if you are upgrading from DD OS version 5.5 to 5.7 , the first thing you will notice is the new management interface.
Similar to Unisphere central, EMC seems using this new platform for all its management interfaces. This new interface is simple, and very clean.
But the surprise you will get, if you were managing multiple DD appliances you will notice that with the new management that this is no more possible.
For this you will need to install a new management virtual appliance called “EMC Data Domain Management Center”
DDMC is a virtual appliance available from emc support website. you will need to agree on emc data domain license agreement in order to download the software.
The installation is simple, just follow the steps to deploy ovf on vmware Vcenter. VM properties (IP Address, DNS name, … and Serial Number) should be provided before power up the VM.
Data Domain Management Center is a centralized management solution providing dashboard access for all of the DD appliances registered under Inventory -> System.
make sure to check the DD OS in the compatibility list for DDMC
by default the username and password is sysadmin and changeme
if you don’t have a DHCP server, you may have an issue with setting up the value of subnet mask and DNS. i had to give addresses in the same range of the IP address.
if you do so, once the VM is powered on, you can login from the console , below is the commands you can use to setup networking and DNS.
by default the VM has two network interfaces, you can set an IP for the first interface
check existing IP using
ifconfig
set ip address
net config veth0 X.X.X.X
set DNS ip address
net set dns X.X.X.X
you can login to manage the appliance to http://IP
you can use the sysadmin password you set earlier
Wissam Dagher 