Release Notes
Description: OpenManage Server Administrator deployment on ESXi server: OMSA cannot be deployed on ESXi server using
OpenManage Essentials. For more information, see the How to set up and congure ESXi 5 for use in OpenManage Essentials white
paper and the Installing OpenManage Server Administrator on ESXi4 with OpenManage Essentials video at delltechcenter.com.
Issue 30:
Description: To Install OpenManage Server Administrator on 64 bit Linux system, install the following 32 bit rpms and their
dependent packages before running OpenManage Server Administrator Deploy task from OpenManage Essentials.
• compat-libstdc++-33.i686
• libxml2.i686
• pam.i686
• glibc.i686
• zlib.i686
• libgcc.i686
Issue 31:
Description: While creating an OpenManage Server Administrator update deployment task; the task may remain in the In-progress
state for 6 hours. This occurs in certain scenarios where OpenManage Server Administrator was not properly uninstalled prior to
running the update deployment task. This may also occur if the task was interrupted during the deployment process.
Resolution: Before running the update deployment task, make sure that OpenManage Server Administrator is uninstalled from the
target server and then create an OpenManage Server Administrator deployment task.
Issue 32:
Description: Creating a Remote Server command task with the command omreport system alertlog may take longer than
expected to complete. This occurs if the alert logged on the target system is unusually large, the task may fail to complete.
Resolution: Review the alert log on the system to determine if the log can be cleared.
Issue 33:
Description: When Server Administrator deployment task is performed on more than 20 Linux targets, the task may fail. This issue is
due to the limitation on the number of simultaneous Server Administrator deployments task OpenManage Essentials is capable of.
Resolution: It is recommended to deploy Server Administrator on up to 20 targets with each task.
Issue 34:
Description: When creating a Command Line task and selecting Remote Server Administrator command for a Linux target using a
command other than omreport and omconfig, the task status indicates the task as completed and displays a green status. This
occurs because the Remote Server Administrator command supports omreport and omconfig commands.
Resolution: While creating a Remote Server Administrator command, make sure to use only omreport and omconfig commands
for the task to return correct data. You can get the complete list of these commands at support.dell.com.
Issue 35:
Description: If you select an MSP package to update major versions of OpenManage Server Administrator, (for example, version 6.x
to version 7.x) the task displays the status as successful and the details indicate that the software update is complete. However, you
can notice that the update was never completed. This occurs because the MSP is only supported while updating minor versions. For
example, 6.3 to 6.5 or 7.0 to 7.1. For more information about the valid packages that can be used to update OpenManage Server
Administrator, see OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide at dell.com/support/manuals.
Resolution: While updating major versions of OpenManage Server Administrator make sure that the MSI package is used.
Issue 36:
Description: The Deploy Server Administrator task runs forever.
Resolution: Make sure that the install arguments are valid for Deploy Server Administrator task. For more information about the
Deploy Server Administrator task and install arguments refer to the OpenManage Essentials User’s Guide or the Deploy Server
Administrator white paper at http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20069180/download.aspx. If
the arguments are invalid, stop the task and create a new task with valid arguments.
Issue 37:
Description: If OpenManage Essentials is added to a domain, the Generic Command Line task fails when the username is provided
as localhost\<Username>.
Resolution: Provide the username in one of the following formats:
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