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Cannot update BIOS From DRAC 7
Hi there,I’m in the process of setting up Open Manage Essentials Version 1.1.0.6063 to perform BIOS, Lifecycle and DRAC updates for my Dell PowerEdge R720’s. I’m using DRAC 7 Enterprise.The systems...
View ArticleMinimum CMC Firmware Version
Is there a minimum CMC firmware version before OME can push out CMC firmware updates? This is for an M1000E. Some of the CMCs we have are running very old firmware (3.0-3.21). I want to confirm this...
View ArticleDell OpenManage Essentials 1.1.1 Email Alerts
So Ive managed to get most everything working the way I like.Last issue Im having is configuring working/correct email alerts.Im using ESXi 5.0 U2 on all of my servers/blades. Im using WS-Man to...
View ArticleOME and ESXi 5.x
In order to manage ESXi 5.x servers, do I need to have OMSA 7.2 installed? I have ESXi 5.0 servers that have OMSA 6.5 installed but when I poll them, the health status just shows a ?. How do I get this...
View ArticleR810 - ESXi and firmware
Is there a way to manage firmware on my R810's that have ESXi installed?
View ArticleR820 with ESXi 5.1 - showing up under RAC
I have some R820 servers with ESX5.1 installed on them. When it is discovered, it shows up under the category RAC. If I click on it, Software Agent Information only shows the RAC information and NIC...
View ArticleANNOUNCE: New release of Dell Support Assist
We are excited to announce availability of SupportAssist 1.1.1 for OpenManage Essentials. This new version of SupportAssist includes several enhancements including:Support for Dell EqualLogic storage...
View ArticleOpenManage Essentials and Network Discovery for Windows Server 2008
According to the Dell OpenManage documentation, the Network Discovery" needs to be enabled in order to achieve successful discovery. Is there any way around this? I would prefer to not enable network...
View ArticleServer details in OME contain NICs of other managed servers thus causes NIC...
Hi guys,I am trying to add two Dell servers (RHEL6 based) to OME 1.1.1. However, I found that adding one will remove another all the time.I checked the application log and found:Info 22/04/2013 4:33:17...
View ArticleSystem is Inventoried but won't show in compliance - ESXi 5.1
Hello,I'm trying to use OpenManage to update BIOS on an ESXi host.I'm new to OpenManage and have been working on getting it set up on a test server I have access to in preparation to setting it up on...
View ArticleOME doesn't detecte/update correct installed versions
Hello,Lately, OME doesn't detecte when packages are installed/updated on our servers.I have installed some packages manually so I know exactly the version number. Even after multiple inventories, OME...
View ArticleOpenmange Essentials SMS Alerts
Hello,Is SMS text alerting is built in to the OME application? I am able to use the email alert functionality and input the email address for my mobile number and receive the alerts.I do not see the...
View ArticlePatch 1.1.1 & Unkown Status
Firstly, I've tried installing patch 1.1.1 which seemed to complete successfully. However, when I open OME and go to "About" it's saying 1.1.0.6063. I've tried applying the patch twice with the same...
View ArticleDatabase pruning
I have noticed the database for OME continue to grow at a fairly steady rate. Further investigation revealed that the DatabaseLog table is the bulk of the databases overall size. While at the moment...
View ArticleHealth status unknown for all devices
I installed OME yesterday and have added my VM hosts to it. They keep an unknown health status. I've followed the manual and read several other threads in the forum, but none of the provided solutions...
View ArticleInaccurate Warranty Information OME Report
Attempting to poll my servers for systems which are near end of warranty or end of life. All detected servers are populated in the report but a few servers, which I know are coming up on, EOL are not...
View ArticleOME (1.1.1) alerts missing description
Hello All,I just upgarded OME to 1.1.1 version. However, I received warn, critical alerts that missing description. I used to receive alerts with descrription as battery, hard drive ... on old OME...
View ArticleOME - Suggestion
OME is awesome for displaying data about my devices BUT there are many times I need to use that data outside of OME for internal reports or presentations and there are many places in OME were it...
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OME Crash error
I am seeing OME crash every 3 or 4 days with the following error in the GUIAny ideas what could be causing this?
View ArticleOptional Fix for False System is up/down alerts in OME 1.1 / 1.1.1
OME Team,We are posting an optional patch today for OME 1.1/1.1.1 to resolve an issue related to false "System is up/down" alerts getting logged. This applies to users of OME 1.1/1.1.1 only. Please...
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