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Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance
4 Upgrade the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise appliance version
Contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Key features of OpenManage Enterprise ........................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Before you upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance ............................................................................. 6
2 Upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise appliance ......................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Online repository information ........................................................ 7
2.1.1 Automatically upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Online repository information .................................. 7
2.1.2 Manually upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Online information .......................................................... 8
2.2 Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Offline information ......................................................................... 9
2.2.1 Automatically upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Offline information ................................................... 9
2.2.2 Manually upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using Offline information ........................................................ 10
3 Process map for checking and updating the OpenManage Enterprise version ......................................................... 11
4 Step-by-step procedure to upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Online feature ...................... 12
5 Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise by using the Automatic Offline feature ................................................................ 16
5.1.1 Download the Update Packages to a shared Network File Share (NFS)......................................................... 16
5.1.2 Update Packages to a shared Network File Share (NFS) ................................................................................ 17
5.1.3 Create NFS and configure to Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise on a Windows server ................................ 17
5.1.4 Create NFS and configure to Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise on a Linux server ...................................... 19
5.1.5 Configure MIME types for HTTP and HTTPS for upgrading OpenManage Enterprise .................................... 20
6 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................. 21
A Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 22