How to ignore MDArray Alert "The persistent monitor cannot reach the...
A number MDArrays in remote sites alert the following intermittingly in OMEDevice:xxxxxxxx 10.250.248.61,Service Tag:xxxxxx, Asset Tag:, Date:03/20/13, Time:14:37:24:000,Severity:Critical, Message:Dell...
View ArticleFresh OME unable to register vCenter
I have a Dell 2950 server that has ESXi 5.0 installed on it. It has been a while since I have logged in to check the health of it but I noticed that using the vSphere client the health has some alerts...
View ArticleWS-Man Discovery
I'm testing with a discovery range that only has a specific IP in it with the end goal of being able to patch firmware/BIOS (not worried about drivers). When configuring WS-Man the default port is...
View ArticleFirmware upgrades
I have discovered a few test devices via WS-Man, however I'm only seeing firmware information for the DRAC itself and the BIOS. How would I go about pulling additional firmware information such as for...
View ArticleDelete Discovery Range issue
Has anyone else had any issues with deleting a discovery range? Yes I do realise that you can or should be able to right click on a discovery range and selecte delete. For serveral of the discovery...
View ArticleFalse Alerts
I keep getting alerts that 8 of my vmware host servers are down when they are not. It is the same 8 servers every day. The details of the alert are as follows: Name: omeAlertSystemDownType:...
View ArticleUpdate Failed
Failed to push out a iDRAC firmware and Lifecycle application update via iDRAC method to a device. The current iDRAC firmware version is 1.8 and it's being updated to 1.95. Here is the error:Results:...
View ArticleEmpty report
Hello,I have 90 ESXi 5.0 (PE 11G) monitored by OME 1.1.1 (2008 R2, French localization).All reports are working except "Server components and versions".Is it a known issue ?Thank you
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Discovery using iDrac or OMSA
Hello, I have the following setup:5x PER710 with ESX 4.1 5x PER720 with ESXi 4.1I want to be able to manage these servers with OME to update as much as possible with the least effort (don't we all...
View Articleusing wsman and recite to promote network boot order
I couldn't find an example for this.This seems to work, but perhaps it could be generalized.Also, I notice NIC 2 doesn't show in the query even if you ask for it, so probably other steps are necessary...
View ArticleCreating new vdisk through iDRAC7?
Will iDRAC7 ever have the ability to create a new vdisk with a specific RAID from additional disks added to a server rather than having to load OMSA on the server to do that?
View ArticleProper way to monitor ESXi 5.1 Servers in OME
Hi All,Was wondering what is the proper way to discover and inventory ESXi 5.1 servers with OMSA 7.2 installed along with iDrac 6?I am using wsman for ESXi discover and SNMP for iDRAC 6Any suggestions?
View ArticleIntegrating with BMC remedy
Thoughts on integrating and extending alerts or cases created by OME\SupportAssist and porting it to BMC Remedy for tickting ?
View ArticleSNMP - M1000E CMC
I have three identical M1000E chassis. I'm able to successfully discover one of them via SNMP, however the other two show up as unknown devices. Any ideas? SNMP is configured the same way on all three.
View ArticleRestart OME 7.2 on esxi 5.1
Hello.I have tried to look in the forum but could not find any answer.If i ONLY want to restart the OM services what cmd should i use?Before the cmd srvadmin-services.sh start worked but not in esxi...
View ArticleDell Openmanage remote tasks
I am interested to see if you can use remote tasks to return conf file information to a txt file on my OME server.An example of this would be to get the /etc/hosts file for a number of Linux servers.I...
View ArticleOME over the WAN
I have a client base of approximately 165 clients who use Dell server equipment that are all on separate domains, and the only communication we have to them is by opening ports through their firewall....
View ArticleOME Uninstall Failure
I installed OME to test on a server which was later promoted to a domain controller. I am now trying to uninstall the software but it appears that the installer checks to see if I am running on a...
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OME issue with Ubuntu server
Hi all,I have just install OpenManage Essentials to motinor hardware failure on 2950 and R710 running Ubuntu server but I have some issues when I try to discover server.OMSA works fine on server but...
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