Hello. today as part of our OpenManage Integration for VMware appliance video series
we'll talk about how to import a license into the OMIV interface and export logs for later review.
In this case we have an OMIV instance in our lab environment labeled omiv.com.local and we have one
vCenter registered. As part of the vCenter we have three hosts that we added to a connection profile.
This information can be found when you log into the OMIV
administration console. On this section we can also see the licenses that are in use.
By default OMIV gives you a standard 5 host, 90 day license.
Once the hosts are added to a connection profile the licenses will be labeled in use. In this case
we have three hosts in a connection profile, so our in-use quota is three and we have two
licenses remaining available. For OMIV 5.1 we will get a license of up to 15 vCenters.
This is not a trial license, this is actually the standard license issued to the OpenManage
Integration for VMware appliance so that you can register multiple vCenters.
To take a little bit of the limitations in regards to licensing OMIV supports up to 2000
hosts on a standard license and the maximum is 15 vCenters.
Licenses can be purchased in packs of one through five, 100 or unlimited.
These licenses can be downloaded from a Dell Digital Locker website.
Once the customer registers the product online they will be able to see
a section for OpenManage Integration for VMware.
On that section they will be able to download a zip file that contains the licenses for OMIV.
These licenses will be available in zip format,
in order to see them of course you will need to decompress them.
Once the licenses are extracted you will need to go into the OpenManage
Integration for VMware administration console and click on 'Upload License'.
On the pop-up window click on the 'Browse' link,
and then point it to the directory where the licenses are located.
Once a file is selected click on the 'Upload' button and OpenManage Integration will do
a check for that license. If the license is in zip format it will not be accepted.
If the license is expired it will also provide an error. In this case this is a valid license
so it was able to upload successfully. Once that step is done you will see that
our license for OpenManage Integration for VMware increased and now we have 997 licenses available.
Another way to view the licenses available for your OpenManage Integration plugin is
to go into the vCenter, click on the 'Menu' option and select 'OpenManage Integration'.
Once you're there click on the 'Settings' tab and there will be a section for license.
In here you will also be able to see the number of licenses available, the number of licenses in use,
and the vCenter licenses available and in use as well. In addition it will give you links to the
administration console that we just had opened, as well as the dell digital locker. Keep in mind
that this will not log you in automatically, but only provides a link to access that website.
Thank you for watching this video. My name is Miguel, and I hope you have a good day.