How to Install OMSA on CentOS 6 & 7.
Downloading and installing OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) onto a CentOS 6 or CentOS 7 server involves issuing commands which download the necessary files, start and then enable the OMSA services.
First, you need to log into the server’s root account. Once you are logged in, to install OMSA onto your CentOS server, please issue the following commands one after the other, waiting for each task to complete before proceeding with the next command:
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Command 1
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Issue the following command to download and install the Dell Repository to your server. |
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wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash
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Command 2
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Issue the following command to install the base utilities and storage |
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yum install srvadmin-base srvadmin-storageservices -y
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Command 3
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Issue the following command to start the OMSA service |
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/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/srvadmin-services.sh start
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Command 4
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Run this command to enable the OMSA services |
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/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/srvadmin-services.sh enable
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Dell EMC’s OpenManage System will now be installed on your server. You can then use this software to manage and monitor the hardware within this server. Before you can access and use OMSA, you will have to logout of the server and close any SSH shell, and then re-login.
If you have any further questions about OMSA, please look through our FAQ section. If our FAQ page does not have the answer, please feel free to raise a support ticket, and we will be happy to help.