Technical White Paper Windows Driver Updates with OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 This technical white paper provides information about managing Windows OS driver inventory and updates using OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 console. Abstract With OME 3.4, users can inventory and update OS drivers for Windows systems. Read on to know how to use this feature. July 2020 Windows Driver Updates with OpenManage Enterprise 3.
Revisions Date Description July 2020 Initial release Acknowledgements Author: OpenManage Enterprise (OME) Engineering [Pushkala Iyer, Saranya Shanmugam, Rakesh Ayola] 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.
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Executive summary Traditionally, OpenManage Enterprise has been used to update server firmware in data center environments. With OpenManage Enterprise 3.4, Windows OS driver inventory and updates can also be managed from the console. The feature is implemented so that the workflows are as similar as possible to the existing firmware update workflows. This paper walks you through the process of enabling and using the Windows driver update feature with OpenManage Enterprise 3.4.
1 Windows OS Driver updates with OME 3.4 Windows OS Driver update feature in OpenManage Enterprise 3.4 enables users to obtain inventory and update Windows OS drivers of servers discovered via the host OS credentials. To use this feature, OME virtual machine deployed in the data center should be version 3.4 or later. The following topics are discussed in this paper: • • • • 1.
1.2 Navigating the OS driver inventory workflow User workflow for OS driver inventory is described in this section. 1. The administrator discovers servers running Windows OS using the host OS credentials as shown below. An SSH connection is made to each such system to discover it. a. Specify discovery mode for creating a server discovery job as shown below. Specifying how to discover the servers – via Host OS Windows Driver Updates with OpenManage Enterprise 3.
b. Specify IP addresses, ranges and/or hostnames and SSH credentials as shown below. Creating Discovery job Windows Driver Updates with OpenManage Enterprise 3.
c. On successful discovery, the servers are displayed under All Devices>Servers>Windows Servers. List of Windows operating system servers 2. To collect the inventory information, initiate an inventory job and select Collect driver inventory. The Collect driver inventory option present in the “Default Inventory task” (as well as any other inventory task created via the Inventory portal) is not enabled by default.
Configuring inventory jobs to additionally collect driver inventory 3. Once the inventory job completes, the OS driver inventory is displayed in the Hardware>Installed Software tab on the Driver Details page. OS driver inventory Windows Driver Updates with OpenManage Enterprise 3.
1.3 Navigating the OS driver update workflow The user workflow for OS driver update is described in this section. 1.3.1 Using the compliance report For ease of use and familiar workflow for users, the OS driver update workflow has been kept almost identical to the firmware update workflow. 1. Create a catalog in OME by either pointing to Dell online or by specifying a catalog on a network share (catalog created manually / using DRM).
Creating a baseline Compliance report 3. For each non-compliant device shown in the compliance report, the user can choose to: • • • • Update all components (firmware and drivers) Update Firmware components only (all firmware components, or subset) Update OS drivers only (all drivers or subset) Update a combination of Firmware components and OS drivers. The status of driver update can be checked via the Jobs portal - Task execution history detail. Windows Driver Updates with OpenManage Enterprise 3.
Task execution details Windows Driver Updates with OpenManage Enterprise 3.
1.3.2 Using individual component updates in the device details page The user can also use the device details page to update drivers as per baseline recommendations or via an individual DUP upload. Driver update using device details page A driver update job is created and listed in the job list for tracking. 1.
A.1 Related resources OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.4 and OpenManage Enterprise - Modular Edition Version 1.20.00 RESTful API Guide Windows Driver Updates with OpenManage Enterprise 3.
