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Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Offline feature
16 Upgrade the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise appliance version
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.
Note—To create an NFS folder on:
 A Windows server, see Create NFS and configure to Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise on a Windows server in this
technical white paper.
 A Linux server, see Create NFS and configure to Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise on a Linux server in this technical
white paper.
2. Ensure that you download the tar.gz file from the Archives folder.
3. Enter the file folder path of NFS in the following format:
nfs://<server_name
4. Click Update Now.
5. When prompted, take a snapshot of the VM before upgrading the console version.
A message is displayed to indicate that the currently loggedin users will be logged off and all the
running jobs will be automatically cancelled.
6. Click OK. The update files are downloaded from NFS, and then used to automatically upgrade the
console version.
7. After downloading to the NFS shared location, enter the NFS URL in the following format.
nfs://<server_name>/<share_folder>
Automatic offline update of OpenManage Enterprise by using Online information