Server Administrator Version 7.
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Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................7 What Is New In This Release................................................................................................................. 7 Software Availability.........................................................................................................................8 Systems Management Software.............................................................
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command.......................................... 35 4 Installing Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi.......................37 Using The vSphere CLI........................................................................................................................ 37 Using The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)............................................................... 38 Using The VMware Update Manager (VUM)..........................
Why am I getting a warning concerning the RPM package key during installation?................. 47 What are the names of all the Systems Management features under Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?........................................................................................ 47 What do the directories under srvadmin/linux/custom/ contain?.............
Introduction 1 This topic provides information on: • Installing Server Administrator on managed systems. • Installing and using the Remote Enablement feature. • Managing remote systems using Server Administrator Web Server. • Configuring the system before and during a deployment or upgrade. NOTE: If you are installing management station and managed system software on the same system, install identical software versions to avoid system conflicts.
• A link to the complete overview of OpenManage products which provides more information on what is available in the Systems Management Tools and Documentation (SMTD) DVD, what is embedded in the server, and what can be downloaded from dell.com/support Software Availability The Server Administrator software can be installed from: • Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD • Support site — For more information, see dell.com/support.
Component What is installed Deployment Scenario Systems to install on to monitor, configure, and manage the system. NOTE: If you choose to install only Server Instrumentation, you must also install one of the Management Interfaces or the Server Administrator Web Server. Storage Management Server Administrator Storage Management Install to implement hardware RAID solutions and configure the storage components attached to the system.
Component What is installed Deployment Scenario Systems to install on Administrator Web Server on another system. You can use the system with the Server Administrator to remotely monitor and manage the systems which have Remote Enablement installed. Operating System Logging (Management Interface) Operating System Logging Install to allow local system managementspecific events logging on the operating system for Server and Storage instrumentation.
• Session time-out configuration (in minutes) through the web-based interface. • Port configuration to allow systems management software to connect to a remote device through firewalls. NOTE: For information about ports that the various systems management components use, see the User Guide for that component. For information about the Security Management, see the Server Administrator User’s Guide at dell.com/ openmanagemanuals.
Preinstallation Setup 2 Ensure that you perform the following before installing Server Administrator: • Read the installation instructions for the operating system. • Read the Installation Requirements to ensure that the system meets or exceeds the minimum requirements. • Read the applicable readme files and the Systems Software Support Matrix. • Close all applications running on the system before installing the Server Administrator applications.
• Monitor with a minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600. The recommended screen resolution is at least 1024 x 768. • The Server Administrator Remote Access Controller service requires remote access controller (RAC) installed on the managed system. See the relevant Remote Access Controller User’s Guide for complete software and hardware requirements. • The Server Administrator Storage Management Service requires Server Administrator installed on the managed system.
and how the operating system was installed. An installed supported systems management protocol standard, such as SNMP, is required before installing the systems management software. Configure the SNMP agent to change the community name, enable set operations, and send traps to a management station. To configure the SNMP agent for proper interaction with management applications, perform the procedures described in the Server Administrator User’s Guide.
4. Check for the required dependencies for the openwsman and sfcbd RPMs listed in the following table. Table 3. Required Dependencies 5. Packages Red Hat Enterprise Server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Openwsman OpenSSL LibXML Pkgconfig CURL Chkconfig Initscript SBLIM-SFCC LibOpenSSL LibXML Pkg-config libCURL aaa_base aaa_base SBLIM-SFCC SBLIM SFCC CURL LibCURL SBLIM SFCB zlib CURL PAM OpenSSL Chkconfig Initscript zlib LibCURL PAM LibOpenSSL aaa_base aaa_base Install the dependent RPMs.
Execute the following command to configure sfbc and openwsman as per the default configurations: ./ autoconf_cim_component.sh NOTE: To configure openwsman on the managed node to run on a different port, use the -p option with autoconf_cim_component.sh. This is optional and by default the openwsman is configured to run on port 443.
Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems Follow the instructions mentioned below to configure openwsman and sfcb on 32-bit OMI installation. In case of a 64-bit installation, replace with .lib lib64 1. Back up these files: – /etc/pam.d/openwsman – /etc/pam.d/sfcb 2. 3. – /etc/pam.d/system-auth Replace the content of /etc/pam.d/openwsman and /etc/pam.d/sfcb with auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.
On a 64-bit installation, if you have libssl.so.0.9.8a and libssl.so.0.9.8b in /usr/lib, then create soft link with the latest libssl.so.0.9.8b: • ln -sf /usr/lib64/libssl.so.0.9.8b /usr/lib64/libssl.so • ldconfig Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System Follow the instructions mentioned below to configure openwsman and sfcb on 32-bit OMI installation. In case of a 64-bit installation, replace .lib with .lib64. 1.
Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESX 3 The Systems Management installer supports both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture. The following table explains the operating system installation matrix for Systems Management. Table 4. Operating System Installation Matrix Operating System Architecture 32-bit Architecture 64-bit Architecture Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 64bit Not Supported Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
NOTE: On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 (32-bit) operating system the Emulex driver is dependent on the following RPMs: • kernel-headers-2.6.18-346.el5.i386.rpm • glibc-headers-2.5-107.i386.rpm • glibc-devel-2.5-107.i386.rpm • gcc-4.1.2-54.el5.i386.rpm If any of the RPMs listed above are missing, the system experiences issues in detecting the Emulex Network Adapters.
Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.
Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.
Prerequisite RPM (applicable for systems running VMware ESX 3.5) WSMAN Version >= OpenWSMAN 2.1 srvadmin-dengsnmp srvadmin-isvc srvadminomcommon srvadmin-omacore srvadmin-cm srvadminsmcommon srvadminitunnelprovider Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.
Prerequisite RPM core components, Server Instrumentation the server. DRAC5 agent is installed for 9G and 10G servers. iDRAC agent is installed for 11G and 12G servers with RAC presence.
Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.sh srvadmin-ominst srvadminitunnelprovider srvadmin-raccomponents NOTE: To manage the server, select either Server Administrator Web Server or one of the Management Interfaces – CLI, SNMP or OS LOG along with Server Instrumentation (SI) or Server Administrator Storage Management Service (OMSS). NOTE: Command line options for [-t] and [-g] cannot be used without a management interface.
NOTE: If you have downloaded the managed system software installer (available as a .tar.gz file), the srvadmin-install.sh shell script is present as setup.sh in the root directory. • Using the RPM command Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software The prerequisites are: • Log in as root. • The running kernel must have loadable module support enabled.
To review the software before you install it, follow this procedure: 1. Load the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD into the system's DVD drive. 2. Mount the DVD, if required. 3. When you have mounted the DVD, navigate to: /SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/ The installation script and RPM folder are available under the Linux directory. Express Install Use the provided shell script to perform the express installation on supported Linux and VMware ESX operating systems.
• SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom//SA-WebServer/ • SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom//Server-Instrumentation/ • SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom//add-RAC4/ • SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom//add-RAC5/ • SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom//add-StorageManagement/< arch> • SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom//add-iDRAC/ Where is the supported operating system and is 32-bit (i386) or 64-bit (x86_64).
Meta RPMs Details srvadmin-server-cli Installs the server Command Line Interface (CLI) component. srvadmin-storageservices-snmp Installs the storage SNMP component. srvadmin-storageservices-cli Installs the storage CLI component. Related Links: Linux Installer Packages Custom RPMs Based Installation The following is an example of custom RPMs-based installation of Server Administrator, including the installation of the Remote Enablement feature and the Storage Management Service components.
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility The Server Administrator utility runs in an interactive mode if you do not specify any options, and runs silently if you provide one or more options. The options are: • [-c|--cimagent] — Installs Remote Enablement components. • [-d|--dellagent] — Installs Server Instrumentation components. Including the granular components: a. Server Administrator CLI Interface b. Server Administrator SNMP Interface c.
3. Mount the DVD, if required. 4. Navigate to /SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/supportscripts. 5. Execute the script with the sh srvadmin-install.sh command and accept the terms of the enduser license agreement. Executing the command displays a list of component options. If any of the components are already installed, then those components are listed separately with a check mark next to them. The Server Administrator installation options are displayed. 6.
5. Schedule the job to run on the supported systems that are managed from the Altiris Deployment Solution. NOTE: For more information on VMWare Update Manager, see Using the VMWare Update Manager (VUM). Linux Repository The Linux Repository is the official repository for all related software and updates for your Linux systems.
Using RUG You can install Server Administrator using rug for SLES 10 or higher. rug install srvadmin-base rug install srvadmin-webserver rug install srvadmin-storageservices NOTE: You must have setserial installed, if you want to install srvadmin-all. Using ZYPPER You can install Server Administrator using zypper for SLES 11 or higher. zypper install srvadmin-all Uninstalling Managed System Software To uninstall Managed System Software, log in as root.
4 Installing Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi VMware ESXi is factory-installed on some systems. For a list of these systems, see the latest Systems Software Support Matrix. Use Server Administrator Web Server version 7.0 to access VMware ESXi 4.0 U3, VMware ESXi 4.1 U2, VMware ESXi 5.0 U1 systems. Server Administrator is available as a .zip file for installing on systems running VMware ESXi. The zip file, OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web--.VIB-ESXi_.
• Server Administrator Instrumentation Service • Remote Enablement • Server Administrator Storage Management • Remote Access Controller Related Links: Troubleshooting Using The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) The vMA allows administrators and developers to run scripts and agents to manage ESX/ESXi systems. For more information on vMA, see vmware.com/support/developer/vima/. 1. Log on to vMA as an administrator and provide the password when prompted. 2.
5. Right-click the ESXi host added in the previous step and click Maintenance Mode. 6. From Plug-ins select Manage Plug-ins → download VMware Update Manager (The status is enabled if the download is successful.) Follow the instructions to install the VUM client. 7. Select the ESXi host. Click Update Manager → Admin view → Patch Repository → Import Patches and follow the online instructions to upload the patch successfully. The offline bundle is displayed. 8. Click Baselines and Groups. 9.
11. Run the following command to check if OpenManage is installed successfully on the host. esxcli software vib list|grep -i open OpenManage is displayed. NOTE: For more information on Power CLI, see the VMWare official website. Accessing Server Administrator on VMware ESXi To manage Server Administrator on VMware ESXi using the Server Administrator Web Server interface: 1. Install only the Server Administrator Web Server interface on another system.
6. Click OK. 7. For the changes to take effect without restarting the system, use the Restart Management Agents option in the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) on the local console of the VMware ESXi system. NOTE: This option is available under Troubleshooting Options in ESXi 4.1. If the changes are not effective and you cannot connect to the VMware ESXi host using Server Administrator, restart the VMware ESXi host system. Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vSphere CLI (For VMware ESXi 4.0/ESXi 4.
Uninstalling The Existing Systems Management VIB To uninstall the existing Systems Management VIB: 1. 2. Run the following command to uninstall the VIB: On ESXi 4.x: vihostupdate.pl --server -r -B On ESXi 5.x: esxcli --server software vib remove Reboot the system after uninstalling.
7. Test the SNMP configuration using the command: vicfg-snmp.pl --server -username --password -T NOTE: The .pl extension is not required if you are using vSphere CLI on Linux or using vMA. The SNMP trap configuration takes effect immediately without restarting any services. Troubleshooting • When attempting to use the vihostupdate command, the following error may be displayed: unpacking c:\OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web--.VIB-ESXi_.zip metadata.
Frequently Asked Questions 5 What ports do systems management applications use? The default port used by Server Administrator is 1311. These ports are configurable. For port information of a particular component, see the User Guide of that respective component.
I manually installed my Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit operating system and can see RPM dependencies while installing Server Administrator. Where can I find these dependent RPM files? For Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the dependent RPM files are on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation media. All other RPMs are available in the /SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/RPMS/supportRPMS\opensourcecomponents directory.
When using the rpm -e 'rpm -qa | grep srvadmin' command to remove systems management software, some RPM utility versions may schedule an uninstallation in an incorrect order, which results in users encountering misleading warning or error messages. What is the solution? The solution is to use the systems management uninstall script srvadmin-uninstall.sh, provided on the DVD.
Feature Name in VMware ESX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server DSM SA Shared Service DSM SA Connection Service dsm_om_shrsvc dsm_om_connsvc DSM SM LSI Manager mptctl Integrated Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) None Remote Access Controller (DRAC 4) racsvc Remote Access Controller (DRAC 5) None What do the directories under srvadmin/linux/custom/ contain? The following table lists the names of the directories in the SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/
Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required information for keeping supported systems on the network healthy. Server Administrator Instrumentation Service provides fault management information, prefailure information, and asset and inventory information to management applications. The Instrumentation Service monitors the health of the system and provides rapid access to detailed fault and performance information about the hardware on supported systems.
Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required srvadmin-idracdrsc iDRAC Integration Layer — Integrated Remote Access CLI and Web Plug-in to Server Administrator. srvadmin-omilcore, srvadmindeng, srvadmin-rac4 components, and srvadminomacore add-RAC4 — Software for remote management of fourth-generation Remote Access Controllers. For example, DRAC 4. srvadmin-rac4-components Remote Access Card Data Populator — Remote Access Controller components.
Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required srvadmin-hapi Server Administrator Hardware srvadmin-omilcore Application Programming Interface — This systems management package provides the device drivers and libraries needed by systems management software to access information about the hardware on supported systems. srvadmin-tomcat Secure Port Server — Systems Management Managed Node Web Server package.
Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required about the hardware on supported systems. srvadmin-isvc Server Administrator srvadmin-omilcore, srvadminInstrumentation Service — Server deng, and srvadmin-hapi Administrator provides a suite of systems management information for keeping supported systems on the network healthy.
Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required srvadmin-syscheck Package that checks the level of systems management support. srvadmin-omilcore What are the additional components that can be installed on a system that already has Server Administrator installed? There are a few additional components that can be installed on a system that already has Server Administrator installed.
Table 10. Daemons that Run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Once Server Administrator is Started Daemon Name Name in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For RPMs in the srvadmin-base directory dsm_sa_datamgr32d DSM SA Data Manager — Server Administrator data manager daemon started by DSM SA Data Engine service. dsm_sa_eventmgr32d DSM SA Event Manager — Server Administrator event and logging daemon started by DSM SA Data Engine service.
Driver Name Description dell_rbu BIOS Update Driver For support of Server Administrator Storage Systems mptctl Device driver for LSI RAID When I run srvadmin-cm (Server Administrator Inventory Collector) it displays error messages. What do I do? If you are using a system prior to 11G running on a supported 64-bit Linux operating system, the srvadmin-cm RPM installs only the 32-bit dependent RPMs. This is why the srvadmin-cm RPM displays error messages when it is run on a 64-bit operating system.
6 Linux Installer Packages This section lists the Linux installer packages. Table 12. Meta RPMs RPM Description Dependent packages srvadmin-base, srvadmin-idrac, srvadmin-rac4, srvadmin-rac5, srvadminstandardAgent, srvadminstorageservices, srvadminwebserver Required for Complete Server Administrator features Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.
RPM Description Dependent packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.
RPM Description Dependent packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.
RPM Descriptio n OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.
Table 14. Packages needed for local management that are used by GUI and CLI components RPM Descriptio n OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 srvadmin- Common srvadminomcommo framework omilcore n or libraries for GUI/CLI Server Y Administrat or GUI/CLI Y Y Y srvadminomacore Provides srvadminplugins that omilcore act as interfaces between back end and GUI/ CLI. Also provides OM CLI tools.
RPM Descriptio n OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 srvadminomacs Server srvadminAdministrat omcommo or OMACS n srvadminomilcore Common services bundled in helper library N N Y Y srvadminominst Server None Administrat or Core Server N Instrument ation Componen ts N Y Y Table 15.
RPM libwsman1 Descriptio n Dependant Required packages for Openwsma None n libraries used by client and server componen ts Systems Management Software 7.0 Openwsma Y n support library 7.1 7.2 7.3 Y Y Y * — Not applicable for OM 7.0 supplemental pack for Citrix Xen 6.0. ** — Should be installed from the OS media for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and SLES 11. *** — Obsolete and replaced with srvadmin-tomcat Table 16.
RPM Descriptio n OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 CIM server conformin g to the CIM Operations over HTTP protocol.
Table 17. Storage Instrumentation, SNMP Monitoring, GUI and CLI Plugins RPM srvadminrealssd* Descriptio n OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.
RPM Descriptio n OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 file system. Used by the storage manageme nt libraries srvadminmegalib LSI utility None libraries for storage manageme nt of PERC 4 controllers. *N/A for 64-bit OMSA installation, and VMware ESX.
RPM Descriptio n OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 srvadmindengsnmp Server srvadminAdministrat deng or SNMP Framework Server N Administrat or SNMP Framework N Y Y srvadminisvc-snmp Server SNMP module Server and Operating System related SNMP Queries and SNMP Traps N Y Y srvadminhapi, srvadminisvc N * — Obsolete - merged with srvadmin-storage ** — Not applicable for OM 7.0 supplemental pack for Citrix Xen 6.0. Table 18.
RPM Descriptio n OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.
RPM Descriptio n OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 RAC instrument ation and SNMP monitoring Y Y Y Y srvadmin- RAC Data srvadminrac4populator omilcore populator- for DRAC 4 DRAC 4 instrument ation Y Y Y Y srvadminargtable2 Library for None parsing GNU style commandline argument.
RPM Descriptio n the remote Rack and Tower system 70 OM Required Dependant for packages Systems Management Software 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.
