I installed OMSA on CentOS 5.9 using the following steps
Yum Setup (RHEL5, RHEL 6)
1. Set up the Dell OpenManage Repository:
wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash
2. Install OpenManage Server Administrator:
yum install srvadmin-all
Everything went fine, and OMSA seemed to start just fine.
[root@centosserver srvadmin]# ./sbin/srvadmin-services.sh start
Starting Systems Management Device Drivers:
Starting dell_rbu: [ OK ]
Starting ipmi driver: Already started [ OK ]
Starting Systems Management Data Engine:
Starting dsm_sa_datamgrd: [ OK ]
Starting dsm_sa_eventmgrd: [ OK ]
Starting dsm_sa_snmpd: [ OK ]
Starting DSM SA Shared Services: [ OK ]
Starting DSM SA Connection Service: [ OK ]
However I cannot connect to the 1311 port via HTTPS.
I found some errors in dsm_om_connsvcdIO.log ( below)
The odd thing is that the address 192.168.0.2 is not the IP address of this machine ( which is 192.168.0.65) but of our DNS server.
May 09, 2013 8:35:42 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-\*/192.168.0.2-1311"]
May 09, 2013 8:35:43 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
SEVERE: Failed to initialize end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-\*/192.168.0.2-1311"]
java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address */192.168.0.2:1311
So as a wild guess I modified the file /opt/dell/srvadmin/lib64/openmanage/apache-tomcat/conf/server.xml <Connector compression="force" SSLEnabled="true" address="192.168.0.65"
And now the errors in dsm_om_connsvcdIO.log go away
May 09, 2013 8:44:51 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-/192.168.0.65-1311"]
May 09, 2013 8:44:52 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 1357 ms
May 09, 2013 8:44:53 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
May 09, 2013 8:44:53 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.23
May 09, 2013 8:44:53 AM org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManagerBase startInternal
SEVERE: No Store configured, persistence disabled
May 09, 2013 8:44:53 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory /opt/dell/srvadmin/lib64/openmanage/apache-tomcat/webapps/omsa
May 09, 2013 8:44:53 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory /opt/dell/srvadmin/lib64/openmanage/apache-tomcat/webapps/host-manager
May 09, 2013 8:44:53 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory /opt/dell/srvadmin/lib64/openmanage/apache-tomcat/webapps/manager
May 09, 2013 8:44:53 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-/192.168.0.65-1311"]
May 09, 2013 8:44:53 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 491 ms
[root@centosserver openmanage]# lsof -i TCP:1311
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
dsm_om_co 17277 root 56u IPv4 502024 0t0 TCP centosserver:rxmon (LISTEN)
But still I am unable to connect to OMSA on port 1311
Ideas?