Server Administrator Version 8.
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Contents 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 5 What Is New In This Release.............................................................................................................................................. 5 Software Availability.....................................................................................................................................................
Uninstalling The Existing Systems Management VIB........................................................................................................ 33 Configuring The SNMP Agent On Systems Running VMware ESXi..................................................................................33 Configuring The System To Send Traps To A Management Station Using The vSphere CLI....................................... 33 Troubleshooting..........................................................................
1 Introduction This topic provides information on: • Installing Server Administrator on managed systems. • Installing and using the Remote Enablement feature. • Managing remote systems using Server Administrator Web Server. • Configuring the system before and during a deployment or upgrade. NOTE: If you are installing management station and managed system software on the same system, install identical software versions to avoid system conflicts.
Systems Management Software Systems management software is a suite of applications that enables you to manage the systems with proactive monitoring, notification, and remote access. Systems management software comprises of two DVDs: • Systems Management Tools and Documentation • Server Update Utility NOTE: For more information on these DVDs, see Systems Management Tools And Documentation Installation Guide.
Component What is installed Deployment Scenario Systems to install on Management User’s Guide in the docs directory. Command Line Interface (Management Interface) Command Line Interface of Server Instrumentation Install to provide local and remote system management solutions to manage Server and Storage instrumentation data using command-line interfaces. Supported systems. For a list of supported systems, see the Systems Software Support Matrix.
NOTE: Applicable only for systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, or VMware ESX/ESXi. • User ID and password configuration through the web-based interface or the command line interface (CLI), in most cases. • SSL encryption (Auto Negotiate and 128-bit or higher). NOTE: Telnet does not support SSL encryption. • Session time-out configuration (in minutes) through the web-based interface.
2 Preinstallation Setup Ensure that you perform the following before installing Server Administrator: • • • • Read the installation instructions for the operating system. Read the Installation Requirements to ensure that the system meets or exceeds the minimum requirements. Read the applicable readme files and the Systems Software Support Matrix. Close all applications running on the system before installing the Server Administrator applications.
Supported Operating Systems and Web Browsers Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards Install a supported systems management protocol on the managed system before installing the management station or managed system software. On supported Linux operating system, systems management software supports: • Common Information Model (CIM)/Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Install the SNMP package provided with the operating system.
• VMware vSphere (ESX and ESXi) Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement If you choose to install the Remote Enablement feature, you have to install certain dependent RPMs and configure these RPMs before installing the feature. Install the following RPMs: • libcmpiCppImpl0 • libwsman1 • openwsman-server • sblim-sfcb • sblim-sfcc The dependent RPMs are available on the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD at srvadmin\linux\RPMS \supportRPMS\opensource-components\\.
NOTE: If you are installing RPMs individually, follow this sequence. rpm -ivh sblim-sfcb-x.x.x.rpm rpm -ivh sblim-sfcc-x.x.x.rpm NOTE: Install the libwsman and openwsman client RPMs simultaneously as they have cyclic dependency. rpm -ivh libwsman1-x.x.x.rpm openwsman-client-x.x.x.rpm rpm -ivh openwsman-server-x.x.x.rpm Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement This section details the steps to configure the dependent RPMs if you have installed the Remote Enablement feature.
Reusing An Existing Certificate If you have a self-signed or CA-signed certificate, you can use the same certificate for the openwsman server by updating the ssl_cert_file and ssl_key_file values, grouped under [server] tag, in /etc/openwsman/openwsman.conf with the existing certificate values. Configuring CRL For The openwsman Client You need to configure the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) used by Server Administrator Web Server. To do this: 1.
account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so broken_shadow account sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_succeed_if.so uid 100 quiet account [default=bad success=ok user_unknown= ignore] /lib/security/$ISA/pam_krb5.so account [default=bad success=ok user_unknown= ignore] /lib/security/$ISA/pam_winbind.so account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_permit.so password requisite /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 password sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.
3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESXi The following table explains the operating system installation matrix for Systems Management. Table 4. Operating System Installation Matrix Operating System Architecture 64-bit Architecture Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
NOTE: On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 (32-bit) operating system the Emulex driver dependent on the following RPMs: • kernel-headers-2.6.18-346.el5.i386.rpm • glibc-headers-2.5-107.i386.rpm • glibc-devel-2.5-107.i386.rpm • gcc-4.1.2-54.el5.i386.rpm If any of the RPMs listed are missing, the system experiences issues in detecting the Emulex Network Adapters.
Prerequisite RPM Service Names (For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, install net-snmputils. For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise, install netsnmp) srvadmin-smcommon dsm_sa_eventmgrd srvadmin-omacore dsm_sa_snmpd srvadmin-deng dsm_sa_shrsvcd Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.
Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.
Remote Enablement Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.sh PE Server, OS, CIMOM, WSMAN CIMOM version >= SFCB 1.3.2 (applicable for systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux) WSMAN Version >= OpenWSMAN 2.1 (For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, install net-snmputils.
Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.
Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Is Started After Server Administrator is installed, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service performs a run‑time check of the OpenIPMI device driver whenever it is started. The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service is started whenever you run either the srvadmin-services.sh start or srvadmin‑services.
Installing The wsman And sblim Packages 1. In Package selection, select Basic Server. 2. Select Customize now and click Next. 3. Select System Management group. 4. From the sub-category, select Web-based Enterprise Management → Optional Packages option. The default selected packages are: openwsman-client, sblim-sfcb, sblim-wbemcli, and wsmancli Deselect the sblim-wbemcli package from the above list. 5. Select openwsman-server and click Next. 6.
NOTE: The Inventory Collector RPM (srvadmin-cm) requires the following RPMs to be preinstalled on servers prior to 11G running supported 64-bit Linux operating system. • glibc.i686 • compat-libstdc++.i686 • libstdc++.i686 • zlib.i686libxml2.i686 If the dependent RPMs are not installed then Inventory Collector will not function as expected and exits with error messages. After the selected features are installed, the following message is displayed.
Table 7. Meta RPMs Meta RPMs Details srvadmin-all Installs all the components. srvadmin-base Installs the Server Instrumentation component. This component has to be installed before installing any of the other specific components. srvadmin-idrac Installs the iDRAC component. srvadmin-rac4 Installs the DRAC 4 component. srvadmin-rac5 Installs the DRAC 5 component. srvadmin-standardAgent Installs the Remote Enablement component. srvadmin-storageservices Installs the storage services component.
NOTE: When Server Administrator is installed on a system, dependency issues related to RPMs may occur. To resolve these issues, install the missing RPMs from SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/RPMS/supportRPMS/ opensourcecomponents. If the RPMs are not available in this directory, install these RPMs from the operating system media. If not available on the media, search for these RPMs on the Internet.
* — Options included for Linux granular installation. Using The Shell Script To Perform The Installation In Interactive Mode This installation procedure uses the srvadmin-install.sh to prompt you for the installation of specific components. 1. Log in as root to the system running the supported operating system where you want to install the managed system components. 2. Insert the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD into the DVD drive. 3. Mount the DVD, if required. 4.
NOTE: For more information on VMWare Update Manager, see Using the VMWare Update Manager (VUM). Linux Repository The Linux Repository is the official repository for all related software and updates for your Linux systems.
Using ZYPPER You can install Server Administrator using zypper for SLES 11 or higher. zypper install srvadmin-all Uninstalling Managed System Software To uninstall Managed System Software, log in as root. Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script An uninstallation script is installed when you install Server Administrator. Execute the script by typing srvadmin-uninstall.sh and then pressing .
4 Installing Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi VMware ESXi is factory-installed on some systems. For a list of these systems, see the latest Systems Software Support Matrix. Server Administrator is available as a .zip file for installing on systems running VMware ESXi. The zip file, OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-.VIB-ESXi_.zip, where is the supported ESXi version. Download VMware vSphere Command Line Interface (vSphere CLI) from vmware.
Using The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) The vMA allows administrators and developers to run scripts and agents to manage ESX/ESXi systems. For more information on vMA, see vmware.com/support/developer/vima/. 1. Log on to vMA as an administrator and provide the password when prompted. 2. Copy and unzip the OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web--.VIB-ESXi_.zip file to a directory on the vMA. 3.
13. Click Scan and select Patches & Extensions (if not selected by default) and click on Scan. 14. Click Stage, select created Host Extension and follow the instructions. 15. Click Remediate and follow the instructions once the staging is completed. Server Administrator installation is complete. 16. Reboot the host. NOTE: For more information on VMware Update Manager, see the VMware official website. NOTE: You can install Server Administrator from the VUM repository, https://vmwaredepot.dell.com/.
Uninstalling The Existing Systems Management VIB To uninstall the existing Systems Management VIB: 1. Run the following command to uninstall the VIB: On ESXi 5.x: 2. esxcli --server software vib remove Reboot the system after uninstalling. Configuring The SNMP Agent On Systems Running VMware ESXi Server Administrator generates Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps in response to changes in the status of sensors and other monitored parameters.
Troubleshooting • When attempting to use the vihostupdate command, the following error may be displayed: unpacking c:\OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web--.VIB-ESXi_.zip metadata.zip.sig does not exist signature mismatch : metadata.zip Unable to unpack update package. This error is displayed if you are using an older version of the Remote CLI. To resolve this issue, download and install the latest vSphere version of the CLI.
5 Frequently Asked Questions What ports do systems management applications use? The default port used by Server Administrator is 1311. These ports are configurable. For port information of a particular component, see the User Guide of that respective component.
I have performed a non-default install of the Linux operating system using the Linux operating system media, I see missing RPM file dependencies while installing Server Administrator? Server Administrator is a 32-bit application. When installed on a system running a 64-bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, the Server Administrator remains a 32-bit application, while the device drivers installed by Server Administrator are 64-bit.
2. Delete the upgrade.relocation=bad line if present in the /etc/omreg.cfg file and attempt to uninstall again. Why am I getting a warning concerning the RPM package key during installation? The RPM files are signed with a digital signature.
Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required srvadmin-hapi Server Administrator Hardware Application srvadmin-omilcore Programming Interface — This systems management package provides the device drivers and libraries needed by systems management software to access information about the hardware on supported systems.
Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required add-RAC4 — Software for remote management of fourth-generation Remote Access Controllers. For example, DRAC 4. srvadmin-rac4-components Remote Access Card Data Populator — Remote Access Controller components. srvadmin-omilcore, srvadmin-deng, srvadmin-hapi, and srvadmin-racsvc srvadmin-racadm4 RAC Command Interface — The command-line user interface to the Remote Access Controller (RAC).
Name of RPM Description srvadmin-omilcore Server Administrator Web Server Install Core — This is the core install package. All Server Administrator Web Server RPMs require this RPM. srvadmin-wsmanclient Operating system-specific WSMan client package. Other Server Administrator RPMs required srvadmin-omcommon and srvadminomauth Remote-Enablement — Manage and monitor the current system using some other remote system.
Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required srvadmin-omilcore Server Administrator Install Core — This is the core install package that provides the tools necessary for the rest of the Systems management install packages. All Server Administrator RPMs require this RPM. srvadmin-ssa Enables management of the system from a remote system on which Server Administrator Web Server is installed, using WS-Man interfaces. srvadmin-omacore, srvadmin-omhip, and srvadmin-isvc.
Table 10. Daemons that Run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Once Server Administrator is Started Daemon Name Name in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For RPMs in the srvadmin-base directory dsm_sa_datamgr32d DSM SA Data Manager — Server Administrator data manager daemon started by DSM SA Data Engine service. dsm_sa_eventmgr32d DSM SA Event Manager — Server Administrator event and logging daemon started by DSM SA Data Engine service.
When I run srvadmin-cm (Server Administrator Inventory Collector) it displays error messages. What do I do? If you are using a system prior to 11th generation of PowerEdge servers running on a supported 64-bit Linux operating system, the srvadmin-cm RPM installs only the 32-bit dependent RPMs. This is why the srvadmin-cm RPM displays error messages when it is run on a 64-bit operating system.
6 Linux Installer Packages This section lists the Linux installer packages. Table 12. Meta RPMs RPM Description Dependent packages Required for Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.
RPM Description Dependent packages Required for Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.
RPM Description Dependent packages Required for Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.
RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for srvadminomilcore Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.
RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 provides OM CLI tools. srvadminxmlsup XML support library None Server Administrator GUI/CLI Y Y Y Y srvadminlibxslt XSLT support library * Applicable on VMware ESX only None Server Administrator GUI/CLI Y Y Y Y srvadmin-cm Change srvadminManagement omacore inventory collector.
RPM Description Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 client, libwsman1 srvadmintomcat Server Administrator Web server srvadmin-jre, srvadminomcommon, srvadminomilcore Server Administrator GUI Y Y Y Y openwsmanclient Openwsman client libraries None Server Y Administrator GUI to manage remote nodes using WSMAN Y Y Y libwsman1 Openwsman libraries used by client and server components None Openwsman Y support library Y Y Y Table 16.
RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Enabling remote management of server Y Y Y Y Enabling remote management of server Y Y Y Y Operations over HTTP protocol.
RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 srvadminstorelib srvadminstorelib LSI utility libraries for storage management srvadminstorelib-sysfs Storage Y instrumentatio n Y Y Y srvadminstorelib-sysfs Provides library for interfacing with the kernel's sys filesystem.
RPM OM Dependant packages Required for srvadminstorage srvadminStorage storage-snmp Management CLI Interface srvadmindeng-snmp, srvadminstorage srvadmindeng-snmp srvadminisvc-snmp srvadminstorage-cli Description Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.
RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.
RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.
