User's Manual

– Select server targets for running the commands. Only applicable targets are displayed by default. For more
information, see the Device Capability Matrix.
6. On Schedule and Credentials, provide user credentials, and set schedule for the tasks from available options, and
then click Finish.
For more information, see Command Line Task.
Managing RACADM Command Line Tasks
RACADM command line tasks are used to run commands on remote DRACs and iDRACs. For example, run a RACADM
task to configure iDRAC through out of band (OOB) channel. To manage RACADM Command line tasks:
1. From OpenManage Essentials, click Manage → Remote Tasks → Common Tasks → Create Command Line Task .
2. On General, choose RACADM Command Line and enter a name for the task.
3. Enter the RACADM sub-command (for example, getsysinfo.) For a list of RACADM commands, go to
support.dell.com.
4. (Optional) Choose Output to file to capture task output from multiple targets. Enter path and file name.
– To log the information from all selected targets, select Append.
– To write all the detected errors to the log file, select Include errors.
5. On Task Target, do one of the following:
– Select a query from the drop-down list or create a new query by clicking the New button.
– Choose target servers or DRACs/iDRACs. Only applicable targets are displayed by default. For more
information, see the Device Capability Matrix.
6. On Schedule and Credentials, set the schedule parameters, provide target credentials and then click Finish.
Managing Generic Command Line Task
Using Generic command line task, you can run different types of tasks such as, a batch file, a script file such as a
Powershell or VBS script, an executable, or a command, on the local OpenManage Essentials system. While the task
always runs on the local OpenManage Essentials system, you can structure the local task to interact with or act upon a
variety of remote devices or servers.
You can enter tokens (substitution parameters) in the command line task to be passed to the script file, executable,
command, or batch file and execute local scripts on devices that are discovered in OpenManage Essentials.
To manage Generic command line tasks:
1. From OpenManage Essentials, click Manage → Remote Tasks → Common Tasks → Create Command Line Task.
2. In the Generaltab, choose Generic Command.
3. If required, update the task name.
4. Enter the path and command (batch, script, or executable) to run on the local system.
5. (Optional) Enter any arguments for the command. If $USERNAME and $PASSWORD are used in Arguments, you can
pass the credentials to the command by the entering the credentials under Script Credentials. If $IP or $RAC_IP are
used in Arguments, you can run the command against the selected target(s) by passing the IP address of each
target to the command.
NOTE: If you are running a command that does not require any tokens or arguments, the Script Credentials
section and the Task Target tab are not displayed.
6. (Optional) Choose Ping Device if you want to ping the device first.
7. (Optional) Choose Output to file to capture task output from multiple targets. Enter path and file name.
– To log the information from all selected targets, select Append.
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