Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Power Center 4.0 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting started
- Using OpenManage Power Center
- Preinstallation requirement for OpenManage Power Center
- Using Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Installing OpenManage Power Center on Microsoft Windows Server
- Installed directories in Windows
- OpenManage Power Center services on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Upgrading Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Uninstalling OpenManage Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating system
- Launching OpenManage Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Configuring Enhanced Security Configuration for Internet Explorer
- Using OpenManage Power Center on Linux operating systems
- Using OpenManage Power Center through Command Line Interface
- Command Line Interface error handling
- Command Line Interface commands
- help
- add_profile
- update_profile
- add_device
- update_device
- rediscover_device
- find_device
- remove_profile
- delete_device
- add_group
- delete_group
- update_group
- add_device_to_group
- remove_device_from_group
- move_device
- move_group
- add_group_to_group
- List commands
- list_device_props
- list_devices
- list_group_props
- list_groups
- list_report_groups
- list_reports
- run_report
- discover_device
- backup_database
- restore_database
- add_ssh_server_key
- remove_ssh_server_key
- list_ssh_server_key
- Command line interface error codes
- Access control
- Task management
- Device Management
- Virtual machines
- Power Monitoring
- Temperature Monitoring
- Policies
- Analysis
- Managing reports
- Event Management
- Security
- Configuring settings
- Logs
- Troubleshooting
- Why am I being required to log in more than once by Power Center?
- Why can’t I access the Power Center management console from a Web browser, even though the Power Center server is running normally?
- Why was I automatically logged out of Power Center?
- Why did my connection to iDRAC6 devices (PowerEdge Servers) fail, when the network connection status is Connected?
- Why can’t Power Center receive events sent from devices?
- Why are previously-existing power policies (including EPR) still effective on devices when Power Center is corrupted or has been uninstalled?
- Why do I see the PostgreSQL error log "FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command" in the Windows event log?
- Why I can’t open power center login page when I access it through Firefox 31?
- Why I encounter an error, “An internal error occurred. Contact the technical support for help: subordinate error code: 0x8f0c1301”, the Home page when OpenManage Power Center server is installed on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2?
- Why do I encounter a network exception while adding a LDAP user?
- Why do I encounter a network exception while adding a chassis to a group?
- In the compare report, why is the average power value of a device different when the service is stopped for a few hours?
- Why is the “policy return to normal” event not displayed when the only device in the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) is deleted?
- After discovering the devices, incorrect device information is displayed? Why is this happening?
- I am not able to view the power headroom graph on the home screen. How do I troubleshoot?
- I am not able to manage the servers discovered by OMPC through the Redfish protocol. Events are also not logged. How do I troubleshoot and resolve the issue?
- I discovered a server through the Redfish protocol. When I tried to manage the server, the events are not logged in the event list. What do I do now?
- Upgrade failure recovery on Microsoft Windows operating system
- Upgrade failure recovery on Linux operating system
The REPORT_NAME is mandatory and species which saved report are run.
The options -start_date and -end_date are optional: When supplied, they are used to run the report in precedence to the time range
saved with the original report setting. If only
-start_date is supplied, the current time is used as the end of the time range. If only -
end_date is supplied, the earliest time of monitoring data is used as the beginning of the time range.
If -file_name is not supplied, the result is displayed in the console in CSV format, ignoring whatever format setting saved with the
report or specied by the -format option.
If –file_name is supplied, the result is saved to the le in the format specied by the option –format. If -format is not supplied, the
format saved with the report is used.
The –detail option is only applied to a “Power HeadRoom” report for exporting the calculation details of the stranded power.
After a report is run successfully, the report result is displayed in the console or saved to a le specied by <le_name>. Else, an error
message is displayed.
discover_device
Usage:
ompc_cli discover_device -profile <profile-name> [-ip <ip>] [-host_name <host_name>] [-
network_mask <network_mask>] [-end_ip <end_ip>]
The discover_device command is used to discover devices and automatically add the discovered devices to OMPC. This command
supports only HTTPS prole.
The -ip and -host_name options must be supplied.
When -ip is supplied, the -network_mask must be supplied. The -end_ip is only acceptable when -ip is supplied.
If -end_ip is supplied, the discovery is performed for the IP range of <ip>-<end_ip>. Else, the discovery is performed for the single
address
<ip>.
After a discovery is complete, the discovered devices are added to OpenManage Power Center automatically and the count is displayed in
the console. If the device discovery fails, an error message is displayed.
backup_database
Usage:
ompc_cli backup_database -path <path> -encrypt_password <encrypt_password> [-quiet]
The backup_database command is used to initiate the OMPC database backup.
The -path and -encrypt_password options must be supplied.
The database backup is complete and is saved in the common network share location.
restore_database
Usage:
ompc_cli backup_database -path <path> -encrypt_password <encrypt_password> [-quiet]
Using OpenManage Power Center through Command Line Interface
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