I am running beta tests with ESXi 6.0 Beta 2 RC. Does anybody know if there are any special instructions to use and install OMSA and OMIVV or any special versions required.
If OMSA and OMIVV aren't really ready is there an indication how quickly they will be after the release of ESXi v6.0 (appears to be very close)
How can I programmatically retrieve the version of OMIVV (OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter)?
This is how I would do it manually
1.Login to https://<servername>
2.From the left menu select APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT
3.Version is displayed under APPLIANCE UPDATE
There is no url under the Appliance Management hyperlink. It is a javascript action.
I would rather not have to hack all the javascript and html to find the source of the information as this could easily change in a future release rendering this hack out of date.
There is no SNMP agent
You cannot SSH to OMI
I would like to write a script to gather this information on a regular basis as part of a state of my environment management report.
Hello Community,
we have a 10 seat + 10 seat licensed OMIVV Appliance latest Version. One of the two 10 seat licenses is expired. We do not want to renew, because we have only 10 hosts. Anyone know how we can delete the expired license? Normaly I wouldn't care but I read in the licensing guide that appliance updates are not possible with expired licenses installed.
Best regards,
Bjoern
Using the latest OM for VMware and System Bundle v531, my R720 server claims it needs updates to my Intel NICS. I have version 15.0.28 as current, yet it is offering updates for both 15.5.0 and 16.0.24. If I choose either update, neither one installs.
Anyone else running into this issue?
Is there target date when vCenter 6 will be supported?
Hi all, I'm new to this forum,
i have a question, is it possible for the OMIVV to have 2 nic interfaces, for some of our blades, Where the idrac is in an different VLAN then the management VLAN,
i hope this is possible
Hi,
Purchased Dell OpenManage Integration for vCenter via a Reseller. The reseller has provided the license file, but no links to download the software.
Where can I obtain the software?
I have OMIVV 2.3 and have created a Deployment Template with only a Hypervisor Profile for ESXi 5.1 U3 deployment.
Hardware/BIOS/iDRAC are all configured as desired.
When I run the Deployment Wizard, the job fails after the following messages in the Deployment Job Details:
-Preparing ISO for installation
-Apply ISO failed
-An exception occured: (Service Tag)
I have the ESXi ISO (Reference ISO) in the root of the CIFS share and have verified permissions to the share.
Question: Does the Deployment job power on the server or does the server need to be already powered on when the Deployment job is started?
Question: Does the CIFS connection to the ESXi ISO (Reference ISO) originate from the iDRAC's IP address?
Are there any additional logs I can review to see where this is failing? The log in the OMIVV console just says: "ISO Deployment for host with iDRACIP 1.2.3.4 was unsuccessful."
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
I'm trying to update the firmware on my ESX hosts (R720, R910, R730) via the Firmware Update Wizard in the Dell OpenManage plugin for VMware. I created a repository using the Datacenter Repository Manager and the Dell System Management Plugin for vCenter Inventory. I choose Update from repository and click Next. The following error pops up:
Severity: CRITICAL
Error Code: 210013
Time (Appliance server time): May 1, 2015 at 15:15:00
Details: Configure the firmware update repository and make sure there is a valid catalog file present. Once configured, allow 10 minutes for the firmware bundles to be downloaded.
The log shows The firmware repository file does not exist or is invalid.
I've verified the path and credentials entered are correct, and the catalog.xml file exists. I've recreated the repository numerous times, but get the same error.
Datacenter Repository Manager 1.5, Dell plugin for vCenter is 2.2.0 Build 251. I tried upgrading the DRM 2.0, but the scan against the vCenter would never complete.
Hi Folks,
I just installed the ISM VIB and it, as planned, added the USB NIC to VMWare and set its IP correctly.
I can ping to 169.254.0.1 and can SSH to that IP and get racadm prompt. So given that, I have no doubt communication is established between the iDRAC and the Operating System.
Yet my /var/log/syslog shows: "The iDRAC Service Module is unable to communicate with iDRAC using the OS to iDRAC Pass-through channel."
I'm thinking VMWare is blocking for firewall the communication to the proper port. Can someone tell me which port(s) this communicates on (a minimum is preferred) so that I can enable only the ports needed to get this to communicate between iDRAC7 and ISM?
If there's suggestions other than firewall I'm happy to hear them, but seem confident on that one.
-M
Hello
I am trying to reduce the number of times our datacenter staff needs to perform visual checks on our Dell servers for hardware alerts: hdd, fan, psu etc.
I am using OMSA + snmp combo for both Windows and ESXI. Server hardware is mostly a mix from 9th-12th gen. Reporting has been fairly reliable with some exceptions. One 2008R2 server was not listing any hardware alerts and the status was unknown. Logging in locally, found the DSM SA Data Manager service had quit. After starting it up, OME started getting alert data from this system. There a few other Windows 2003 servers that have unknown health but report alerts just fine.
What is the best strategy to ensure reliable alerting? I know I can set Windows to auto-restart DSM services upon failure, and probably need to do the same for snmp service. How do I accomplish similar on ESXI?
Looks like I posted in the wrong section, can someone move the posting? Thanks
I have tried all of these commands, the jobque continues to show Status=Running. Percent Complete=[34]
racadm jobqueue delete -i ALL
racadm powercycle
racadm jobqueue delete -i JID_CLEARALL_FORCE
racadm racreset
Please help.
iDRAC 7, Dell R730XD, Asset #
We just updated OMIVV to 3.0 release.
We are having problems with 3 hosts in our infrastructure - all M610's running ESXi 5.5 U2 P55. All hosts report strangely in OMIVV.
- "Unsupported Hypervisor" is reported in the "Check hosts for compliance" screen.
- We can update firmware on individual hosts, but updating multiple hosts at the cluster level does not work at all. The firmware inventory page displays nothing.
All other features seem to work fine on these hosts and all of our M620's are not acting in the same way in OMIVV. All firmware is quite up-to-date already on all hosts.
New vCenter 5.5 (build 2646482) latest from VMware website.
vSphere client 5.5 (of course)
Shiny new V3.0 of OMIVV
Install appliance and registered in vCenter without error.
Seems to work in the VMware web client (I'm still exploring). I can add servers iDRACs manually.
From the Win32 fat client, I don't get the wizard but I do get an empty bar in the middle of the screen with "Error #2048" down the bottom.
My client is Win7 x64 with IE10 as the default browser.
Where do I begin ???
Cheers
Ian
First question- Which version of OMSA do I need for a first time installation?
I tried every single version same errors for every version. It just wouldn't install. I have tried in various ways as follows-
1. ESX Host by puttying on to it. Error I get-
No bulletins for this platform could be found. Nothing to do.
Errno - 13
Description - No matching bulletin or VIB was found in the metadata.
error at the root-
Url - ./OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-7.0.0-4614.VIB-ESX41i_A00.zip
Localfile - /var/cache/esxupdate/bundle8459924186783898588.zip
Message - [Errno 5] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/root
/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-7.0.0-4614.VIB-ESX41i_A00.zip'
Errno - 26
Description - Failed to download offline bundle .zip.
Also dropped the zip bundle at \var\cache\esxupdate, root.
VCLI 4.1 -Error I get- No bulletins for this platform could be found. Nothing to do.
Vsphere update manager- Shows as installed and the host compliant but the ESX host doesn't show it in the installed programs.
So superficially it looks like a OMSA version mismatch but its really not. I have now spent hours in finding the correct version and installing it. right from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0 and everything in between. exact same error for EACH version and iteration I tried. I haven't tried another server since this is the only host I can test on. need to get it working on this first.
Dell has done a good job of not publishing (or quickly taking down) any relevant information of which exact version is required and which version is the actual software and not just a patch.
Now I am out of ideas about what I am really missing.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
PS- WHY are we still using ESXi 4.1 and and old dell R905? The question is above my pay grade... :) I inherited it and thats what we have in the environment. And I have been asked to install OMSA's latest version. The company doesnt want to pay for out of warranty Dell Tech Support.
We recently installed vCenter 6.0 in our lab. I downloaded the OMIVV OVF and deployed a brand new instance of the appliance. (I experimented with 2.3.0 in the past, but never got it working, so just threw all that out.) The connection to the vCenter went without a hitch, but the web client is showing an "Error 2000000" dialog whenever I click through the interface. When I used the first-time configuration wizard, I was able to enter all the passwords, but the list of hosts was empty, even though this vCenter has 8 attached. Without being able to select a host, I wasn't allowed to proceed through the wizard.
It seems like this error has been reported in prior versions, but it's slightly different in OMIVV 3.0, so I thought I should start a new thread. It says:
An unknown exception has occurred and has been logged in the extended logs.
Severity: CRITICAL
Error: 2000000
Date and time: <now>
Details:
An unknown exception has occurred and has been logged in the extended logs. If the issue continues, please restart your appliance. If this does not resolve the issue, please contact Dell Support.
Things I've tried:
- Enable and disable the web proxy settings (no change in behavior)
- Disconnected and reconnected the vCenter in the administrative interface several times
- Made sure the vCenter and OMIVV appliance are on the same network, with no firewalls between
- Re-registered the vCenter using the official FQDN, such that name -> numeric -> name results in the same name being returned
I downloaded the support bundle and looked through the logs, but didn't see anything obvious. I'd be happy to start over and upload a clean log file or files if that would help.
Any hints on where to go from here?
Joseph Jackson,
Computing Services,
Carnegie Mellon University.
Hi All,
Vcenter 5.5
Target is an R530 with Dual SD card.
Reference server is R530 for the Hardware profile
Hypervisor profile is ESXi 5.5u2 (Dell ISO) which is on a share on the vcenter server. Credentials checked. Account has permissions to the share.
Builds the RAID (although only RAID 1 even though custom was selected from a RAID 6 setup)
Sets the BIOS configuration
Sets the boot order
Fails the ISO.
Lifecycle log shows successful login as root using WS-MAN on the target. I also see deployment ISO service entries.
OMIVV and Vcenter are off-site but we have a 20mb link.
Where should I look ?
Cheers
Ian
OMIVV 3.0
I have deployment credentials setup.
I have Connection Profile setup with credentials setup.
This was working fine and then I created another hardware profile.
How can I find more info on what is happening ?
Cheers
Ian
Hi,
We are trying to use OMIVV on a new deployment of Dell R630 servers with dual SD card deploying ESXi 6.
After deployment is run the server restarts but does not boot the ISO, iDRAC IP is in a different network to OMIVV but there is no restriction on communications between the iDRAC network and the OMIVV box.
Looking at the firewall no attempt is made to connect to the file share from iDRAC network, but there is a small amount of comms to the OMIVV box.
No traffic is being blocked.
This just doesnt seem to function properly at all and the information on why a failure occurred is non existent!
Is anyone else seeing these issues?
Thanks
Used OMIVV 3.0 to deploy a M620 host - worked fine and host was added to vCenter - now when running inventory against this host, I get the error "Inventory Failed" in vCenter - The Conenction Profile test passes for both iDRAC and host creds
Any suggestions?