Dell OM 6.4 Ubuntu Repository

This is the community supported Dell OpenManage 6.4 repository for 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 or later versions, and Debian Squeeze. Below, you will find instructions to install and setup OpenManage command-line and web interfaces.

Installation/Upgrade:

1.  (Optional for Upgrade) Create a new file ending in 'sources.list' in the '/etc/apt/sources.list.d' directory. Cut and paste the command below. (If typing by hand, note carefully the spacing.)

echo 'deb http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/deb/latest /' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux.dell.com.sources.list

2.  Make apt aware of the new software repository by issuing the following command:

sudo apt-get update

3.  Install one of the following selection of meta-packages to install the OMSA functionality you require:

srvadmin-all:Install all OMSA components

srvadmin-base:Install only base OMSA, no web server

srvadmin-rac4:Install components to manage the Dell Remote Access Card 4

srvadmin-rac5:Install components to manage the Dell Remote Access Card 5

srvadmin-idrac:Install components to manage iDRAC

srvadmin-webserver:Install Web Interface

srvadmin-storageservices:Install RAID Management

For example, to install complete OMSA: sudo apt-get install srvadmin-all

Read errata at the bottom of the page for 6.3 upgrade

 

CLI:

dataeng service starts automatically at reboot. If you want to manually start the service, issue the command below.
  1. sudo service dataeng start

  2. Now, you can use omreport, omconfig, and omhelp commands.

  3. For example, you can issue omreport system summary to get details about your system.

  4. You can use omconfig to configure component properties.

  5. omhelp provides help information for commands.

  6. See OpenManage CLI User's Guide for comprehensive documentation.

 

Web Interface:

To use web interface, users with appropriate permissions need to be added.

     1.  Add users with appropriate permissions to /opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/omarolemap file. See detailed information at Setup and Administration

         Example:john_doe     *     Administrator

     2.  Start the web server.

         sudo service dsm_om_connsvc start

     3.  Go to https://<ip_address>:1311/ in your browser to access OMSA.

     4.  If you want to start dsm_om_connvsc service at boot, issue sudo update-rc.d dsm_om_connsvc defaults command.

 

Removal

Uninstall all packages: sudo apt-get --auto-remove remove srvadmin-all

Uninstall all packages including config files: sudo apt-get --auto-remove purge srvadmin-all

 

Errata for 6.3 upgrade

While upgrading from 6.3 to 6.4 you will see a list of config files that are copied as .bak files. If you have modified any of these files to customize OpenManage and would like to keep the changes, please merge changes from a .bak file with the newly installed file. You can delete .bak config files that you did not customize.

Documentation:

Documentation Index

Setup and Administration

User's Guide

OpenManage CLI User's Guide

Release Blog Post

32-bit Release Blog Post

 

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