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5 Upgrade OpenManage Enterprise using the Automatic
Offline option
To update the appliance automatically by using an Offline shared folder, you must select the following options
in the update settings dialog box (Application Settings > Console and Extensions > Update Settings).
Figure 4—Automatic-Offline selection in Update Settings
5.1 Download the Update packages to a shared Network File Share
(NFS)
1. When you choose to upgrade the OpenManage Enterprise version offline, download the upgrade files
from https://downloads.dell.com/openmanage_enterprise to the shared folder you have created.
Note—
• On your local share path (NFS), a specific folder structure must be created for the upgrade process to
continue. See Permissible folder structure for the upgrade files.
To create an NFS folder on:
• A Windows server—See
Create NFS share to perform offline upgrade of Dell EMC OpenManage
Enterprise on Windows.
• A Linux server—SeeCreate NFS share to perform offline upgrade of Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
on Linux.
2. Ensure that you download the omenterprise_3.2.1.tar.gz file from
https://downloads.dell.com/openmanage_enterprise.
3. Create a folder structure as mentioned below and copy the downloaded files
4. Provide the NFS path as “NFS://<Server Name>/NFSfolder/Upgrade” and save the settings.
5. The console automatically checks for the latest updates in the shared location every Monday. If a
latest upgrade is available, an Update Now band is displayed.
Else, you can click Check Now on the Application Settings > Console and Extensions page to
manually check for updates.
6. When prompted, take a snapshot of the VM before upgrading.
A message is displayed to indicate that the currently logged-in users will be logged off and all the
running jobs will be automatically cancelled.
7. Click OK. The update files are downloaded from NFS, the upgrade is initiated.