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RPM

Description

Dependent

packages

Required for

Systems Management

Software
6.5

7.0

7.1

7.2

srvadmin-rac4

Meta RPM for RAC4
components

srvadmin-omilcore,
srvadmin-rac-
components,
srvadmin-rac4-
populator,
srvadmin-racadm4,
srvadmin-racdrsc,
srvadmin-racsvc

RAC 4 management
using Server
Administrator GUI/
CLI, RAC4 tools

srvadmin-rac5

Meta RPM for RAC5
components

srvadmin-isvc,
srvadmin-omilcore,
srvadmin-rac-
components,
srvadmin-racadm4,
srvadmin-racadm5,
srvadmin-racdrsc

RAC 5 management
using Server
Administrator GUI/
CLI, RAC5 tools

srvadmin-idrac

Meta RPM for
iDRAC components

srvadmin-argtable2,
srvadmin-deng,
srvadmin-idrac-
ivmcli, srvadmin-
idrac-vmcli,
srvadmin-idracadm,
srvadmin-isvc,
srvadmin-
omcommon,
srvadmin-omilcore,
srvadmin-rac-
components,
srvadmin-racadm4,
srvadmin-racdrsc

iDRAC management
using Server
Administrator GUI/
CLI, iDRAC tools

srvadmin-server-
snmp

Meta package that
contains
dependency
information to
automatically pull in
the Server
Administrator
Server SNMP
feature

srvadmin-
base,srvadmin-
deng-snmp,
srvadmin-isvc-
snmp

Server SNMP
feature

srvadmin-server-cli Meta package that

contains
dependency
information to
automatically pull in
the Server

srvadmin-base,
srvadmin-omacore

Server CLI feature

Summary of Contents for Server

Page 1: ...Server Administrator Version 7 2 Installation Guide ...

Page 2: ...enom and AMD Sempron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft Windows Windows Server MS DOS Windows Vista and Active Directory are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and or other countries Novell is a ...

Page 3: ...Active Directory 20 Configuring SNMP Agents 21 Secure Port Server And Security Setup 21 Setting User And Server Preferences 21 X 509 Certificate Management 23 Remote Enablement Requirements 23 Installing WinRM 24 Certificate Authority Signed Self Signed Certificate 24 Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement 26 Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement 27 Winbind Configuration For openwsma...

Page 4: ...ed Media 52 Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility 55 Managed System Software Installation Using Third Party Deployment Software 57 Uninstalling Managed System Software 58 Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script 58 Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command 58 5 Installing Managed System Software On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core And Microsoft ...

Page 5: ... do I install Server Administrator with only the CLI features 81 What ports do systems management applications use 81 When I run virtual media on the DRAC controller over a Wide Area Network WAN with low bandwidth and latency launching Systems Management Install directly on the virtual media failed what do I do 81 Do I need to uninstall the Adaptec Fast Console application installed on the system ...

Page 6: ...ing systems management 85 Where can I see the Server Administrator features that are currently installed on my system 85 What are the names of all the systems management features under Windows 85 Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 86 After installing Server Administrator I cannot log in 86 I see the following message when I try to install Server Administrator on a guest Linux...

Page 7: ... an unsupported operating system 93 What daemons run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems after Server Administrator is started 93 What kernel modules are loaded when Server Administrator is started 94 10 Linux Installer Packages 95 ...

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Page 9: ...r GUI and CLI Added support for granular install options for the latest release of Server Administrator 7 2 on systems running Linux For more information see Linux Installer Packages Added functionality for custom installation For more information see Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility PowerEdge OEM Ready server models with Server Administrator 7 2 installed with generic Server Admin...

Page 10: ...motely monitor the managed system You need not have physical access to the managed system Any system For example laptop or desktops Server Instrumentation Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Install to use the system as the managed system Installing Server Instrumentation and the Server Administrator Web Server installs Server Administrator Use Server Administrator to monitor configure an...

Page 11: ...Instrumentation Service and CIM Provider Install to perform remote systems management tasks Install Remote Enablement on one system and Server Administrator Web Server on another system You can use the system with the Server Administrator to remotely monitor and manage the systems which have Remote Enablement installed Supported systems For a list of supported systems see the Systems Software Supp...

Page 12: ...uthentication protocols for Linux operating systems Role based authority that allows specific privileges to be configured for each user NOTE Applicable only for systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or VMware ESX ESXi User ID and password configuration through the web based interface or the command line interface CLI in most cases SSL encryption Auto Negotiate and 1...

Page 13: ...ays The Server Administrator Command Line Interface Guide documents the complete command line interface for Server Administrator including an explanation of CLI commands to view system status access logs create reports configure various component parameters and set critical thresholds The Remote Access Controller 5 User s Guide provides complete information about installing and configuring a DRAC ...

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Page 15: ...porting agents for the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP install the operating system support for the SNMP standard before or after you install Server Administrator For more information about installing SNMP see the installation instructions for the operating system you are running on the system Run the prerequisite checker silently by executing runprereqchecks exe s from the SYSMGMT srvadmi...

Page 16: ...run 10 An error has occurred with the scripting environment The prerequisite checker does not run NOTE A negative return code 1 through 10 indicates a failure in running the prerequisite checker tool Probable causes for negative return codes include software policy restrictions script restrictions lack of folder permissions and size constraints NOTE If you encounter a return code of 2 or 3 it is r...

Page 17: ...ftware has an associated value set after running the prerequisite check The following table provides the list of feature IDs for each software feature The feature ID is a 2 to 5 character designation NOTE The software feature IDs mentioned in the table are case sensitive Table 3 Software Feature IDs for Managed Systems Software Feature ID Description ALL All features BRCM Broadcom Network Interfac...

Page 18: ...The installer supports only six languages English German Spanish French Simplified Chinese and Japanese NOTE When the MUI Pack is set to non Unicode languages like Simplified Chinese set the system locale to Simplified Chinese This enables display of the prerequisite checker messages This is because any non Unicode application runs only when the system locale also called Language for non Unicode P...

Page 19: ...e installing the management station or managed system software On supported Windows and Linux operating systems systems management software supports Common Information Model CIM Windows Management Instrumentation WMI Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Install the SNMP package provided with the operating system If SNMP is installed post OMSA installation restart OMSA services NOTE For informat...

Page 20: ...rns on a different logging mode Each letter s actual function is as follows for MSI version 3 1 v Verbose output o Out of disk space message i Status message c Initial UI parameter e All error message w Non fatal warning a Startup of action r Action specific record m Out of memory or fatal exit information u User request p Terminal property Append to existing file Flush each line to the log Wildca...

Page 21: ...orted Systems Management Protocol Standards Secure Port Server And Security Setup This section contains the following topics Setting User and Server Preferences x 509 Certificate Management Setting User And Server Preferences You can set user and secure port server preferences for Server Administrator from the Preferences web page Click General Settings and click either the User tab or Web Server ...

Page 22: ...revent other applications or browsers from remotely accessing Server Administrator on the managed system Mail To Allows to set the default mail address for e mail s from OMSA GUI SMTP Server name and DNS Suffix for SMTP Server Specifies the organization s Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP and Domain Name Server DNS suffix To enable Server Administrator to send e mails you must type the IP address...

Page 23: ...cate or certificate chain from a Certificate Authority CA Authorized CAs include Verisign Entrust and Thawte NOTE Log in with administrator privileges to perform certificate management You can manage X 509 certificates for Server Administrator from the Preferences page Click General Settings select the Web Server tab and click X 509 Certificate Best Practices For X 509 Certificate Management For t...

Page 24: ...he Certificates snap in dialog box select Computer account and then click Next 6 Select Local Computer and then click Finish 7 Click Close and then click OK 8 On the Console window expand Certificates Local Computer in the left navigation pane 9 Right click Personal select All tasks Request New Certificate 10 Click Next 11 Select the appropriate certificate type Mostly Computer and then click Enro...

Page 25: ...propriate permission s to the respective users and then click OK 9 Click OK 10 Close the Windows Management Infrastructure WMI screen Configuring The Windows Firewall For WinRM To configure the Windows Firewall for WinRM 1 Open Control Panel 2 Click Windows Firewall 3 Click Exceptions tab 4 Select Windows Remote Management check box If you do not see the check box click Add Program to add Windows ...

Page 26: ...stem media 1 Make sure that Pegasus RPMs are uninstalled 2 Check if the openwsmand and sfcbd binaries are already installed using make install Check by running the commands openwsman or sfcbd or you can check the existence of the binaries in the usr local sbin directory 3 If the binaries are installed uninstall these binaries 4 Check for the required dependencies for the openwsman and sfcbd RPMs l...

Page 27: ... Links Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux and VMware ESX Creating Server Certificate For WSMAN You can either create a new certificate for WSMAN or reuse an existing certificate Creating A New Certificate You can create a new server certificate for WSMAN by executing the owsmangencert sh script located at etc openwsman This script is provided by the openwsman RPM Follow the step...

Page 28: ...m_stack so service system auth 3 Replace the content of etc pam d system auth with PAM 1 0 This file is auto generated User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run auth required lib security ISA pam_env so auth sufficient lib security ISA pam_unix so likeauth nullok auth sufficient lib security ISA pam_krb5 so use_first_pass auth sufficient lib security ISA pam_winbind so use_fir...

Page 29: ...4 Replace the content of etc pam d common account with account sufficient pam_unix2 so account sufficient pam_winbind so Workaround For The Libssl Issue If the required library needed by openwsman is present on the system the autoconf_cim_component sh script tries to resolve the libssl so issue However if the library is not present then the script reports the same Check if the latest version of th...

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Page 31: ...rator Web Server performs the function of a central web server and you can use it to monitor a number of managed systems Using this method reduces the Server Administrator footprint on the managed systems Continue to install the Server Administrator Web Server and the Server Instrumentation on the same system The following table lists the deployment scenarios for installing and using Server Admini...

Page 32: ...As a result other third party services dependent on SNMP stop If the third party services are stopped manually restart these services NOTE For Blade systems you must install Server Administrator on each server module installed in the chassis NOTE During installation of Server Administrator on supported Windows systems if an Out of Memory error message is displayed you must exit the installation an...

Page 33: ...pplications and disable any virus scanning software 3 Insert the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD into the system s DVD drive The autorun menu is displayed 4 Select Server Administrator from the autorun menu and click Install The Server Administrator prerequisite status screen is displayed and runs the prerequisite checks for the managed system Any relevant informational warning or e...

Page 34: ...mpersonate user requests is logged in Windows Event Log You can safely ignore this message and continue with installation Related Links System Recovery on Failed Installation Server Administrator Installation With Citrix Application Server Citrix remaps all the hard drive letters when installed For example if you install Server Administrator on drive C and then install Citrix it may change the dri...

Page 35: ... should execute msiexec exe i Mapped Drive 32 bit or 64 bit MSI path on the DVD qb after the drive has been mapped 3 Configure the ISV distribution software to distribute and execute the script created in step 2 4 Distribute this script to the target systems by using the ISV software distribution tools The script executes to install Server Administrator on each remote system 5 Reboot each remote s...

Page 36: ...lation A prerequisite checker program that examines the dependency status of selected software features without having to perform an actual installation Optional Command Line Settings The following table shows the optional settings available for the msiexec exe MSI installer Type the optional settings on the command line after msiexec exe with a space between each setting NOTE See support microsof...

Page 37: ...r Administrator features on each remote system based on the system s hardware configuration This installation is done silently and unattended Customization Parameters REINSTALL and REMOVE customization CLI parameters provide a way to customize the exact software features to install reinstall or uninstall when running a silent or unattended installation With the customization parameters you selecti...

Page 38: ...rarily saves all files that it deletes or overwrites during the course of an installation or removal so that they can be restored if necessary which is a type of rollback After a successful installation Windows deletes all of the temporary backup files In addition to the rollback of MSI Standard Actions the library also has the ability to undo commands listed in the INI file for each application i...

Page 39: ...x Installer Packages To upgrade from versions earlier than 6 3 uninstall the existing version of Server Administrator and reinstall the latest version of Server Administrator NOTE Uninstalling Server Administrator deletes its user settings Reinstall Server Administrator and apply the user settings When upgrading an operating system to a major version uninstall the existing Systems Management softw...

Page 40: ...Maintenance dialog box is displayed 5 Select the Modify option and click Next The Custom Setup dialog box is displayed 6 To select a specific managed system software application click the drop down arrow beside the listed feature and select either This feature will be installed to install the feature or This feature will not be available to ignore the feature A selected feature has a hard drive ic...

Page 41: ...ard Completed dialog box is displayed 7 Click Finish to exit the Server Administrator installation If you are prompted to reboot the system select from the following reboot options Yes reboot my system now No I will reboot my system later Uninstalling Managed System Software You can uninstall managed system software features by using the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD or the operat...

Page 42: ...dd or Remove Programs dialog box is displayed 4 Click Yes to confirm uninstallation of Server Administrator The Server Administrator screen is displayed and provides the status and progress of the software features being uninstalled If you are prompted to reboot the system select from the following reboot options Yes reboot my system now No I will reboot my system later All Server Administrator fe...

Page 43: ...distribution software to distribute the typical unattended uninstallation package to the remote systems The program executes to uninstall managed systems software on each remote system 3 Reboot each remote system to complete uninstallation Unattended Uninstall Command Line Settings The Command Line Settings for MSI Installer table shows the unattended uninstall command line settings available for ...

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Page 45: ... installations the srvadmin cm RPM that provides 32 bit Inventory Collector does not get installed on a 64 bit operating system Inventory Collector utility feeds software inventory data to management station applications If required install the srvadmin cm package from appropriate subfolders under SYSMGMT srvadmin linux RPMS supportRPMS srvadmin from the Systems Management Tools and Documentation ...

Page 46: ...of the Systems Management software is located on the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD 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 RPM For Individual Components The following table lists the...

Page 47: ... OS srvadmin xmlsup srvadmin hapi srvadmin omilcore srvadmin deng srvadmin isvc srvadmin omcommon srvadmin idrac snmp srvadmin isvc snmp srvadmin deng snmp srvadmin cm applicable for x32 bit only srvadmin omacs srvadmin ominst srvadmin rac components dsm_sa_datamgrd dsm_sa_eventmgrd dsm_sa_snmpd dsm_sa_shrsvcd m or snmp CLI PE Server OS srvadmin xmlsup srvadmin hapi srvadmin omilcore srvadmin deng...

Page 48: ...pplicable for systems running VMware ESX 3 5 WSMAN Version OpenWSMAN 2 1 srvadmin xmlsup srvadmin hapi srvadmin omilcore srvadmin deng srvadmin rac components srvadmin omacs srvadmin ominst srvadmin idrac snmp srvadmin isvc snmp srvadmin deng snmp srvadmin isvc srvadmin omcommon srvadmin omacore srvadmin cm applicable for x32 bit only srvadmin smcommon srvadmin itunnelprovider dsm_sa_datamgrd dsm_...

Page 49: ...lled if DRAC4 card is available in the server DRAC5 agent is installed for 9G and 10G servers iDRAC agent is installed for 11G and 12G servers with RAC presence srvadmin xmlsup srvadmin hapi srvadmin argtable2 srvadmin omilcore srvadmin deng srvadmin deng snmp srvadmin isvc srvadmin isvc snmp srvadmin omcommon srvadmin omacs srvadmin ominst srvadmin omacore srvadmin cm applicable for x32 bit only ...

Page 50: ... Server Administrator Storage Management Service OMSS NOTE Command line options for t and g cannot be used without a management interface These options need to be combined with management interface options such as w i z l or m For more information on custom installations see Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility OpenIPMI Device Driver The Server Instrumentation feature of Server Adminis...

Page 51: ...stall sh shell script is present as setup sh in the root directory Using the RPM command Related Links Deployment Scenarios for Server Administrator Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software The prerequisites are Log in as root The running kernel must have loadable module support enabled The opt directory must have at least 250 MB of free space and the tmp etc and var directories must e...

Page 52: ... Load the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD into the system s DVD drive 2 Mount the DVD if required 3 When you have mounted the DVD navigate to OM DVD mount point SYSMGMT srvadmin linux The installation script and RPM folder are available under the Linux directory Express Install Use the provided shell script to perform the express installation on supported Linux and VMware ESX operat...

Page 53: ...rch SYSMGMT srvadmin linux custom OS add StorageManagement arch SYSMGMT srvadmin linux custom OS add iDRAC arch Where OS is the supported operating system and arch is 32 bit i386 or 64 bit x86_64 NOTE In case of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 and 11 32 bit rpm packages are provided for upgrade from the previous 32 bit installs only If you do not have an existing installation then you cann...

Page 54: ...including the installation of the Remote Enablement feature and the Storage Management Service components NOTE On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x operating system DVDs are automounted with the noexec mount option This option does not allow you to run any executable from the DVD You have to manually mount the DVD and then run executables 1 Log in as root to the system running the supported operati...

Page 55: ...r more options The options are c cimagent Installs Remote Enablement components d dellagent Installs Server Instrumentation components Including the granular components a Server Administrator CLI Interface b Server Administrator SNMP Interface c Server Administrator Operating System Log Interface g agent Installs the Server Instrumentation agent only h help Displays the help text i cli Installs Se...

Page 56: ...and start over or q to quit If you press c you are prompted to enter the absolute destination path When the installation is complete the script has an option for starting the services 7 Press y to start the services or Enter to exit Using The Install Script To Run In Silent Mode Perform these steps for a silent installation using the srvadmin install sh shell script 1 Log in as root to the system ...

Page 57: ...ou 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 cgi bash NOTE If you require 64 bit packages uninstall the existing 32 bit packages before installing the new software Server Administrator is desi...

Page 58: ...talling Managed System Software To uninstall Managed System Software log in as root Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script An uninstallation script is installed when you install Server Administrator Execute the script by typing srvadmin uninstall sh and then pressing Enter Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command The individual components of systems manag...

Page 59: ...s Install the software in the Command Line Interface CLI mode on Server Core For more information on Server Core see microsoft com NOTE On Windows 7 to install the systems management software successfully log in using an account which belongs to the Administrators Group and must execute the setup exe using the option Run as administrator from the right click menu NOTE Log in as a built in administ...

Page 60: ... Japanese 2052 mst Simplified Chinese Related Links Optional Command Line Settings Uninstalling Systems Management Software To uninstall managed system software type msiexec x SysMgmt or SysMgmtx64 msi at the command prompt 60 ...

Page 61: ...ped file to the var log vmware folder on the ESXi 5 0 U1 server NOTE For ESX 4 x you do not have to unzip the file 2 Shut down all guest operating systems on the ESXi host and put the ESXi host in maintenance mode 3 If you are using vSphere CLI on Windows navigate to the directory where you have installed the vSphere CLI utilities If you are using vSphere CLI on Linux execute the command from any ...

Page 62: ...ommand output displays a successful or a failed update 6 Restart the ESXi host system When you run the command the following components are installed on the system Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Remote Enablement Server Administrator Storage Management Remote Access Controller Install the Server Administrator Web Server separately on a management station After installing Server Admin...

Page 63: ...t NOTE For more information on VMWare Update Manager see the VMWare official website NOTE You can install Server Administrator from the VUM repository https vmwaredepot dell com Using The Power CLI To install Server Administrator using Power CLI 1 Install the supported PowerCLI of ESXi on Windows System 2 Copy the OM SrvAdmin Dell Web 7 1 0 bldno VIB ESX version i_ bld revno zip file to the ESXi h...

Page 64: ... ESXi 4 0 or CIMoemProviderEnabled for ESXi 4 1 field to 1 6 Click OK 7 For the changes to take effect without restarting the system use the Restart Management Agents option in the Direct Console User Interface DCUI on the local console of the VMware ESXi system NOTE This option is available under Troubleshooting Options in ESXi 4 1 If the changes are not effective and you cannot connect to the VM...

Page 65: ...Management Protocol SNMP traps in response to changes in the status of sensors and other monitored parameters You must configure one or more trap destinations on the system running Server Administrator to send SNMP traps to a management station Server Administrator supports SNMP traps on VMware ESXi but does not support SNMP Get and Set operations because VMware ESXi does not provide the required ...

Page 66: ...ommand vicfg snmp pl server server username username password password T NOTE The pl extension is not required if you are using vSphere CLI on Linux or using vMA The SNMP trap configuration takes effect immediately without restarting any services Troubleshooting When attempting to use the vihostupdate command the following error may be displayed unpacking c OM SrvAdmin Dell Web 7 1 0 bldno VIB ESX...

Page 67: ...lick Use and click OK NOTE If you have more than one Supplemental Pack either the Linux Supplemental Pack from Citrix or other third party applications you can install them in any order although it is recommended that you install the Supplemental Pack last 4 After completing the Supplemental Pack installation 2 5 minutes depending on the speed of the system you are prompted to install other Supple...

Page 68: ...newer XenServer update or release the Supplemental Pack must be reinstalled since the new XenServer image is placed on a different partition from the original In this case follow the same installation instructions as before However any systems management configuration settings saved on the server is lost NOTE If you are connecting to a XenServer 6 1 managed node using server administrator web serv...

Page 69: ...oups of objects that can be configured by the user to meet their unique needs New classes in the schema include an Association a Product and a Privilege class An association object links the user or group to a given set of privileges and to systems Product Objects in the network This model gives an administrator control over the different combinations of user privilege and system or RAC device on ...

Page 70: ...rver Administrator objects When multiple domains are involved however there are some differences The following figure shows the set up of the Active Directory objects in a single domain In this scenario you have two DRAC 4 cards RAC1 and RAC2 and three existing Active Directory users User1 User2 and User3 You want to give User1 and User2 administrator privilege on both DRAC 4 cards and give User3 ...

Page 71: ...Priv1 as Privilege Object in AO1 and both RAC1 and RAC2 as RAC Products in AO1 6 Add User3 as Member in Association Object 2 AO2 Priv2 as Privilege Object in AO2 and RAC2 as RAC Product in AO2 Related Links Adding Users and Privileges to Active Directory Active Directory Objects In Multiple Domains The following figure shows the setup of the Active Directory objects in multiple domains for RAC In ...

Page 72: ...ct 1 AO1 Priv1 as Privilege Object in AO1 and both RAC1 and RAC2 as Products in AO1 7 Add User3 as Member in Association Object 2 AO2 Priv2 as Privilege Object in AO2 and RAC2 as a Product in AO2 Setting Up Server Administrator Active Directory Objects In Multiple Domains For Server Administrator the users in a single Association can be in separate domains and need not be in a Universal group The ...

Page 73: ...Group1 must be Universal 6 Add User1 and User2 as Members in Association Object 1 AO1 Priv1 as Privilege Objects in AO1 and both sys1 and Group1 as Products in AO1 7 Add User3 as a Member in Association Object 2 AO2 Priv2 as a Privilege object in AO2 and Group1 as a Product in AO2 NOTE Neither of the Association objects needs to be of Universal scope Configuring Active Directory To Access The Syst...

Page 74: ...ive the benefit of its software specific settings Extending the Active Directory schema adds schema classes and attributes example privileges and association objects and a organizational unit to the schema NOTE Before you extend the schema you must have Schema Admin privileges on the Schema Master Flexible Single Master Operation FSMO Role Owner of the domain forest Extend the schema using two dif...

Page 75: ... verify the existence of the following classes and attributes See the Microsoft documentation for more information on enabling and using the Active Directory Schema Snap in For more information on class definitions for DRAC see the Remote Access Controller 4 User s Guide and Remote Access Controller 5 User s Guide For more information on class definitions for iDRAC see the Integrated Remote Access...

Page 76: ...lAssociationMembers Table 18 dellOmsa2AuxClass Class OID 1 2 840 113556 1 8000 1280 1 2 1 1 Description This class is used to define the privileges Authorization Rights for Server Administrator Class Type Auxiliary Class SuperClasses None Attributes dellOmsaIsReadOnlyUser dellOmsaIsReadWriteUser dellOmsaIsAdminUser Table 19 dellOmsaApplication Class OID 1 2 840 113556 1 8000 1280 1 2 1 2 Descripti...

Page 77: ... Object Identifier Single Valued dellOMSAIsReadOnlyUser TRUE if the User has Read Only rights in Server Administrator 1 2 840 113556 1 8000 1280 1 2 2 1 Boolean LDAPTYPE_BOOLEAN 1 3 6 1 4 1 1466 115 121 1 7 TRUE dellOMSAIsReadWriteUser TRUE if the User has Read Write rights in Server Administrator 1 2 840 113556 1 8000 1280 1 2 2 2 Boolean LDAPTYPE_BOOLEAN 1 3 6 1 4 1 1466 115 121 1 7 TRUE dellOMS...

Page 78: ...k Close and click OK Adding Users And Privileges To Active Directory The extended Active Directory Users and Computers snap in allows you to add DRAC and Server Administrator users and privileges by creating RAC Association and Privilege objects To add an object perform the steps in the applicable subsection Creating A Product Object To create a Product Object NOTE Server Administrator users must ...

Page 79: ... is displayed 4 Type in a name for the new object 5 Select Association Object 6 Select the scope for the Association Object 7 Click OK Adding Objects To An Association Object By using the Association Object Properties window you can associate users or user groups privilege objects systems RAC devices and system or device groups NOTE RAC users must use Universal Groups to span domains with their us...

Page 80: ...ect these changes If the adproductname is not present in the productoem ini file a default name is assigned The default value is system name software product name where system name is the name of the system running Server Administrator and softwareproduct name refers to the name of the software product defined in omprv32 ini that is computerName omsa NOTE This command is applicable only on Windows...

Page 81: ...r Storage Management Service Yes if you already have Adaptec Fast Console installed on the system you must uninstall this application before installing the Server Administrator Storage Management Service Microsoft Windows How do I fix a faulty installation of Server Administrator You can fix a faulty installation by forcing a reinstall and then performing an uninstall of Server Administrator To fo...

Page 82: ...onent Object Model COM permissions on the system To remedy this situation see the article support installshield com kb view asp articleid Q104986 The Systems Management Install may also fail if a previous installation of systems management software or some other software product was unsuccessful Delete the following temporary windows installer registry if present HKLM Software Microsoft Windows Cu...

Page 83: ...all more than one application in the same directory I have installed Server Administrator using remote Server Administrator deploy on Windows Server 2008 I do not see Server Administrator icon on the desktop On an initial Server Administrator install using remote Server Administrator deploy OMSA push on a server running Windows Server 2008 the Server Administrator icon is not visible until the des...

Page 84: ...the MSP and creates a cache of the MSI file present in the version Y package When you run it a second time the installer runs in Maintenance mode What is the best way to use the prerequisite checker information The prerequisite checker is available for Windows See the readme file at SYSMGMT srvadmin windows PreReqChecker readme txt on the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD for detailed...

Page 85: ...n of systems management software is installed on the system Navigate to the Windows Control Panel and double click Add Remove Programs and select systems management software Select the link for support information Do I need to reboot the system after upgrading systems management Upgrade may require a reboot if the files to be upgraded are in use This is a typical Windows installer behavior It is r...

Page 86: ...g the Linux operating system media I see missing RPM file dependencies while installing Server Administrator Server Administrator is a 32 bit application When installed on a system running a 64 bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system the Server Administrator remains a 32 bit application while the device drivers installed by Server Administrator are 64 bit If you attempt to install...

Page 87: ...e file that prompts for the installation of systems management software This script may interfere with remote client applications that authenticate using the root user account on the system but do not have a means to handle user prompts To remedy this limitation edit the bash_profile file and comment the line SHLVL During uninstallation error preun srvadmin NAME X Y Z N i386 scriptlet failed exit ...

Page 88: ... The following table lists the names of the directories in the SYSMGMT srvadmin linux custom operating system directory Table 25 Names of the Directories Under the srvadmin linux custom operating system directory Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required Server Instrumentation This is the core code for Server Administrator It provides motherboard alerts and contains the CLI ...

Page 89: ...systems management device drivers srvadmin omilcore srvadmin deng and srvadmin hapi srvadmin omacore Server Administrator Systems management managed mode core and CLI srvadmin omilcore and srvadmin deng srvadmin omhip Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Integration Layer Provides Instrumentation CLI srvadmin omilcore srvadmin deng srvadmin hapi srvadmin isvc and srvadmin omacore srvadmin ...

Page 90: ...de Remote Access Controller RAC services supporting the central administration of server clusters and the remote administration of distributed resources srvadmin omilcore add RAC5 Software for remote management of fifth generation Remote Access Controllers For example DRAC 5 srvadmin rac5 components Remote Access Card Data Populator DRAC 5 and Remote Access Controller components DRAC 5 srvadmin om...

Page 91: ...M srvadmin wsmanclient Operating system specific WSMan client package srvadmin omcommon and srvadmin omauth Remote Enablement Manage and monitor the current system using some other remote system srvadmin cm Server Administrator Inventory Collector Systems management change management inventory collector srvadmin omilcore srvadmin deng and srvadmin omacore srvadmin deng Server Administrator Data En...

Page 92: ...ore install package that provides the tools necessary for the rest of the Systems management install packages All Server Administrator RPMs require this RPM srvadmin ssa Enables management of the system from a remote system on which Server Administrator Web Server is installed using WS Man interfaces srvadmin omacore srvadmin omhip and srvadmin isvc srvadmin syscheck Package that checks the level ...

Page 93: ...e Linux versions listed in the readme What daemons run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems after Server Administrator is started The daemons that run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise 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 in...

Page 94: ...Loaded When Server Administrator Services are Started Driver Name Description For a system with IPMI dell_rbu BIOS Update Driver ipmi_devintf IPMI device driver ipmi_msghandler IPMI device driver ipmi_si IPMI device driver For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For a TVM system dcdbas Systems Management Base Driver dell_rbu BIOS Update Driver For an ESM system...

Page 95: ...mentation SNMP monitoring and Server Administrator CLI Y Y Y Y srvadmin standardAgent Meta package for installing the Standard Server Agent srvadmin cm srvadmin itunnelprovider srvadmin smcommon Enabling remote management using Server Administrator Web Server Y Y Y Y srvadmin webserver Meta package for installing the Server Administrator Web Server feature srvadmin smcommon srvadmin smweb srvadmin...

Page 96: ...RAC5 tools Y Y Y Y srvadmin idrac Meta RPM for iDRAC components srvadmin argtable2 srvadmin deng srvadmin idrac ivmcli srvadmin idrac vmcli srvadmin idracadm srvadmin isvc srvadmin omcommon srvadmin omilcore srvadmin rac components srvadmin racadm4 srvadmin racdrsc iDRAC management using Server Administrator GUI CLI iDRAC tools Y Y Y Y srvadmin server snmp Meta package that contains dependency inf...

Page 97: ...ge CLI feature storageservices srvadmin storage cli Storage CLI feature N N N Y Table 29 Server Instrumentation and SNMP monitoring RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 6 5 7 0 7 1 7 2 srvadmin omilcore Core Install package that provides tools for the systems management install packages pciutils smbi os utils bin Installing and functioning of Server Admini...

Page 98: ...le 30 Packages needed for local management that are used by GUI and CLI components RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 6 5 7 0 7 1 7 2 srvadmin omcommon Common framework or libraries for GUI CLI srvadmin omilcore Server Administrato r GUI CLI Y Y Y Y srvadmin omacore Provides plugins that act as interfaces between back end and GUI CLI Also provides OM CLI...

Page 99: ... Management inventory collector Feeds software inventory data to management station applications srvadmin omacore Software inventory and updates Y Y Y Y srvadmin oslog Management interface srvadmin omilcore Replicating Server Administrato r Events in OS Log N N N Y srvadmin omacs Server Administrato r OMACS srvadmin omcommon srvadmin omilcore Common services bundled in helper library N N N Y srvad...

Page 100: ...omilcore Server Administrato r GUI N N Y Y openwsman client Openwsman client libraries None Server Administrato r GUI to manage remote nodes using WSMAN Y Y Y Y libwsman1 Openwsman libraries used by client and server components None Openwsman support library Y Y Y Y Not applicable for OM 7 0 supplemental pack for Citrix Xen 6 0 Should be installed from the OS media for RHEL6 and SLES11 Obsolete an...

Page 101: ...s N A on VMware ESX None Enabling remote management of server Y Y Y Y sblim sfcb Small Footprint CIM Broker sfcb CIM server conforming to the CIM Operations over HTTP protocol N A on VMware ESX None Enabling remote management of server Y Y Y Y sblim sfcc Small Footprint Common Information Model CIM Client Library sfcc Runtime Libraries N A on VmWare ESX None Enabling remote management of server Y ...

Page 102: ... 11 Meta package for installing management libraries for PCIeSS Devices None Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Solid State PCIeSS Devices management N Y Y Y srvadmin storage Core interface library for storage management srvadmin deng srvadmin isvc srvadmin megalib srvadmin omilcore srvadmin smcommon srvadmin storelib Storage instrumentati on SNMP monitoring and CLI for storage management Y...

Page 103: ...on and VMware ESX None Storage instrumentati on of PERC 4 controllers Y Y Y Y srvadmin smcommon Common framework or libraries for GUI CLI for storage management None Storage management using Server Administrato r GUI CLI Y Y Y Y srvadmin smweb GUI plugins for storage management srvadmin omcommon srvadmin smcommon Storage management using Server Administrato r GUI Y Y Y Y srvadmin storage cli Stora...

Page 104: ... SNMP Monitoring GUI and CLI Plugins RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 6 5 7 0 7 1 7 2 srvadmin racsvc RAC services to manage DRAC 4 setserial srvadmin omilcore DRAC 4 instrumentati on Y Y Y Y srvadmin rac components RAC data populator for DRAC 4 None DRAC 4 instrumentati on and SNMP monitoring Y Y Y Y srvadmin racadm4 Provides CLI tools for DRAC 4 admi...

Page 105: ...d SNMP monitoring N N Y Y srvadmin idracadm Provides CLI tools for iDRAC administratio n srvadmin argtable2 srvadmin omilcore RAC CLI tools for iDRAC Y Y Y Y srvadmin idracadm7 Provides CLI tools for iDRAC7 administratio n srvadmin argtable2 srvadmin omilcore RAC CLI tools for iDRAC7 N N Y Y srvadmin racdrsc RAC CLI and Web Plugin to Server Administrato r for RAC 4 5 and iDRAC None RAC management ...

Page 106: ...and iDRAC packages None RAC CLI tools for RAC 5 and iDRAC management Y Y Y Y srvadmin idrac ivmcli Provides CLI tools that provide virtual media features from the management station to the iDRAC in the remote modular system None RAC CLI tools for virtual media feature Y Y Y Y srvadmin idrac vmcli Provides CLI tools that provide virtual media features from the management station to the iDRAC in the...

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