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Launching the Administration Console

Deploy OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter OVF, and register using the VMware vCenter Console before you access the Administration Console. See the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Quick Start Guide. The username "admin" is the only username that is allowed and pre-created after OVF is imported. You are allowed to set the admin's password after the import is done and use it to login to the Admin Console.
You can launch OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter from within the VMware vCenter web client, and open the Administration Console from the Help and Support tab.
  1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Help and Support tab, under the Administration Console, click the link to the console.

  2. In the Administration Console login, use the same administrator password you used when you registered and set the Admin user name and password for theOpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Using the Administration console, you can do the following:.

    1. You can register / unregister a vCenter and, you can modify credentials, or update the certificate.

    2. You can upload the license.

    3. This page provides the summary about the number of vCenters registered and available, and about maximum host license, in use and available.

    4. You can Restart the virtual appliance.

    5. Update (upgrade to latest version).

    6. Generate troubleshooting bundle.

    7. Displays the network settings (read only mode)

    8. You can configure the HTTP Proxy Settings : this will be used to connect to Dell server for appliance upgrade or for connectivity to ftp.dell.com

    9. You can configure NTP settings that is, you can enable or disable NTP server, and configure preferred and secondary NTP server

    10. For HTTPS Certificates, you can generate CSR (certificate signing request), upload certificate or restore default certificate.

    11. Configure global settings on how alerts are stored for all vCenter instances. You can configure maximum number. of alerts to be stored, number. of days to retain them, and timeout for duplicate alerts.

    12. You can initiate Backup, or Restore.

    13. Configure backup location to a network share, and the encryption password for the backed up files (along with test network connection).

    14. You can schedule recurring backup.