Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite

Version 5.0 For Microsoft System Center Operations

Manager And Microsoft System Center Essentials
Installation Guide
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Contents
1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................5
Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................................................5
Prerequisites For A Distributed Setup...................................................................................................................... 5
Contents Of The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite........................................................................ 6
Supported Operating Systems........................................................................................................................... 6
Installing The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite............................................................................ 6
Running The Management Pack Installer..........................................................................................................6
Importing Monitoring Features Using Dell Feature Management Dashboard...................................................7
Using The Repair Option Of The Installer............................................................................................................... 10
Upgrading From Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite Version 4.1 Using Dell Feature
Management Dashboard........................................................................................................................................10
Upgrading To System Center 2012/SP1 Operations Manager................................................................................11
Uninstalling The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite......................................................................11
Removing Monitoring Features Using Dell Feature Management Dashboard................................................ 11
Uninstalling The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack........................................................................ 12
Disabling Certificate Validation.............................................................................................................................. 12

2 Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................................13
Issues And Resolutions.......................................................................................................................................... 13
Known Limitations ..................................................................................................................................................13
Importing The Dell Feature Monitoring Management Pack................................................................................... 14
Override Task Parameters......................................................................................................................................14
Enabling Agent Proxy Option.................................................................................................................................. 14
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Overview
This guide describes how to install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0 for Microsoft
System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, Microsoft System
Center 2012 Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, and Microsoft System Center
Essentials (SCE) 2010.
NOTE: All references to OpsMgr in this guide are applicable to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager,
System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center Operations
Manager 2007 R2, and System Center Essentials 2010, unless otherwise specified.

Prerequisites
To install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0 on a management server, make sure that you
have the following available:

• System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, System Center 2012
Operations Manager, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, or System Center Essentials 2010.
• Administrator access on the management server to install the suite and import the Dell EqualLogic Storage
Management Pack.
• Microsoft .NET version 3.5 or later.
• OpsMgr command shell.
• Windows PowerShell 2.0.
• On systems running OpsMgr 2012 SP1, download and apply the Update Rollup 1 for OpsMgr 2012 SP1 provided in
the Microsoft knowledge base article KB2790935. For more information see support.microsoft.com/kb/2785682.
• On systems running OpsMgr 2007 R2 with Internet Explorer 9.0, install the Cumulative Update 5 for System
Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. For more information, see support.microsoft.com/kb/2495674.

Prerequisites For A Distributed Setup

To install the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0 in a distributed setup:

• Running OpsMgr 2007 R2, run the installer on all the management servers used for monitoring Dell EqualLogic
device.
• Running OpsMgr 2012 or later:

– designate a resource pool for monitoring Dell EqualLogic devices

– run the installer on all the management servers that are part of the resource pool
• Make sure that the Agent proxy option is enabled on all the management servers. For more information, see
Enabling Agent Proxy Option.

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Contents Of The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite
The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite is packaged in the self extracting executable
Dell_EqualLogic_Storage_Management_Pack_Suite_v5.0_A00.exe file that contains the following files:

• Dell_EqualLogic_Storage_Management_Pack_Suite_x86_x64.exe — The installer for installing Dell EqualLogic

Storage Management Pack Suite.
• DellMPv50_EqualLogicMP_Readme.txt — The readme file for Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite.
• DellMPv50_EqualLogic_IG.PDF — Guide for installing Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite.

The self extracting executable file is available at dell.com/support.

Supported Operating Systems

Supported operating systems for:

• System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager and System Center
2012 Operations Manager, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh205990.aspx.
• System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309428.aspx.
• System Center Essentials 2010, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb422876.aspx.

Installing The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite

To install and enable the Dell EqualLogic Storage management pack:

1. Run the management pack installer to extract the management packs and register the DellDeviceHelper.dll file.
For more information, see Running The Management Pack Installer.
2. Enable the supported Monitoring features using the Dell Feature Management Dashboard.
For more information, see Importing Monitoring Features Using Dell Feature Management Dashboard.

NOTE: Keep the installer to repair (if required) the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite installation.

Running The Management Pack Installer

1. Go to dell.com/support/drivers.
2. Enter the service tag of your Dell EqualLogic device or browse and select your Dell EqualLogic device.
3. Select your operating system and click Find Driver and Downloads.
4. In the Category field, select Systems Management.
5. Download the self extractable Dell_Equallogic_Storage_Management_Pack_Suite_v5.0_Axx.exe (where xx is the
Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack release number).
6. Run the self-extractable file and specify a path to extract its contents.
7. Launch the Dell_EqualLogic_Storage_Management_Pack_Suite_x86_x64.exe file from the extracted location.
The welcome screen for the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack is displayed.
8. Click Next.
The license agreement is displayed.
9. To continue the installation, accept the license terms after reading them, and click Next.
10. Click Change (if required) to change the default installation folder and click Next.
The Ready to Install the Program screen is displayed.

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11. Click Install.
The Installing Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack progress screen is displayed.

NOTE: The installer will take a few minutes to check for certificates. To ignore this check, open Internet
Options and click the Advanced tab. Under Settings, clear the Check for publisher's certificate revocation and
Check for server certificate revocation options.
12. Click Finish on the Install Shield Wizard Completed screen.
The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite is installed in the selected location and the installer registers
the DellDeviceHelper.dll on the management server. The default location is C:\Program Files\Dell Management
Packs\EqualLogic Storage Mgmt Suite\5.0.
To import the Management Packs (MP) and enable monitoring features, see Enabling Monitoring Features Using
Dell Feature Management Dashboard.

NOTE: The Dell Feature Monitoring MP is automatically imported if the installation has completed
successfully. If the installer fails to import the Dell Feature Monitoring MP, manually import it. For more
information, see Importing the Dell Feature Monitoring MP.

Importing Monitoring Features Using Dell Feature Management Dashboard

The Dell Feature Management Dashboard allows you to discover and enable the monitoring features available in the
Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack by importing or upgrading the required management packs.
NOTE: In a distributed setup, Dell Feature Monitoring MP identifies one management server from the list of
management servers to host all feature management activities such as discoveries, alerts, and tasks.

The Dell Feature Management Dashboard runs on all the management servers in a distributed environment to discover a
Feature Management Host Server. Depending on the timing of discovery on each of the management servers, the
dashboard may get populated in duration varying from a few minutes to maximum of a day’s cycle. To populate the
dashboard within 40 minutes, decrease the frequency of the Discovery elements:

• Dell Feature Management Host Discovery for EqualLogic Monitoring Feature to a minimum of 15 minutes
• Dell Registry Based EqualLogic Management Suite Discovery to a minimum of 10 minutes

NOTE: It is recommended to revert the overrides made to the Discoveries once the Feature Management
Dashboard is populated.

To import monitoring features:

1. Launch OpsMgr console.

2. From the Navigation pane, click Monitoring.
3. Expand Monitoring → Dell → Feature Management Dashboard.

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 On the Feature Management Dashboard pane you can view the list of features installed, the version currently in
use, the version you can upgrade to, the level of monitoring, total licenses, and licenses in use.
4. Select the EqualLogic Monitoring feature from the Feature Management State pane.

5. Under the Tasks pane, expand Dell Monitoring Feature Tasks.

NOTE: In System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 or System Center Essentials 2010, the Tasks pane is
referred to as Actions pane.

6. Click on Import EqualLogic Scalable Feature or Import EqualLogic Detailed Feature task to import or upgrade a
feature.
For more information, see Feature Monitoring Tasks.
7. On the run task screen, make sure that the Use the predefined Run As Account option is selected.
8. Click Run.
9. After the task has successfully completed, click Close.

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 NOTE: Wait for a task to complete before launching another task using the Feature Management Dashboard.

Feature Management Tasks

The following table lists the tasks available on the Feature Management Dashboard.
NOTE: In the OpsMgr event log, ignore the error events about the already existing management packs being re-
imported in to OpsMgr. These errors occur when Feature Management Dashboard imports the dependent MPs
that were already present in OpsMgr.

NOTE: Wait for a task to complete (view the state update change in the dashboard) before launching another task
using the Feature Management Dashboard.
Table 1. Feature Management Tasks For Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Suite.

Tasks Description
Configure License Server Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite
version 5.0 does not require licenses to run.

Import EqualLogic Scalable Feature If the Dell EqualLogic Monitoring feature is not present,
the Scalable edition of Dell EqualLogic Storage
Monitoring Feature is imported. For more information,
see the “Details Of Components Modelled By The Dell
EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite” section
of the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite
Version 5.0 For Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager And System Center Essentials User’s Guide at
dell.com/support/manuals.

Import EqualLogic Detailed Feature If the Dell EqualLogic Monitoring feature is not present,
then the Detailed edition of Dell EqualLogic Storage
Monitoring Feature is imported. For more information,
see the “Details Of Components Modelled By The Dell
EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite” section
of the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite
Version 5.0 For Microsoft System Center Operations

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 Tasks Description
Manager And System Center Essentials User’s Guide at
dell.com/support/manuals.
Set to EqualLogic Scalable Feature If the Detailed edition of Dell EqualLogic Storage
Monitoring Feature is running on the system, the
Feature Management Dashboard switches from
EqualLogic Detailed Feature to EqualLogic Scalable
Feature.
Set to EqualLogic Detailed Feature If the Scalable edition of Dell EqualLogic Storage
Monitoring Feature is running on the system, the
Feature Management Dashboard switches from
EqualLogic Scalable Feature to EqualLogic Detailed
Feature.

Refresh Dashboard Updates the Feature Management Dashboard if it was

not automatically updated.

Remove EqualLogic Feature Removes the Dell EqualLogic Storage Monitoring

feature.

Using The Repair Option Of The Installer

The Repair option in the installer repairs installation errors. You can use this option to re-install the management pack,
missing files, and correct the registry entries. To repair the installation of the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack
Suite:

1. Run the Dell_EqualLogic_Management_Pack_Suite_x86_x64.exe file from the extracted location to launch the
installer.
The welcome screen is displayed.
2. Click Next.
3. Select Repair and click Next.
The Ready to Repair the Program screen is displayed.

NOTE: The Modify option of the installer is disabled for Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite.
4. Click Install.
A progress screen displays the progress of the installation. After the installation is complete, the InstallShield
Wizard Completed window is displayed.
5. Click Finish.

Upgrading From Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite

Version 4.1 Using Dell Feature Management Dashboard
It is recommended to use the Dell Feature Management Dashboard to upgrade the monitoring features. To upgrade the
monitoring features using the Dell Feature Management Dashboard:

1. Run the installer for Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0.
For more information, see Running The Management Pack Installer.
2. Launch OpsMgr console.

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3. From the navigation pane, click Monitoring.
4. Expand Monitoring → Dell → Feature Management Dashboard.
The Feature Management Dashboard displays the list of management packs present in OpsMgr.
5. Select EqualLogic Monitoring from the Feature Management State pane.
6. Under Tasks, expand Dell Monitoring Feature Tasks.
NOTE: In OpsMgr 2007 R2 or System Center Essentials 2010, the Tasks pane is referred to as Actions pane.
7. Select Set to EqualLogic Scalable Feature or Set to EqualLogic Detailed Feature to upgrade the monitoring feature.
For more information, see Feature Management Tasks.
8. On the run task screen, select Use the predefined Run As Account option.
CAUTION: If there are any dependencies or associations that you must override, which will result in data loss,
the task will fail with the appropriate message. To proceed with the task, click Override and set the
AutoResolve Warnings/Errors override to True. For more information, see Override Task Parameters.
9. Click Run.
While upgrading, any overrides (customizations to discovery, monitors, rules, and so on) from previous versions of
Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite are migrated to Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite
version 5.0.
10. After the task is complete, click Close.

Upgrading To System Center 2012/SP1 Operations Manager

If you have already imported the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite version 5.0 on your system running
OpsMgr 2007 R2, and then upgraded to OpsMgr 2012 or OpsMgr 2012 SP1, the EqualLogic monitoring feature will be
automatically upgraded in the next Feature Monitoring Pack discovery cycle.
For details on how to upgrade from OpsMgr 2007 R2 to OpsMgr 2012, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
hh476934.aspx.
NOTE: To make sure that the feature management workflows are functioning at an optimal level, restart the
management server after upgrading to OpsMgr 2012 or OpsMgr 2012 SP1.

Uninstalling The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite

To uninstall the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack:

1. Remove the Dell EqualLogic monitoring feature from OpsMgr using the Dell Feature Management Dashboard. For
more information, see Removing Monitoring Features Using Dell Feature Management Dashboard.
2. Uninstall the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite. For more information, see Uninstalling The Dell
EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite.

Removing Monitoring Features Using Dell Feature Management Dashboard

It is recommended to use the Dell Feature Management Dashboard to remove the management packs. Before removing
any of the Monitoring features, close or resolve all open alerts. While removing a monitoring feature, the Dell Feature
Management Dashboard exports all overrides references to the Windows Temp folder.
To remove your management pack using the Dell Feature Management Dashboard:

1. Launch OpsMgr console.

2. From the navigation pane, click Monitoring.
3. Expand Monitoring → Dell → Feature Management Dashboard.

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 The Feature Management Dashboard displays the list of management packs present in OpsMgr.
4. Select the EqualLogic Monitoring from the Feature Management State pane.
5. Under the Tasks pane, expand Dell Monitoring Feature Tasks.
NOTE: In System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 or System Center Essentials 2010, the Tasks pane is
referred to as Actions pane.
6. Click Remove EqualLogic Feature.
7. On the run task screen, select the Use the predefined Run As Account option.
CAUTION: If there are any dependencies or associations that have to be overridden, which result in data loss,
the task will fail with the appropriate message. To proceed with the task, click Override and set the
AutoResolve Warnings/Errors override to True. For more information, see Override Task Parameters.
8. Click Run.
9. Click Close after the task is complete.
NOTE: Removing any of the features may affect the scope of some user roles.

Uninstalling The Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack

NOTE: In a distributed setup (including distributed resource pool in OpsMgr 2012 or OpsMgr 2012 SP1), if your
Management Suite includes both Dell Server Management Pack Suite version 5.0.1 and Dell EqualLogic Storage
Management Pack Suite version 5.0, after uninstalling Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite, the
dashboard entries may not update accordingly. The updated dashboard entries will appear only in the next
discovery cycle of the Feature Management Dashboard.

To uninstall Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite:

1. Click Start → Control Panel → Uninstall a program.

NOTE: On systems running Windows Server 2012, launch the Start screen and click Control Panel → Uninstall
a program.
2. Right-click Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite v5.0 and click Uninstall.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the uninstallation process.

Or double-click the installer, select Remove, and follow the instructions on the screen.

Disabling Certificate Validation

To disable the certificate verification:

1. Edit the file DellEQLHelper.dll.config under the Library folder where Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack
Suite v5.0 is installed.
2. Set the value of generatePublisherEvidence to false.

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Troubleshooting
The following chapter provides information for troubleshooting installation related errors.

Issues And Resolutions

Table 2. Issues And Resolutions

Issue Resolutions
Unable to repair the Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Use the repair option of the installer, for more
Pack Suite installation from the Uninstall or change a program/ information see Using The Repair Option Of The
Add or Remove programs window. Installer.
After upgrading to OpsMgr 2012 or OpsMgr 2012 SP1, the
following tasks may fail:
EqualLogic upgrade is failing. The EqualLogic overrides fail to transfer after
upgrading from OpsMgr 2007 R2 to OpsMgr 2012/SP1.
To resolve this issue, run the EqualLogic upgrade
task from the Feature Management Dashboard to
transfer the EqualLogic overrides.
If the EqualLogic installation suite includes Server The Chassis and DRAC overrides fail to transfer after
5.0.1 monitoring features, the Chassis and Dell upgrading from OpsMgr 2007 R2 to OpsMgr 2012/SP1.
Remote Access Controllers (DRAC) upgrade tasks To resolve this issue, first run the Chassis upgrade
may fail. task from the Feature Management Dashboard to
transfer the Chassis overrides, then run the DRAC
upgrade task from the Feature Management
Dashboard to transfer the DRAC overrides.

Known Limitations
Table 3. Known Limitations

Limitation Applicable to
On systems running OpsMgr 2012 SP1, the Feature Dell EqualLogic Storage Management Pack Suite
Management Dashboard Tasks to remove a Monitoring OpsMgr 2012 SP1
Feature, like the EqualLogic Monitoring feature, fails if
there are any overrides made to the Management Pack.
Delete the Management Packs from the OpsMgr's
Administrators tab. For more information, see the
OpsMgr's online documentation at technet.microsoft.com.

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Importing The Dell Feature Monitoring Management Pack
If the installer fails to import the Feature Monitoring Management Pack (MP):

1. Launch the OpsMgr console.

2. From the navigation pane, click Administration.
3. Expand Administration.
4. Right-click Management Packs, and select Import Management Packs.
5. On the Select Management Packs screen, click Add → Add from disk.
6. Type the location details or navigate to the location where you have installed the Dell EqualLogic Storage
Management Pack Suite.
If you installed the management pack in the default directory, then navigate to C:\Program Files\Dell Management
Packs\EqualLogic Storage Mgmt Suite\5.0. to access the Dell Feature Monitoring Library MP.
7. Select the Dell.OperationsLibrary.Common.mp and Dell.Connections.HardwareLibrary.mp (located inside the
Library folder) and click Open.
8. On the Select Management Packs screen, click Add → Add from disk.
9. Select the Dell.FeatureManagement.Pack.mp and click Open.
The Import Management Packs screen appears with the MPs displayed in the Import List.
10. Click Install.

Override Task Parameters

CAUTION: Overriding task parameters will result in management pack or operational data loss.

1. Launch OpsMgr console.

2. From the navigation pane, click Monitoring.
3. Expand Monitoring → Dell → Feature Management Dashboard.
The Feature Management Dashboard pane displays the list of monitoring features present in OpsMgr and the
management pack version you can to which you can upgrade.
4. Select the monitoring feature and then click on the task you want to override.
5. On the run task screen, click Override.
The Override Task Parameters screen is displayed.
6. In the New Value column, set the value of AutoResolve Warnings/Errors to True.
7. Click Override.
8. Click Run to run the task.

Enabling Agent Proxy Option

To enable Agent proxy:

1. Launch the OpsMgr console.

2. From the navigation pane, click Administration.
3. Expand Administration → Device Management and click Management Servers.
4. Right-click on your management server, click Properties
The Management Server Properties screen is displayed.

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5. Click the Security tab
6. Under Server Proxy make sure that the Allow this server to act as a proxy and discover managed objects on other
computers is selected.

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