Dell EMC OpenManage Installation Guide — Linux Version 10.1.0.0 June 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5 OMSA Customer Survey....................................................................................................................................................5 What is new in this release................................................................................................................................................
Accessing Server Administrator on VMware ESXi.................................................................................................... 32 Uninstalling the existing Systems Management VIB.................................................................................................32 Configuring The SNMP Agent On Systems Running VMware ESXi.....................................................................32 Configuring The System To Send Traps To A Management Station Using The vSphere CLI....
1 Introduction This topic provides information about: ● 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.
Software Availability The Server Administrator software can be installed from: ● Systems Management Tools and Documentation software ● Support site—For more information, see www.dell.com/Support/Home. ● VMware Update Manager (VUM)—For more information, see http://vmwaredepot.dell.com/. ● Linux Repository using YUM or zypper—For more information, see Linux Repository.
Table 1. Managed System Software Components (continued) Component What is installed Deployment Scenario Systems to install on Storage Management Server Administrator Storage Management Install to implement hardware RAID solutions and configure the storage components that are attached to the system. For more information about Storage Management, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User’s Guide in the docs directory.
Security Features Systems management software components provide the following security features: ● Support for Network Information Services (NIS), Winbind, Kerberos, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication protocols for Linux operating systems ● Role-based authority that enables specific privileges to be configured for each user NOTE: Applicable only for systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux or VMware ESXi ● User ID and password configuration through the web-based interface or th
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.
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell EMC servers, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Software Support Matrix in the required version of OpenManage Software at www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals. Managed System Requirements ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● One of the supported operating systems and web browser Minimum 2 GB RAM Minimum 512 MB free hard drive space Administrator rights TCP/IP connection on the managed system and the remote system to facilitate remote system management.
Related Links: ● Installation Requirements ● Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards Remote Enablement Requirements The Remote Enablement feature is supported on: ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux ● SUSE Enterprise Linux ● VMware vSphere (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.
● with a single command rpm -ivh rpm1 rpm2 rpm3 rpm4 … rpmN or ● individually 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.
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, which are grouped under [server] tag, in /etc/openwsman/ openwsman.conf with the existing certificate values. Configuring CRL for the openwsman client To configure the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) used by Server Administrator Web Server, do the following: 1.
auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_winbind.so use_first_pass auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so 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.
3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux operating systems 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 8.4 and 8.3 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 and SP2 Install Ubuntu 20.04.02 64 bit Install VMware ESXi 6.7 U3 and VMware ESXi 7.
Software License Agreement The software license for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version of the Systems Management software is located on the Dell EMC OpenManage Systems Management Tools and Documentation software. Read the license.txt file. By installing or copying any of the files on the provided media, you are agreeing to the terms in this file. This file is also copied to the root of the software tree where you install the Systems Management software.
Table 5. RPM for Individual Components (continued) SNMP Prerequisite RPM Deamons Names Command-Line Options for srvadmin-install.sh PE Server, OS srvadmin-xmlsup dsm_sa_datamgrd -m or --snmp (For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, install net-snmputils. For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise, install netsnmp).
Table 5. RPM for Individual Components (continued) Prerequisite RPM Deamons Names Command-Line Options for srvadmin-install.sh (For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, install net-snmputils.
Table 5. RPM for Individual Components (continued) Prerequisite RPM Deamons 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.
● In Red Hat Enterprise Linux or later and SLES, install the wsman and sblim packages from the operating system DVD. See, To install the wsman and sblim packages ● Install all the prerequisite RPMs required for successful installation. If the system had factory-installed, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, see the Dependent RPMs for Remote Enablement section for information about any RPMs that you need to manually install before installing managed system software.
After the selected features are installed, the following message is displayed: iDRAC is an out-of-band management system that allows system administrators to monitor and manage the PowerEdge Servers and other network equipment, remotely. iDRAC works regardless of Power status and operating system functionality. For more information, visit http://pilot.search.dell.com/iDRAC.
Table 7. Meta RPMs (continued) Meta RPMs Details srvadmin-idrac Installs the iDRAC component. srvadmin-standardAgent Installs the Remote Enablement component. srvadmin-storageservices Installs the storage services component. srvadmin-webserver Installs the web server component. srvadmin-server-snmp Installs the server Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) component. srvadmin-server-cli Installs the server Command Line Interface (CLI) component.
The basic usage of the script is: srvadmin-install.sh [OPTION]... Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility The Server Administrator utility runs in an interactive mode if you do not specify any options, and runs silently if you provide one or more options. The options are: ● [-c|--cimagent]—Installs Remote Enablement components. ● [-d|--dellagent—Installs Server Instrumentation components. Including the granular components: 1. Server Administrator CLI Interface 2.
Running the command displays a list of component options. If any of the components are already installed, those components are listed separately with a check mark next to them. The Server Administrator installation options are displayed. 6. Press to copy, to install, to reset and start over, or to quit. If you press , you are prompted to enter the absolute destination path. When the installation is complete, the script has an option for starting the services. 7.
● Install BIOS and firmware updates Setting Up The Linux Repository Before you can start using the Linux Repository for installing software or upgrades, you must set up the repository. For more information, see http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/. Set up the repository with: wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.
If there is a previous set of exported files, they are overwritten. The default folder preferences are always the last known set of preferences. Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command The individual components of systems management software can be uninstalled without uninstalling all the systems management. To uninstall only the Server Administrator Web Server, use the command rpm –e `rpm -qa | grep srvadmintomcat`.
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-SrvAdminDell-Web--.VIB-ESXi_.zip, where is the supported ESXi version. Download VMware vSphere Command Line Interface (vSphere CLI) from vmware.
NOTE: After an ESXi Server Administrator VIB/Component installation, the CIM services are restarted automatically to load the Server Administrator providers (DCIM service). It is recommended to wait for 2 - 3 minutes before logging in from any Server Administrator web server. Else, the Server Administrator web server login to the ESXi host may fail. NOTE: With an installed ESXi7.0 Server Administrator, SFCB restart takes approximately 60 seconds for restarting CIM services on ESXi7.x host.
Related Links: ● Troubleshooting Using the VMware Update Manager (VUM) To install Server Administrator using VUM: 1. Install VMware vSphere 6.x (vCenter Server, vSphere Client, and VMware vSphere Update Manager) on a system running the Windows Server operating system. 2. On the desktop, double-click VMware vSphere Client and login to vCenter Server. 3. Right-click vSphere Client host and click New Datacenter. 4. Right-click New Datacenter and click Add Host.
4. 5. 6. 7. Right-click New Datacenter, and click Add Host. Provide information for the ESXi server based on the online instructions. Click Menu > Lifecycle Manager > Settings > Patch Setup > NEW, and enable the online repository. Click ACTIONS > Sync Updates, and then OpenManage Server Administrator VIB is downloaded into VC. Select the ESXi host. Click Baselines > Attached Baselines > ATTACH > Create > Attach Baseline, and follow the online instructions to upload the patch successfully. 8.
Accessing Server Administrator on VMware ESXi To manage Server Administrator on VMware ESXi using the Server Administrator Web Server interface: 1. Install only the Server Administrator Web Server interface on another system. NOTE: Ensure that the version of the Server Administrator Web Server interface is greater or equal to the version of the Server Instrumentation installed. 2. Run the Server Administrator Web Server interface. The Managed System Login screen is displayed. 3.
4. Configure the SNMP setting using the command: vicfg-snmp.pl --server --username --password -c -t @162/ where is the hostname or IP address of the ESXi system, is a user on the ESXi system, is the password of the ESXi user, is the SNMP community name and is the hostname or IP address of the management station.
5 Upgrading Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi The Systems Management installer provides an upgrade from 9.3 version. NOTE: Upgrading Server Administrator VIB from VMware ESXi 6.x to VMware ESXi 7.x is not supported. Topics: • • • Using the vSphere CLI Using The Power CLI Using the VMware Update Manager (VUM) Using the vSphere CLI To upgrade systems management software on VMware ESXi using the vSphere CLI: 1. Copy the OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web--.VIB-ESXi_.
3. Navigate to the bin directory. 4. Run Connect-VIServer and provide the server and other credentials. 5. Log on to the ESXi host using supported vSphere CLI of ESXi 6.x and create a datastore. 6. Create a folder OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web--.VIB-ESXi on ESXi host under /vmfs/ volumes/ directory. 7. Copy the ESXi .zip file on ESXi 6.x host to /vmfs/volumes/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-.VIB-ESXI directory. 8. Unzip the .
NOTE: You can install Server Administrator from the VUM repository, https://vmwaredepot.dell.com/. Server Administrator upgrade is complete.
6 Frequently Asked Questions What ports do systems management applications use? The Server Administrator uses the default port 1311. These ports are configurable. For port information of a particular component, see the User Guide of that respective component.
Why am I getting a warning concerning the RPM package key during installation? The RPM files are signed with a digital signature.
Table 9. Names of the Directories Under the srvadmin/linux/custom/ directory (continued) Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required software to access information about the hardware on supported systems. srvadmin-isvc Server Administrator Instrumentation srvadmin-omilcore, srvadmin-deng, and Service—Server Administrator provides srvadmin-hapi a suite of systems management information for keeping supported systems on the network healthy.
Table 9. Names of the Directories Under the srvadmin/linux/custom/ directory (continued) Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required srvadmin-cm Server Administrator Inventory Collector — Systems management change management inventory collector. srvadmin-omilcore, srvadmin-deng, and srvadmin-omacore srvadmin-deng Server Administrator Data Engine — Systems management provides a data management framework for systems management software.
What daemons run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating systems after Server Administrator is started? The daemons that run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating systems depend on what is installed and what is enabled to run. The following table displays the daemons that typically run for a full install: Table 10.
7 Linux Installer Packages This section lists the Linux installer packages. Table 12.
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Table 14. Packages needed for local management that are used by GUI and CLI components (continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software GUI/CLI. Also provides OM CLI tools. srvadmin-xmlsup XML support library None Server Administrator GUI/CLI Y srvadmin-cm Change Management inventory collector.
Table 16. Server Administrator Remote Enablement (Standard Agent) (continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software sblim-sfcb Small Footprint CIM Broker (sfcb) - CIM server conforming to the CIM Operations over HTTP protocol.
Table 17. Storage Instrumentation, SNMP Monitoring, GUI and CLI Plugins (continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software *N/A for 64-bit OMSA installation, and VMware ESX.
