Dell Openmanage Installation

 

A few weeks ago I had to install OpenManage on some of my newer dell server machines and since some of the settings have changed since I last used it I thought I would write up a list of the steps required for our teams wiki site and write up a blog posting of the the steps for anyone who hasn’t done it before.So belatedly here are the steps and cool new tricks some of my friends on twitter showed me.

Firstly the standard steps:

1. Download the tar file from the ftp site or the support site 
2. Copy the file using winscp(this is what i use at least) to /tmp/openmanage on the server
3. Log into the box either via winscp /via putty or onto the console directly and type in:

   cd /tmp/openmanage
   
   tar -zxvf OM_X.X.0_ManNode_A01.tar.gz (OM_6.2.0_ManNode_A00.tar currently)

4. Once the files have unpacked type in:
   
   cd linux/supportscripts/
   
   ./srvadmin-install.sh -x  (-x is for express install and installs everything but if you only want to install specific features the commands you can also use are -d -w -r –s )

   -d = Dell Agent
   
   -w = web interface
   
   -r = DRAC services
   
   -s = storage management

    
5. Once the files have unpacked and installed type:
   
   srvadmin-services.sh start
6. When the various component services have finished starting type in: 
   
   cd /tmp
   
   rm -rf Openmanage
7. To allow the Openmanage agent to function the following firewall commands need to be run, these open the firewall ports required: 
   
   esxcfg-firewall -o 1311,tcp,in,OpenManageRequest

 

While asking a few friends on twitter if the latest Openmanage worked well in their environments Arne Fokkema @afokkema of ict-freak-nl fame pointed to the automated scripting way of doing it written up by Scott Hanson @dellservergeek . As you may know if you’ve read some of my previous blog posting I’m trying to learn how to script more and more of my daily tasks to firstly build my powershell and scripting knowledge and skills as well as making my daily job easier. The script is really simple and is one I’m planning to test in my lab environment very soon. At the bottom of the script though was a comment by one of my powershell idols in Alan Renouf @alanrenouf. He had changed a few of the snmpd commands and so I got a hold of him via twitter and classic him he mailed me the script he spoke of. Only after this did I notice he wrote up a blog post about it,which is exactly what he sent me.

Thanks to all who replied to my twitter messages and hopefully I can get Alan/Scott’s scripts into my automated server deployments in the very near future.

Gregg Robertson

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