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Installing OpenManage on Linux (CentOS)

Last Updated: 7/28/11

Always Start Here for the simplest way to install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA):
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/

The instructions should look like this:

Run commands:

wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/OMSA_6.5/bootstrap.cgi | bash

yum install srvadmin-all

What they don't tell you is that it may not start right away. To avoid a reboot run this command:
/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/srvadmin-services.sh start



here are the other valid command for that script:

Usage: srvadmin-services.sh {start|stop|status|restart|enable|disable|help}
  start  : starts Server Administrator services
  stop   : stops Server Administrator services
  status : display status of Server Administrator services
  restart: restart Server Administrator services
  enable : Enable Server Administrator services in runlevels 2, 3, 4, and 5
  disable: Disable Server Administrator services in runlevels 2, 3, 4, and 5
  help   : Displays this help text


I ran into this issue when installing OMSA 6.5 on my Dell PowerEdge R710 running CentOS 5.4. Keep in mind that CentOS is a clone of RedHat Enterprise and that most RedHat install instructions should work. These instructions should work for: CentOS 4.x and 5.x and for OMSA 6.x

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