Users Guide

158 Troubleshooting
OpenManage Server Administrator Services
This table lists the services used by OMSA to provide systems management
information and the impact of these services failing.
Table A-1.
Service Name Description Impact of failure Recovery
Mechanism
Severity
Windows: DSM
SA
Connection
Service
Linux:
dsm_om_conns
vc
Provides
remote/local
access to
OMSA from
any systems
with a
supported Web
browser and
network
connection.
Provides remote/local
access to OMSA from
any systems with a
supported Web
browser and network
connection.
Restart Service Critical
Common Service
Windows: DSM
SA Shared
Services
Linux:
dsm_om_shrsvc
Runs inventory
collector at
startup to
perform a
software
inventory of the
system to be
consumed by
OMSA’s SNMP
and CIM
providers to
perform a
remote software
update using
Dell System
Management
Console, Dell
IT Assistant
(ITA).
Software updates will
not be possible using
ITA. However, the
updates can still be
done locally and
outside of OMSA
using individual Dell
Update packages.
Updates can still be
performed via 3rd
party tools (e.g.,
MSSMS,
Altiris and Novell
ZENworks).
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