Release Notes

• Enhancements:
– Reorganization of links on the Settings portal.
– Grouping of NAS Clusters and HA Clusters device groups in the device tree.
– Grouping of reports on the Reports portal.
– Availability of response action messages for certain incoming alerts.
– Addition of a button that opens the context-sensitive menu in the device tree nodes and
other portals that support the tree-view format.
– Ability to open the device details and associated application launch points using the context-
menu of an alert.
NOTE: For a complete list of supported device models, see the
Dell OpenManage Essentials Version 2.1
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.