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Issue 13:
Description
While creating a "Generic Command Line" Task, the “Application requires interaction with desktop" check
box does not work and the executable window is not visible when Essentials is installed on the Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 system. The task runs the executable in the background. If Windows requires
input, the task may hang and you may need to kill the process for the task to continue.
Issue 14:
Description
After successfully running the "Deploy Server Administrator" task on the Linux server, if discovery still
classifies the server as "Unknown", restart the Linux server and run discovery again. The Linux server
should now be displayed in the device tree.
Issue 15:
Description
When trying to run a remote server administrator command on some Linux targets, the "Task Execution
History" pane may show the task as complete even though, when the "Execution Details" pane is
examined, the "Execution Summary" states: "The task is not supported for the target device."
This occurs when the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator on the target devices does not properly
report the information needed for OpenManage Essentials to determine if the Remote Server
Administrator command can run on the systems. This may mean that OMSA is not properly configured,
is in an unknown state, or needs to be upgraded.
Issue 16:
Description
If you are a super-user on a system and you do not have full permissions to the following path:
~InstalPath\SysMgt\Essentials\SystemUpdate\Packages, you must give the super-user full access to that
path before running the OM Deploy task.
Issue 17:
Description
If a remote task is scheduled to run periodically and the system time is changed to a future time, an
exception may be displayed in the console.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, disable all periodic tasks, stop the "DSM Essentials Task Manager" service, and then
change the system time. After time is changed, start the "DSM Essentials Task Manager" service and edit
each periodic task schedule.
Issue 18:
Description
If the remote task is running, it cannot be deleted from "Task Execution History" pane though it can be
deleted by right-clicking the task from "Task Tree" pane
Issue 19:
Description
For Deploy Server Administrator Task, after the task is created, the task status may display 'pending' while
the task icon displays the 'task complete' icon. This means that the Deploy Server Administrator package
(msi or msp) has been downloaded successfully though the task execution is still pending. Once the task
execution starts the 'task complete' icon will change accordingly.
Issue 20:
Description
For ‘Remote Task’ and ‘System Update’ multiple selection of task is not supported.