Deployment Guide

To schedule an inventory job:
1. In the Configuration Wizard, in the Inventory Schedule window, do one of the following:
• To run inventory schedules, click On Selected Days.
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• To not run inventory schedules, select Do not run inventory on Dell hosts.
2. If you select On Selected Days, then do the following:
a. Select the check box next to each day of the week that you want to run the inventory.
b. In the text box, enter the time in HH:MM format.
The time you enter is your local time. Therefore, if you want to run the inventory at the virtual
appliance time zone, calculate the time difference between your local and virtual appliance time
zone, and then enter the time appropriately.
3. To apply the changes and continue, click Save and Continue.
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job [Wizard]
The warranty retrieval job configuration is similar between the wizard and from the Dell Management
Center → Settings option. In addition, you can run the Warranty Retrieval Job now, from Job Queue.
To run a warranty retrieval job:
1. In the Configuration Wizard, on the Warranty Schedule window, do one of the following:
• To run warranty schedules, click On Selected Days.
• To not run warranty schedules, select Do not retrieve Warranty Data.
2. If you selected On Selected Days, then do the following:
a. Select the text box next to each day of the week that you want to run the warranty jobs.
b. In the text box, enter the time in HH:MM format.
The time you enter is your local time. Therefore, if you want to run the inventory at the virtual
appliance time zone, calculate the time difference between your local and virtual appliance time
zone, and then enter the time appropriately.
3. To apply the changes and continue, click Save and Continue.
Configuring the Deployment Credentials [Wizard]
Deployment credentials are used to communicate securely with a bare-metal system that is discovered
using AutoDiscovery. For secure communication, it uses iDRAC from initial discovery until the end of the
deployment process. Once deployment completes, the credentials are changed to those in the
connection profile matched to the bare-metal system from the Deployment wizard. If the deployment
credentials are changed, all newly discovered systems from that point on are provisioned with the new
credentials; however, the credentials on servers discovered prior to the change are not affected.
NOTE: OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter acts as a provisioning server. The Deployment
credentials are set on the iDRAC that uses the plug-in as a provisioning server in the Auto Discovery
process.
To configure the deployment credentials:
1. In the Deployment Credential window you can view or change the credentials. The bare metal
server switches from these credentials to those specified in the Connection Profile.
2. To change these credentials, under Credentials for Bare Metal Server Deployment, do the following:
a. In the User name text box, edit the user name.
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