Release Notes

3. Under User Authentication Logon option, change the settings to Automatic logon with current user name and password.
4. Add the server URL to Trusted sites under Tools > Internet Options > Security > Trusted sites > Sites.
• BITS216267: Upgrading Server Administrator from 8.1 to 8.2 and then restarting DSM Connection Service after changing any server
preference values would display a crash message in Windows Event Viewer's application log. This crash message is a false message
and can be ignored.
• JIT-26671: On Server Administrator, the Duplex capability value is displayed as “Unknown” in Broadcom Extreme E-Series Network
interface card in the NIC properties.
Issues of Server Administrator on All Microsoft Windows
Operating Systems
• Perform all Server Administrator CLI commands from a 32-bit Windows command prompt. You can access the 32-bit command
prompt by clicking Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt or by clicking Start > Run and then typing cmd.exe.
Attempts to run the CLI commands from the DOS command command.com may generate unpredictable results.
• The DSM Server Administrator Connection Service may hang on system startup if both Oracle and VERITAS Backup Exec are installed
on the system. To manually start the DSM Server Administrator Connection Service on a system running Windows, click Start >
Programs > Administrative Tools > Service, right-click DSM Server Administrator Connections Services and select Start.
• You may not have appropriate privileges on the Server Administrator GUI if you:
• Belong to an Active Directory group that is part of another group.
• Try to launch Server Administrator using the desktop icon when single sign- on is enabled.
• Broadcom architecture has a split driver implementation - evbdx.sys and bxnd60x.sys.
• evbdx.sys is the Virtual Bus Driver (VBD); also called the Base Driver
• bxnd60x.sys is the driver for the Broadcom NDIS device.
Microsoft Device Manager reports both the drivers, but Server Administrator displays only the driver details specific to the VBD
device.
• BITS080169: Documentation for Power Supply alerts mentions only AC power supply, but the alerts are valid for both AC and DC
power supplies.
• BITS054513: On a system running Windows, while running CLI commands using telnet from a system running Linux, the telnet session
may terminate if the amount of data being transferred is huge.
Workaround: Redirect the CLI output to a text file and use the type command to view the output
• DF551365: Server Administrator does not display the IP Address for Network Adapters that are used for virtual machines
Description: In a Microsoft Hyper-V environment, the Server Administrator Network page may indicate network adapters that are
connected to a network and display Ethernet statistics but, the IP address is displayed as 'Unknown'. This is because Hyper-V
virtualizes adapters that are bonded to its virtual switch. The Server Administrator only discovers physical network adapters and
displays their IP addresses that are fully-controlled by the operating system and not by hypervisors.
• BITS080696: Windows No Instance(s) Available is reported for Dell_CMApplication class data To get the data for Dell_CM* wmi
classes query, first query any one of the Dell_* classes.
• BITS129139: On systems running Windows operating system, the command prompt closes if you run the following commands on any
Dell PowerEdge systems:
• omconfig system platformevents event=systempowerfail action=powerreduction
• omconfig system platformevents event=systempowerwarn action=powerreduction
NOTE: The commands are supported only on 10th generation of PowerEdge servers.
Issues of Server Administrator on Microsoft Windows 2008
Operating Systems
• DF103661: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - Alert Action > Execute Application
For security reasons, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is configured to not to allow interactive services. When a service is installed as
an interactive service on Microsoft Windows Server 2008, the operating system logs an error message in the Windows System log
about the service being marked as an interactive service. When you use Server Administrator to configure Alert Actions for an event,
you can specify the action to execute an application. For interactive applications to be executed properly for an Alert Action, the DSM
Server Administrator Data Manager Service must be configured as an interactive service. Examples of interactive applications
comprise applications with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or that prompt users for input in some way, such as the pause command
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Server Administrator 8.4.0 Release Notes