Release Notes

Issue 32:
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 33:
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 34:
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 setup 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 35:
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 36:
Description
While creating an OpenManage Server Administrator update deployment task; the task may remain in
“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 the OpenManage Server Administrator deployment
task.