Using OpenManage Essentials to deploy firmware to ESXi 5.1 servers
Is it possible to deploy firmware updates to ESXi 5.1 servers using OpenManage Essentials? The ESXi servers in our environment are discovered and inventoried, but the option to deploy firmware is not...
View ArticleOME 1.3 Monitor 3rd party switches
Hello,I'd like to now if (after adding 3rd party mibs) one can discover HP Procurve and Cisco catalyst switches in OME, to monitor health and such through polling?Or do you have to configure the...
View ArticleSUU File Building / downloading
HelloI used to download the SUU ISO from the dell site and extract it to use in ome.What are the other ways to download or build the latest SUU file to use in ome ?with latest released updates ?ThanksDnet
View ArticleVMware Server Administrator 7.4 showing non Dell disks with yellow indicator
My Open manage console is showing each of my VMware servers in a yellow alert condition and connecting to the Server Administrator on the host shows all of the non Dell disk drives in a yellow state....
View ArticleDynamic Device group based on DRAC type
How can I build separate dynamically created device groups for each DRAC type I have:iDRAC7 EnterpriseiDRAC6 EnterpriseiDRAC6 ExpressDRAC5 Enterprise
View ArticleOpenManage Essentials System Update tasks
Users trying to use System update in OME to update packages on a Windows server finds the update hangs. The text below appears as an error in the event log on OME server. Is this a known issue ? Error...
View ArticleOMCI communication troubles
We have a single DC which is running OME 1.3, PowerEdge T710 Server 2008 R1.I'm attempting to get OMCI communicating on a test PC, Precision T1500 Win 7. I've successfully installed OMCI ver 8.2.1.70...
View ArticleCIDR in range allocation?
Can I use CIDR in range assignments?I want to assign a range to cover a /22 and do do that with the x-x method would require 4 separate ranges each covering a /24
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Active Catalog
Not sure why the following appears in OME. Release date of 30th December 2013 and it says no newer version available, which is obviously not true.The server has Internet connection.Thx,John Bradshaw
View ArticleOpenmanage Essentials shows wrong firmware update for the power supply
Good Day,We have several Dell Poweredge R720xd servers.In the openmanage tool it is reported that there is an update ready for the power supply. (see attached screenshot)in the second screenshot the...
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Optiplex 9020 shown in Unknown category even OMCI 8.2.1.70 installed
We have a Optiplex 9020 MT runing Windows 8.1 Pro joined to a windows AD domain.1) Installed OMCI 8.2.1.70 64-bit with default configuration. 2) Follow the guide...
View ArticleOME Inventory Collector Error with Ubuntu 14.04
Hello,I'm getting the following error message in the "OpenManage Essentials (OME)" web interface (under "Manage/System Update/Issues And Resolutions For Updates") after doing a discover/inventory of a...
View ArticleNon-Compliant server - no updates listed
I have some servers that show up in the non-compliant area. But if when I select them, there are no updates listed in the lower section. No filtering options currently set.What causes this?
View ArticleOME Alerts
Hi,We have configured the OME and all the alerts are coming through fine.Only issue we have is we are not able to see what the actual problem is in the email description.So if there was a HDD failure,...
View ArticleOpen Mange Essential Installer broken
I'm trying to download Open Manage Essential from...
View ArticleHow to setup an OME alert to report disk space is low
I want OME to alert me via email that the disk space is running low on our Dell Servers. Suggestions? Thank you very much,Sofie
View ArticleInventory Collector role
If the Inventory collector is not installed - what parts of OME won't work?
View ArticleOME Trying to Install 64-bit Broadcom NIC Drivers on 32-bit Systems
We have many PowerEdge R300 servers running Windows Server 2008 Standard x86. OME is listing them as noncompliant and indicates that the "Broadcom NetXtreme I and NetXtreme II Driver Family" NIC...
View ArticleNew version of OME
Is there an anticipated date when there will be an update to OME? Hopefully a full re-write of the program. I have built 3 VMs trying to get this program to work properly. I have followed all...
View ArticleRemote Inventory & Monitoring
I have my OME server in my office. I would like to remotely inventory and monitor my customer servers. How would I go about configuring OME to do that?
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