Release Notes

Description: After the PSU rmware is updated through OpenManage Essentials, some PowerEdge servers may not turn on

automatically after they shut down.

Resolution: Turn on the server manually.

Issue 14:

Description: During in-band system update for SAS HDD rmware, DUP is failing with "invalid image le" error. [63920]

Resolution: Use out-of-band method to update the SAS HDD rmware. For more information, see the Device Buer error when

running Online HDD rmware DUP at www.dell.com/support/article/is/en/isdhs1/SLN155722/device-buer-error-when-

running-online-hdd-rmware-dup?lang=EN.

Issue 15:

Description: The Software Inventory table is not updated with the latest rmware version of the iDRAC if the rmware update is

done using in-band method on servers with Linux operating system and OMSA (v8.2 to v8.5) installed. [78339]

Resolution: Restart the OMSA shared services on the target server. Alternatively, discover iDRAC using out-of-band method and

update the rmware.

Installation

It is recommended that you install OpenManage Essentials by using either the Setup.exe or Autorun.exe le.

Issue 1:

Description: An SQL ODBC Driver timeout error is displayed during the installation of OpenManage Essentials. [47759]

Resolution: This error may be seen invalidly if the host name cannot be resolved on the OpenManage Essentials server.

1. Ping the host name of the OpenManage Essentials server to conrm that name resolution works.

2. If the ping fails, x the DNS issues before attempting to install or use OpenManage Essentials.

NOTE: Both the installer and application require proper name resolution to function properly.

3. If name resolution is successful, follow the instructions in the Troubleshooting: Timeout Expired knowledge base article at

technet.microsoft.com.

Issue 2:

Description: After installing Essentials on a database retained from an earlier Essentials installation, the following are unsuccessful:

• Discovery/Inventory

• Remote task/Scheduled tasks

• Proxy connection

• Email alert action [40085]

Resolution: The following must be provided after the Essentials installation:

• Protocol-specic credentials for discovery and inventory.

• Credentials for remote/scheduled tasks.

• Proxy credentials.

• Email alert action credentials.

• Any other feature that requires credentials.

Issue 3:

Description: After installing OpenManage Essentials, if you reinstall the database application (which is used by OpenManage

Essentials) the OpenManage Essentials database is detached from the database application.

Issue 4:

Description: OpenManage Essentials installation may stop after a system reboot.

Cause: This issue occurs because the les are extracted to the %temp% directory and the les get deleted after a system reboot.

Resolution: To resolve this issue, re-launch the OpenManage Essentials executable le again.

Issue 5: