Release Notes
in a batch file. When Server Administrator is installed on Microsoft Windows Server 2008, the DSM Server Administrator Data
Manager Service is installed as a non-interactive service, which means that it is configured for not interacting with the desktop
directly. If an interactive application is executed for an Alert Action in this situation, the application is suspended awaiting input from
the user, but the application interface or prompt is not visible to the user. The application interface or prompt is not visible even after
the Interactive Services Detection service is started. For each execution of the interactive application, there is an entry for the
application process in the Processes tab in Task Manager. If you want to execute an interactive application for an Alert Action on
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, you must configure the DSM Server Administrator Data Manager Service to be allowed to interact
with the desktop. To allow interaction with the desktop, right-click on the DSM Server Administrator Data Manager Service in the
Services control panel and select Properties. In the Log On tab, enable Allow service to interact with desktop and click OK. Restart
the DSM Server Administrator Data Manager Service for the change to be effective. When the DSM Server Administrator Data
Manager Service is restarted with this change,the Service Control Manager logs the following message to the System log: The DSM
Server Administrator Data Manager Service is marked as an interactive service. However, the system is configured to not allow
interactive services. This service may not function properly.. This change allows the DSM Server Administrator Data Manager
Service to execute interactive applications properly for an Alert Action. Also, make sure the Interactive Services Detection service is
running, to see the interface or prompt displayed by the interactive application. Once these changes are made, the operating system
displays the Interactive services dialog detection dialog box to provide access to the interactive application interface or prompt.
After upgrading Windows Server 2003 x64 to Windows Server 2008 x64 with Server Administrator installed, the application UI does
not display all the expected instrumentation pages. The Server Administrator installation must be repaired. Go to Start > Settings >
Control panel > Add Remove Programs > Select Change on the Server Administrator installation and select the Repair option to
correct the issue.
• DF330800: Server Administrator Web server local user login fails on the Windows 2008 R2 Managed Node. When a Windows 2008 R2
Managed Node is added to a domain, logging in from any Server Administrator Web Server to that Windows 2008 R2 Managed Node
will fail with local user or local power-user credentials. Only the credentials of a local Administrator or Domain user will work, with a
prerequisite that all required winrm configurations have been applied.
Issues of Server Administrator on Microsoft Windows 2012
Operating Systems
• BITS068231: On Windows Server 2012 with Server Administrator (32-bit), Base Memory Address and IRQ values are not available for
any Network Interface Cards.
Issues of Server Administrator on All Supported Operating
Systems
• BITS107804: On PowerEdge R210 II and T110 II servers, clearing the Shutdown OS First check box and performing a reboot using the
‘Reboot’ option does not reboot the servers. After performing these steps if you refresh the Page, the options on the Remote
Shutdown page are not displayed.
• On Dell PowerEdge T110 II systems, the following Server Administrator BIOS settings are not consistent with the F2 BIOS setup
settings:
• Watchdog timer: Server Administrator displays the option as disabled, but F2 BIOS allows to change the setting.
• Embedded Video Controller: Server Administrator provides options to enable or disable, but in F2 BIOS the option is grayed out.
• TPM Security: Server Administrator does not allow to change the settings, but F2 BIOS allows to change the settings.
• System Profile State: Server Administrator does not allow to make changes, but F2 BIOS allows to make the changes.
• Memory Testing: Server Administrator does not support this feature, but F2 BIOS supports this feature.
• SRIOV option: Server Administrator does not display this information, but F2 BIOS displays this feature.
• Due to non-availability of resources, inventory collector may terminate unexpectedly and restart. If this occurs, the folder C:\Temp
\invcol may be left as an artifact. The presence of this folder does not affect the functionality of the inventory collection. The
folder can be deleted if required.
• After installing Server Administrator from the command prompt, typing an omreport or mconfig command from the same prompt can
cause an error. Open a new command prompt window and type commands.
• If the command log page in the Server Administrator GUI displays an error message indicating that the XML is malformed, you must
clear the command log from the CLI using the omconfig system cmdlog action=clear command
• After a Reset to Defaults operation of the Integrated Remote Access Controller, the first user configuration, operation fails if it is a
single-user configuration item (such as enabling or disabling a user or changing user name). Always change a combination of two-user
configuration items (such as enabling or disabling a user and changing user name) concurrently during your first configuration
operation.
• While typing the command omreport system version -outc <filename>, ensure that you specify an absolute path name for the output
file; else, the output file is empty. For example, c:\out.txt.
Server Administrator 8.4.0 Release Notes
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