an individual host level.
To run the remediation task at cluster level, click REMIDIATE ALL.
You can view the status of the remediation task, in RECENT TASKS.
And you can view the logs related to OMIVV on the Logs page of OMIVV
For more information about OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, visit Dell.com/support.