Users Guide

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If your operating system supports administrator privileges or an operating system-specific privilege or
group membership, administrator privileges are also required to run the VM-CLI command.
The client system's administrator controls user groups and privileges, thereby controlling the users who
can run the utility.
For Windows systems, you must have Power User privileges to run the VM-CLI utility.
For Linux systems, you can access the VM-CLI utility without administrator privileges by using the sudo
command. This command provides a centralized means of providing non-administrator access and logs
all user commands. To add or edit users in the VM-CLI group, the administrator uses the visudo
command. Users without administrator privileges can add the sudo command as a prefix to the VM-CLI
command line (or to the VM-CLI script) to obtain access to the DRAC 5 in the remote system and run
the utility.
Supported Operating Systems
The VM-CLI utility supports the following operating systems:
Windows XP
Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES (version 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES (version 4)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2 for Intel EM64T
See the DRAC 5 Readme and the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Compatibility Guide located
on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for the latest information.
Utility Installation
The VM-CLI utility is located on the Dell OpenManage™ Systems Management Consoles CD, which is
included with your Dell OpenManage System Management Software Kit. To install the utility, insert the
System Management Consoles CD into your system’s CD drive and follow the on-screen instructions.
The Systems Management Consoles CD contains the latest systems management software products,
including diagnostics, storage management, remote access service, and the RACADM utility. This CD
also contains readme files, which provide the latest systems management software product information.
Additionally, the Systems Management Consoles CD includes vmdeploy—a sample script that illustrates
how to use the VM-CLI and RACADM utilities to deploy software to multiple remote systems. For more
information, see "Deploying Your Operating System Using VM-CLI."