Users Guide

NOTE: Before you deploy OMSA using sudo, create a new user account, edit the sudoers file
using the visudo command, and add the following:
• For target systems running a 32-bit operating systems: Cmnd_Alias OMEUPDATE = /bin/
tar,/bin/cat,/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omexec,/tmp/
LinuxPreInstallPackage/runbada,/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage/omexec
<sudo_username> ALL=OMEUPDATE, NOPASSWD:OMEUPDATE.
• For target systems running a 64-bit operating systems: Cmnd_Alias OMEUPDATE = /bin/
tar,/bin/cat,/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omexec,/tmp/
LinuxPreInstallPackage64/runbada,/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage64/omexec
<sudo_username> ALL=OMEUPDATE, NOPASSWD:OMEUPDATE.
NOTE: If OMSA is uninstalled from a system by a root user, before deploying OMSA on that
system using sudo, make sure that all OMSA pre-installation package files are removed from the
tmp folder.
NOTE: Deploying OMSA using sudo is not supported for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and ESX
targets.
6. Click Finish.
For information about the fields in the Create a Deployment Task wizard, see Deployment Task.
Related References
Remote Tasks
Remote Tasks — Reference
Remote Tasks Home
Command Line Task
All Tasks
Device Capability Matrix
Supported Windows and Linux Packages
Windows Packages
Package Type Clean installation Major Version Upgrade
(5.x to 6.x to 7.x to 8.x)
Minor Version Upgrade
(8.x to 8.y)
.msi Supported Supported Supported
.msp Not supported Not supported Supported
.exe
NOTE: OMSA
deployment using
the .exe package is
supported only
with Dell Update
Packages (DUPs).
Not supported Supported Supported
Linux Packages
Operating System Package
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10
OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-6.5.0-2247.SLES10.x86_64_A01.6.tar.gz
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