Owner's Manual

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– Deploy 64-bit Dell Update Packages (DUPs).
– Boot a system from a network-mounted ISO using iDRAC.
– Availability of new and additional reports.
– Availability of additional inventory information.
– Display of warranty pop-up notification for devices.
 Support for the following devices:
– Dell PowerEdge 13th Generation servers.
– Dell Networking, Dell Compellent, Dell PowerVault, and Dell EqualLogic devices — support for
additional models.
NOTE: For a complete list of supported device models, see the
Dell OpenManage Essentials
Version 2.0 Support Matrix
at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Known Issues
System Updates
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials does not support the software update task on the management station.
This is because the software update task is interrupted and the final results of the update are not known.
You can perform software updates using the other Dell Tools.
Before creating an update task for non-compliant systems, it is recommended that you update to the
latest catalog from ftp.dell.com by clicking the “Get the latest” button under the System Update tab. Make
sure that you have Internet connectivity to download the latest catalog.
Issue 1:
Description
When performing the system update task as a sudo user on a target that does not have OMSA installed,
the Scheduled F/W & Driver Inventory task fails with the "sudo requires password" error. [48587]
Resolution
Edit the sudoers file using the visudo command, and add the following:
For target systems running a 32-bit operating system:
Cmnd_Alias OMEUPDATE = /bin/tar,/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omexec
,/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage/runbada,/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage/omexec, /tmp/invcol.bin
<sudo_username> ALL=OMEUPDATE,NOPASSWD:OMEUPDATE
For target systems running a 64-bit operating system:
Cmnd_Alias OMEUPDATE = /bin/tar,/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omexec,
/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage64/runbada, /tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage64/omexec,/tmp/invcol64.bin
<sudo_username> ALL=OMEUPDATE,NOPASSWD:OMEUPDATE
Issue 2:
Description
Simultaneously running the OMSA deployment task and in-band system update task on the same server
is not supported. [44598]
Issue 3:
Description
Dell Update Packages (DUPs) for supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 updates are not yet available in
the update catalog, and those system will appear as compliant in OpenManage Essentials. After the
packages are available OpenManage Essentials will be able to calculate compliance and update the
target systems.