User's Manual

3 Dell OpenManage Plug- in Version 1.0 for Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c | A00
Table of contents
1 About Dell OpenManage Plug- in for Oracle Enterprise Manager ....................................................................................... 5
1.1 Key Features ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Support Matrix ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3 Other Information You May Need .................................................................................................................................. 6
2 Getting Started With Dell OpenManage Plug- in for Oracle Enterprise Manager ............................................................ 7
2.1 Configuring OpenManage Plug- in for Oracle Enterprise Manager ......................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Enable Filtering of Acknowledged Alerts ....................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.2 Configuring Plug- in Collection Intervals ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.1.3 Creating Manual Associations Between Targets ......................................................................................................... 9
2.1.4 Viewing Associations Between Targets ....................................................................................................................... 10
3 Using OpenManage Plug- in for Oracle Enterprise Manager .............................................................................................. 11
3.1 Discovering and Promoting Devices ............................................................................................................................. 11
3.2 Managing Devices ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
3.2.1 Launching Consoles ......................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.2.2 Data Sources ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.2.3 View in OpenManage Essentials .................................................................................................................................... 13
4 Best Practices ................................................................................................................................................................................14
4.1 Dell PowerEdge Servers ...................................................................................................................................................14
4.2 Dell OpenManage Essentials ...........................................................................................................................................14
4.3 OMA Considerations for Plug- in Deployment ............................................................................................................14
4.4 Plug- in Maintenance ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
4.4.1 Configuring Auto Discovery ............................................................................................................................................ 15
4.4.2 Periodically Promoting Device Targets ........................................................................................................................ 15
4.4.3 Periodically Deleting Device Targets ............................................................................................................................16
4.4.4 Naming the Target Instance ...........................................................................................................................................16
5 Use Case Scenarios ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
6 Troubleshooting ...........................................................................................................................................................................19
6.1 Plug- in Log Location and Description ..........................................................................................................................19
6.2 Missing Device Data ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
6.3 Target is Not Available ...................................................................................................................................................... 21
6.4 Automatic Association Between Database and Server is Not Working ................................................................. 21