Release Notes

Issue 27:
Description: Users can select the type of OpenManage Server Administrator packages depending on whether they want to
perform an upgrade (major or minor) or clean install of OpenManage Server Administrator using OpenManage Essentials.
● Use .msi package for clean install /major upgrade/minor upgrade of OpenManage Server Administrator
● Use .msp package for minor upgrade
● Use .exe package for major/minor upgrade
Issue 28:
Description: OpenManage Server Administrator deployment on XenServer: OpenManage Server Administrator cannot be
deployed on XenServer from OpenManage Essentials. OpenManage Server Administrator needs to be installed manually on the
managed node. Dell OpenManage is available for XenServer as a Supplemental Pack. The supplemental pack can be downloaded
from support.dell.com.
Issue 29:
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 configure 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 a 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
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