Upgrade the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise appliance version This Dell EMC technical white paper briefly discusses about the Online and Offline upgrade options to upgrade your Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise appliance version. Abstract Keeping your business-critical operations and IT infrastructure is key to providing seamless services. Updating your servers with the latest available Dell Update Packages enables you in this aspect.
Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance Revisions 2 Date Description January 2019 Initial release Upgrade the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise appliance version
Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance Acknowledgements This paper was produced by the following members of the Dell EMC Enterprise Server Solutions team: Author—Anil Kumar VKR Support—Sheshadri PR Rao (InfoDev) Other—N/A The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance Contents Revisions.............................................................................................................................................................................2 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................................................3 Executive summary.................................................................................
Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance Executive summary This technical white paper describes the process of upgrading the OpenManage Enterprise. Updating your servers with the latest available Dell Update Packages enables you in this aspect.
Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance It is recommended that you to upgrade your OpenManage Enterprise to its latest version so that you can fully utilize the following new features and enhancements: 1.2 Enhanced scalability to support a max of 8,000 devices for larger Enterprise requirements.
Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance 2 Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance The Online and Offline repository options for updating OpenManage Enterprise 2.1 Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Online repository information By using the Online Console Update feature, you can automatically check for any available console upgrades, and then trigger job to upgrade the version. Note— You cannot upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance version when the proxy settings are enabled.
Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance Select Automatic upgrade of OpenManage Enterprise by using Online information 2.1.2 Manually upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Online information When set in the Online-Manual mode, OpenManage Enterprise checks for available upgrades only when manually requested by the user.
Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance 2.2 Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Offline information 2.2.1 Automatically upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Offline information OpenManage Enterprise checks for upgrade offline, for example, from a Network File Share (NFS) after you have downloaded the upgrade files to the NFS from NFS:///.
Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance 2.2.2 Manually upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Offline information After the upgrade information is downloaded from https://downloads.dell.com/openmanage_enterprise/, you must manually check if any upgrade information is available offline at the HTTPS.
Process map for checking and updating the OpenManage Enterprise version 3 11 Process map for checking and updating the OpenManage Enterprise version Upgrade the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise appliance version
Step-by-step procedure to upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Online feature 4 Step-by-step procedure to upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Online feature When set to the Automatic Online mode, the latest available upgrade version is displayed. 1. To upgrade, click Update Now. Automatic online upgrade of OpenManage Enterprise by using Online information 2. When prompted, take a VM snapshot of the console as a backup, in case if something unexpected occurs.
Step-by-step procedure to upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Online feature Message indicating that updating OpenManage Enterprise will logoff current users 4. To get a notification after the upgrade is completed, select the Notify me when update is complete check box. Note—If not configured, configure the SMTP server by doing the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Expand Email Configuration. Enter the SMTP server network address that sends email messages.
Step-by-step procedure to upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Online feature The Update Pakcages are downloaded from the Dell EMC online repository at downloads.Dell.com. The download time would vary based on the internet speed. Downloading update packages for updating OpenManage Enterprise from Dell.com After downloading is complete, OpenManage Enterprise starts updating and this process may take about 30 minutes to complete.
Step-by-step procedure to upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Online feature Services are restarted after updating OpenManage Enterprise After the services are restarted, OpenManage Enterprise is started and the login page is displayed.
Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Offline feature 5 Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Offline feature 5.1.1 Download the Update Packages to a shared Network File Share (NFS) 1. When you choose to manually upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise version offline, download the upgrade files from Dell.com to the shared folder you have specified.
Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Offline feature Note—For upgrading the OpenManage Enterprise console version, the tar.gz file must be saved in the Archives folder. See the sample screen shot here. 5.1.2 Update Packages to a shared Network File Share (NFS) When an update is available, you are prompted that an update is available. 1. Click Update Now. 2. When prompted, take a VM snapshot of the console as a backup in case something unexpected occurs.
Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Offline feature 3. Set the authentication options as shown in the sample screen shot here: Set the server authentication properties 4. Set the NFS permissions. Add the host, enter IP address of the OM Enterprise appliance, and then provide the read-only access.
Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Offline feature 5. On the OpenManage Enterprise GUI, navigate to the Console Update page. 6. Enter the NFS folder path in the following format: NFS:/// Enter the NFS path on the Console Update page in OpenMange Enterprise 7. Click Apply. 5.1.4 Create NFS and configure to Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise on a Linux server 1.
Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Offline feature Services: Rpcbind—The rpcbind server converts RPC program numbers into universal addresses. nfs-server—It enables the clients to access NFS shares. nfs-lock / rpc-statd—NFS file locking. Implement file lock recovery when an NFS server crashes and reboots. nfs-idmap—It translates user and group IDs into names and vice versa. 6. Create NFS under the / partition by running the command: # mkdir /NFSSHARE 7.
Conclusion 6 Conclusion OpenManage Enterprise is the next generation application to monitor and manage your business-critical IT infrastructure in a seamless manner. To effectively use your datacenter, you must keep the OpenManage Enterprise appliance upgraded. Options are available to plan your bandwidth by either automatically or manually updating the console version.
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