Release Notes

Issue 14:
Description: Remote Server Administrator command line task may not respond for Server Administrator
running on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.
To enable the successful functioning of remote Server Administrator CLI and software updates/deploy
features, ensure the following (applicable to Microsoft Windows only):
• The managed system and the management station must be on the same domain or there should be a
trust relationship between the two domains.
• If you have a Windows Firewall configured on the management station or the managed system, make
the following configuration changes to enable remote Server Administrator CLI and software updates
to work successfully.
Management Station:
1. Open TCP port 135.
2. Add the application omremote.exe (located in Essentials\bin) to the Firewall exception list.
Managed System:
• If you have the Windows firewall configured, enable remote administration by running the following
command in the command prompt:
– "netsh firewall set service RemoteAdmin"
For more information on connecting through the Windows firewall, see Microsoft's MSDN website for
Platform SDK: Windows Management Instrumentation (Connecting through Windows Firewall) at:
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389286(VS.85).aspx
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875605
For Windows Server 2008 onwards, see the following link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
aa822854(VS.85).aspx. [312918]
Issue 15:
Description: When creating or updating a task, the stamp for the creation or update time is that of the
OpenManage Essentials UI. The Last Run Time displayed on the summary report, however, is the time of
the Essentials Services system. If there is a significant variation in the UI and Services system time, it is
possible that a scheduled task may not execute or show that it was executed before it was created.
[137997]
Issue 16:
Description: If you set the task start or end time to a time in Daylight Saving Time (DST) shift period,
OpenManage Essentials changes the task start or end time to the closest valid time. [165393]
Resolution: A workaround to eliminate the changing of start or end time is to set a valid start/end time.
Issue 17:
Description: By default, root login through SSH is not enabled on VMware ESX Servers. As a result, all the
OpenManage Essentials tasks that use the root account fail. To enable the SSH root login on the ESX
Server, set the option PermitRootLogin=YES in /etc/ssh/sshd_conf file. [174023]
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