Install Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5
OMSA Customer Survey....................................................................................................................................................5
What is new in this release................................................................................................................................................5
Software Availability......................................................................................................................................................6
Systems Management Software......................................................................................................................................6
Server Administrator Components On A Managed System................................................................................ 6
Security Features................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Other Documents You Might Need................................................................................................................................. 8
Chapter 2: Preinstallation Setup................................................................................................... 9
Installation Requirements.................................................................................................................................................. 9
Supported Operating Systems And Web Browsers.............................................................................................. 9
System Requirements...................................................................................................................................................9
Managed System Requirements...............................................................................................................................10
Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards.......................................................................................10
Configuring SNMP Agents...............................................................................................................................................10
Remote Enablement Requirements................................................................................................................................ 11
Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement............................................................................................................11
Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement................................................................................... 12
Winbind configuration for openwsman and sfcb for Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems.......... 13
Work around for the libssl issue...............................................................................................................................14
Winbind configuration for openwsman and sfcb for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system... 14
Chapter 3: Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux operating systems and
VMware ESXi ........................................................................................................................... 15
Software License Agreement..........................................................................................................................................16
RPM for individual components..................................................................................................................................... 16
OpenIPMI Device Driver................................................................................................................................................... 19
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Is Started...... 20
Installing Managed System Software...........................................................................................................................20
Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software.................................................................................... 20
Installing Managed System software using the provided media.......................................................................21
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility..................................................................................................24
Managed System Software Installation Using Third-Party Deployment Software..................................... 25
Uninstalling Managed System Software......................................................................................................................26
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script...............................................................26
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command..............................................................27
Chapter 4: Installing Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi....................................... 28
Using the vSphere CLI..................................................................................................................................................... 28
Using the VMware vSphere Management Assistant vMA...................................................................................... 29
Using the VMware Update Manager (VUM)..............................................................................................................30
Installing OpenManage Server Administrator using vSphere Lifecycle Manager in vSphere Client.............30
Using The Power CLI........................................................................................................................................................ 31
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