Dell Server PRO Management Pack 3.0.1 for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager User's Manual
Summary
This user's guide covers the Dell Server PRO Management Pack 3.0.1 for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager. The manual provides installation instructions, configuration steps, and management procedures for integrating Dell server hardware monitoring and management into SCVMM. It includes details on prerequisites, importing the management pack, discovering Dell servers, and using the management features within the SCVMM console. The document also covers troubleshooting common issues and understanding the monitoring capabilities. Intended for system administrators and IT professionals managing Dell server infrastructure through Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
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Dell Server PRO Management Pack 3.0.1 for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager User's Guide
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Dell Server PRO Management Pack 3.0.1 for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager User's Guide
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of ...
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Contents 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5 What's New in This Release......................
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Introduction This document is intended for system administrators who use the Dell Server PRO Management Pack (Dell PRO Pack) to monitor Dell systems and take remedial action when an inefficient system...
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recommends remedial actions when monitored objects transition to an unhealthy state (for example, virtual disk failure or predictive drive error), by leveraging the monitoring and alerting capabilitie...
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Figure 1. Interaction of Components In the figure, a group of Power Edge systems act as the managed systems and two Power Edge systems act as management stations hosting the Operations Manager and VMM...
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The managed system for PRO Pack is a Virtual Machine Manager Server. For more information, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610649.aspx. Management station: For the list of supported configur...
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Using Dell Performance Resource Optimization Pack This chapter suggests steps to use PRO Pack. Planning The Environment For PRO Tips You can plan for enabling the PRO Monitors that are relevant for th...
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Alternatively, if you select the Show this window when new PRO Tips are created option in the PRO Tip window, the window automatically opens on the VMM console when a PRO Tip is generated. The PRO Tip...
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PRO Tip implementation of moving VMs can fail if no other healthy hosts are available in the host group or host cluster. In such a case, the PRO Tip window displays the state of the corresponding PRO ...
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To access the Alert View: 1. Launch the Operations Manager console. 2. Select the Monitoring tab. 3. From Dell Server PRO Pack, select Dell Server PRO Alerts. The alerts are displayed on the right-sid...
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Overriding Recovery Actions PRO Pack 3.0.1 supports two recovery actions. The following flag values trigger the respective recovery action: 1: For migration 2: For placing the server in restricted mod...
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Alerts and Recovery Actions The following table lists the alerts and the recommended remedial actions: Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommend...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action Power supply detected Warning A power supply sensor Restrict a wa...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action Virtual Disk Check Critical A physical disk Restrict and Migrate ...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action power supply may have failed. Redundancy Lost Warning A virtual d...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action Single-bit ECC error Warning The controller memory Restrict and M...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action device. The state of the device cannot be determined. Storage Man...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action read or write operation. Communication with Critical The controll...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action A virtual disk is Critical A redundant virtual Restrict and Migra...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action power supply unit or it is defective. The AC power supply Critica...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action during a write because the disk operation contains bad disk block...
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Dell Event ID Alert Description on Severity Alert Cause Dell PRO Tip Operations Manager Recommended and PRO Tip in VMM Remedial Action 2,4 Driver Name: Dell OMNIC Broadcom Critical The network link is...
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Related Documentation and Resources This chapter gives the details of documents and resources to help you work with the Pro Pack 3.0.1 Security Considerations Operations Console access privileges are ...
Manual Details
| Brand | Microsoft |
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| Pages | 25 |
| File Size | 1.13 MB |
| Published | May 26, 2026 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the supported operating systems?
Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, or Microsoft Systems Center Essentials 2010.
What is a PRO Tip?
A PRO Tip is a feature within the Dell Performance Resource Optimization Pack used for management.
How do I reset alerts?
You can use the Health Explorer to reset alerts in the State View.