Release Notes

Description: After the installation of a prerequisite for OpenManage Essential is completed, the system does not restart even after

conrmation. [67806]

Resolution: Manually restart the system.

Migration

The following Tasks will not get migrated from ITA:

• Server Software Update

• Client Software Update

• IPMI Command Line

• Power Control Device (via ASF)

• Performance Management

• Import Dell EMC Catalog

• Server Administrator Deployment for Windows

• Server Administrator Deployment for Linux

• While migrating tasks from IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials, all the Run Now tasks are migrated as disabled.

• While migrating tasks from IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials, if Run Once tasks have the start schedule in the future they

will start in the future. If the start schedule is in the past, they will not start.

• Migration of IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials installation using local database, or OpenManage Essentials using remote

database is not supported.

• While migrating Alerts from IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials, Alert lters get migrated, but alert actions do not get

migrated from ITA.

• While migrating from IT Assistant 8.x to OpenManage Essentials 1.0 to OpenManage Essentials 1.0.1, if you encounter a problem

during OpenManage Essentials 1.0.1 repair, rename the folder containing OpenManage Essentials 1.0 installation and retry the

repair.

• It is recommended that you ensure that all system update and remote tasks are completed before you upgrade OpenManage

Essentials. If a system update folder migration error occurs during upgrade, you can copy the folder manually from the %temp%

folder, or you can re-run the required tasks after upgrade.

• On a system where OpenManage Essentials version 2.1 and SupportAssist version 2.1 are installed, after upgrading OpenManage

Essentials to version 2.2, you must manually start the SupportAssist service.

Issue 1:

Description: After upgrading from OpenManage Essentials version 2.1 to version 2.2, duplication of the PowerVault MD Series

storage arrays is observed in the device tree. [68438]

Resolution: To eliminate the duplicate entries, ensure that you delete and rediscover the PowerVault MD Series storage arrays.

Issue 2:

Description: After upgrading from OpenManage Essentials version 1.1.1 to 2.2, or 1.1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3 to 2.0 to 2.0.1 to 2.1 to 2.2, the

Custom URL settings page may display multiple custom URLs based on the classication of a device in the device tree.

For example, if a custom URL is created for the Servers device group and the servers in your environment are classied under the

Servers, RAC, and VMware ESX Servers device groups in the device tree, after upgrading to OpenManage Essentials version 2.2,

the Custom URL settings page displays three Custom URLs (one for each of the device groups under which the servers are

classied in the device tree). [40774]

Issue 3:

Description: After upgrade to OpenManage Essentials version 2.2:

• The devices are not classied correctly.

• The devices that were reported in the Non-Compliant Systems tab are displayed in the Compliant Systems tab. [40445]

Resolution: After the upgrade, you must initiate the discovery and inventory for all ranges.

1. Click Manage → Discovery and Inventory.

2. Under Discovery Ranges, click All Ranges. The Discovery Range Summary is displayed.