Questions tagged [dell-openmanage]
OpenManage is Dell's systems management and administration platform.
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Using non-certified hard drives in Dell MD3220 storage array
Is it possible to use non-certified hard drives in a Dell MD3220 storage array? I ended up getting 3 new drives that were the EXACT same model number as the existing ones. Then I bought the drive ...
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Dell PowerEdge - Add new disk to an existing RAID 5 array
I have a Dell PowerEdge with a RAID 5 array of 3 disks, and I want to add a fourth disk to it to expand the capacity of the volume.
I don't want to reinitialize the whole RAID 5, because I want to ...
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Anyone know how to fix issues with omsa on red hat 5.1 that reports "No Controllers found"?
I've got a Red Hat 5.1 server 64-bit Dell 2950 with a PERC 5/i controller that until recently was working fine.
On it I have an NRPE command check_openmange that started returning errors:
/usr/...
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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator - doesn't display storage devices
I'm running CentOS 5 on a Dell PowerEdge R200. I have installed OpenManage Server Administrator specifically to monitor the HDDs (x2 250GB RAID1) in the machine and alert of any issues or failures.
I ...
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Dell Perc 5/i battery replacement - how long until it registers as good?
So I replaced the battery for my Dell Perc 5/i controller since the machine had an error code that it needed to be replaced. I ordered the battery directly from dell based on the service code and ...
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Make Dell's OpenManage 6.2 information available through SNMP
I have successfully installed OpenManage on a CentOS 5.4 server and I'm able to use OpenManage through the web interface running on port 1311, but I would like to be able to expose this information ...
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Dell OpenManage Web Interface Inaccessible
We've installed all the Dell server admin tools on our Ubuntu 12.04 Server box using the following command:
sudo apt-get install srvadmin-all
All the omreport commands etc work as expected but we ...
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Acknowledging a warning in DELL OpenManage
We have a DELL R510 server where we replaced all the hard drives with new but non-certified 3TB disks. Now OpenManage throws a warning for every hard disk as "non-critical", since it recognizes the ...
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Cannot get OpenManage omreport for Dell running CentOS 7
I'm trying to get omreport on a Dell R710 running CentOS 7, but failing. The instructions at
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/omsa.html
include a case for CentOS. They involve using wget to set ...
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How do upgrade OpenManage from 6.5 to 7 in CentOS 6?
How do I upgrade OpenManage? When I download the rpm there are no scripts include in the tar file, and the Dell repo doesn't seem to have OpenManage 7?
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'Foreign' state for brand new disk in Dell R730
Trying to install additional drives into my R730 Dell Poweredge (none have failed, just need more space)
Inserted the disks and they all show as status 'Foreign' and the only option available is '...
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Failed Dell PowerEdge T410: Move Hardware RAID PERC H700: 3 x 300GB SAS (1 faulty) to 2nd T410 for Disk Cloning & Boot
Failed Dell PowerEdge T410: Move Hardware RAID PERC H700: 3 x 300GB SAS (1 faulty) to 2nd T410 for Disk Cloning & Boot
FYI - PRE QUESTION CONTEXT:
We barely got the original T410 up once where ...
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Dell fumbles OpenManage installation process, forgets to write documentation?
I'm setting up a Dell PowerEdge 2950 for a small business, and I've just spent a while with Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 6.2, trying to clear the installation process of errors before I ...
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Can the features of Dell OpenManage be replaced by Microsoft System Center?
I'm new to both OpenManage and System Center, but it sounds as if they're geared towards similar problems/goals. Are the features comparable enough that OpenManage can be forgone completely in favor ...
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Email alerts when hard drive fails on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 (PERC5I, SAS)?
I recently purchased a used Dell PowerEdge 2950. I setup the hard drives in RAID-5 configuration. I want to be able to get an email alert if one of the drives fails. I have been trying to determine ...
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How can i change disks from foreign state using OMSA
I added 4 disks in the PowerEdge T610 on connector 1 but they are in the foreign state. I upgraded the firmware to version 6.3.3.0002. Still, I could not get the function to clear foreign state.
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DELL OpenManage 7.3 on ESXi5.1
I installed Dell OpenManage 7.3 VIB on ESXi5.1 host. I assumed that VIB will load all DELL specific MIBs into OS. I enabled snmpd on that host as well, but when I am doing "snmpwalk" or "snmpget" I do ...
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vCenter Email Alerts
We have 4 ESX hosts in a cluster managed by vcenter (5.5). We have the Dell Open Manage integration suite which adds 100's of additional alarm/alerts to vcenter.
We want to setup email alerts for ...
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Can't get OMSA installed on Dell R610 w/ Centos 6
Trying to use the iDRAC racadm command to reset the login password for the iDRAC web gui.
So I installed OMSA (found this link http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/f/4469/t/...
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Multibit error encountered on Dell Server Memory
Dell OpenManage reported the following:
Memory device status is critical Memory device location: DIMM_B2 Possible memory module event cause:Multi bit error encountered
What does this mean? How bad ...
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Dell PowerEdge R820 with a PERC H710 Raid Controller
I just did a planned disks replacement on our Dell PowerEdge R820 with a PERC H710 Raid Controller. Which I have done quite a few times before without any issues, but tonight I am running into a very ...
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Nagios check_openmanage
I've installed openmanage on my dell poweredge 2950 and wanted to integrate check_openmanage through nrpe in my nagios3 monitoring server.
I can execute the check_nrpe!check_openmanage command ...
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OMSA on Ubuntu Server 10.04
I have Dell OMSA installed on a PE1850 running Ubuntu Server 10.04 (using these instructions, pretty strait forward: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2336772&postcount=54). However when ...
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Dell Management Packs in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2?
I recently set up SCOM in a small business network environment. The root management server is a Dell Poweredge 2950, and I'd like to use SCOM to monitor it using Dell's management packs. I've imported ...
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Dell OpenManage says my firmware is too old?
My Dell OpenManage Server Administrator application has an alert and is telling me my firmware (and driver?) versions are not high enough.
Should I be concerned / what issue might this cause?
I ...
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Dell OpenManage and Exchange 2010 SP1
I inherited an Exchange 2010 SP1 server from a previous sysadmin, and it was running on Dell hardware. However, I now suspect that the RAM is throwing out errors. The trouble is, the server does not ...
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What do you use to Manage Dell Servers? [closed]
I am looking at managing a bunch of Dell Servers - I can use the Dell Management Console (which is made by Altiris) or the OpenManage IT Assistant which is made by Dell.
Anyone have any feedback on ...
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OMSA only work for IPv6?
I have installed OMSA on a server and the dsm_om_connsv service is running. I have found, in the past, this always binds to an IPv6 socket only;
# netstat -lnp
Active Internet connections (only ...
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Why is omreport storage vdisk controller=0 inconsistant output across servers
I wrote a script fetching the RAID configuration of the latest VirtualDisk.
On one server I get :
# omreport storage vdisk controller=0 -fmt ssv | awk '-F;' '/^ID/{print}/Virtual\s*Disk\s*[0-9]+;/{...
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Monitoring PERC 6/i in vMware ESXi 5.5
I currently have a Dell Poweredge 2950 running ESXi 5.5.
My datastore is four drives in RAID 5 configured in the PERC 6/i config utility on bootup.
My question is, what do I do if/when one of these ...
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Dell SCCM 2012 Integration and deployment packs - Do they support Windows Server 2012 yet?
I am looking to migrate my dev SCCM 2012 SP 1 install from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012. I have been looking at the documentation for the Dell integration packs and want to ...
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Cannot login to OpenManage Server Administrator
After freshly installed OpenManage Server Administrator from the CD that comes with my new server, Dell PowerEdge T110, I still could not figure out how to login successfully to the application. The ...
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Timeout connecting to OpenManage after updating to version 9.2 - possible SSL issue?
I updated my server to OpenManage version 9.2 (from version 9.1 which was working fine), apparently with success. I can run the CLI commands without problems.
My problem is connecting to the OMSA ...
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Cannot connect to OMSA on ESXi server
I have vSphere ESXi installed on a Dell R710 and am trying to setup and connect to dell OpenManage Server Administrator. I have successfully installed the Dell OpenManager 8.5.0 for esxi650 package, ...
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PERC 5/i firmware on DELL PowerEdge 2950 cannot be updated
My DELL PowerEdge 2950 (Windows Server 2008 R2) OpenManage shows this warning.
Firmware version is out of date.
Firmware Version 5.0.2-0003
Minimum Required Firmware Version 5.2.2-0072
I ...
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How to set up Dell OMSA tools on Debian 6 (Squeeze) (PE2950)
I assume I have set up them up incorrectly or am missing a library or dependency. When I log into the OMSA web interface I can't see anything
Also, omreport tells me nothing;
root@box:~# omreport ...
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Find which physical disks are in virtual disk from CLI
I have the following virtual disk :
# omreport storage vdisk controller=0 vdisk=14
Virtual Disk 14 on Controller PERC H730 Mini (Embedded)
Controller PERC H730 Mini (Embedded)
ID ...
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Issue with dell omsa packages on Centos 7
I have a Dell 2950 with Centos 7 and Dell OMSA packages installed. When I try to update the server with "yum update" I have the following dependences issue:
Error: Package: dell_ie_rac_5-8.1.0-4.1....
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Windows server core 2012 R2 - install RSAT-SNMP (removed)
I started preparing the infrastructure for dell OME - with the fact that clients need permission SNMP - SNMP namely + RSAT-SNMP. Unfortunately RSAT-SNMP is the get-windowsfeatures as "removed". If you ...
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Clear Dell OpenManage SBE memory log of all and specific connectors without rebooting the server
Running omreport chassis results in:
Health
Main System Chassis
SEVERITY : COMPONENT
Ok : Fans
Ok : Intrusion
Critical : Memory
Ok : Power Management
Ok : Processors
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How can I automate bios configuration on dell servers?
I have n amount of virgin dell custom servers (DCS24). These are refurbished machines and already delivered, so configuring the BIOS from the provider is not an option. iDRAC/BMC is available on these ...
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Dell OpenManage On Ubuntu Server 12.04 Cannot Log In
I have a Dell Poweredge 2950 with 2X130GB and 2X2TB drives. I need to set them up in a RAID 1 array so that the 130GB Drives are mirrored and host the OS, while the 2TB drives are mirrored and are the ...
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Dell OMSA connection error on Windows server
I am having connection errors logging in to OMSA Version 9.3 on a Windows Server 2016 Essentials virtual machine running in ESXi 6.0. I have been using OSMA successfully for the past 2 years. About a ...
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Dell PowerConnect 2724 VLAN frame type filtering issue?
The endless VLAN headaches (and questions), eh?
I really have no idea how to title this one, do not judge.
I'm currently configuring VLANs on a Dell PowerConnect 2724 switch. Currently, all ports ...
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Dell Power Edge Diags and Firmware Updates from a WinPE environment
I am looking for a way to upgrade all firmware on Dell PE servers from within a WinPe environment. We are a reseller and I already have an environment set up to transfer ownership of the servers to ...
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Dell OpenManage Causing Periodic Slowness
Today we diagnosed the cause of a Periodic slowness issue: see here.
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator seems to have been causing hourly slowness. It would occasionally peg one of the CPUs for ...
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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator: download link? [closed]
Not installed on the server I'm remotely managing at the moment (Windows SBS 2008 R2).
I can only find links to the manual in the Support Downloads section at dell.com.
Easy points up for grabs (...
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Safe to do firmware updates for multiple items at same time using SUU on Dell server?
I've run SUU on an older production server that I recently became responsible for (PowerEdge R730) and it has many different firmware updates listed. Is it save to just click the upgrade button or ...
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Can't get to Dell OMSA webpage on my server
I'm running CentOS 6.3 x64 on a Dell PowerEdge R520. I have run the following two commands as per This Wiki
sudo wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash
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Dell Open Manage message in Windows Event Log, should I be worried?
I have a Dell T110 server with a SAS 6i/R controller and two hard disks in RAID 1. Ocasionally a warning appears in the Windows Event Log with the following message:
SAS port report: SAS wide port 2 ...
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