ANNOUNCEMENT: OME 1.1 Patch now available

OME Team,

We are posting a patch today for OME 1.1 to resolve some issues that 

have been impacting our users.

This applies to users of OME 1.1 only.  Please review the readme 

carefully to understand the issues that have been addressed.

The full readme text is below.  The patch can be downloaded from 

www.delltechcenter.com/ome.  As always, take steps to back up 

your database before applying any update or patch.  

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Be sure to read the "Additional Info" section of the readme so you 

know how to determine if the patch was applied correctly.
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Thanks,
Rob


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DELL(TM) OPENMANAGE(TM) Essentials 
VERSION 1.1.1
Release Notes - December 2012

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NOTE: Dell OpenManage Systems Management software, including
Essentials and its documentation, is available on the Dell
Support website at "support.dell.com."

Essentials provides a central point of access to monitor and manage
systems on a local area network (LAN). 
By allowing an administrator a comprehensive view across the
enterprise, Essentials can increase system uptime, reduce
repetitive tasks, and prevent interruption in critical business
operations.


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Installation Pre-requisites
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This patch can only be installed on OME 1.1.0. It is not supported on 
OME 1.0 or OME 1.0.1 releases.

NOTE: If you have received a temporary SQL trigger fix directly from Dell 
support and this fix is detected in the OME instance, it will be removed on 
installation of 1.1.1.

For more information on Operating system, Browser & Consoles, and Minimum 
Hardware Configuration see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix  
on support.dell.com/manual or www.delltechcenter.com/ome


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Issues fixed in OME 1.1.1
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* "System is down" alert is generated for all the devices in Unknown group.  
After upgrading from OME 1.0.1 to 1.1 or new install of OME 1.1, discovery 
followed by status poll, sets Connection status to “Off” and logs "System is down” 
internal alert in the alerts console, for all the devices classified (grouped) 
under Unknown group.
The connection status remains “off” and "System is down" alert is continuously
logged on each status poll run for all the devices grouped in “Unknown” group.

NOTE: After installing OME 1.1.1, re-run discovery task on all the discovery
ranges to make sure connection status for all the devices is determined accurately.

* Email alert action sends time information in UTC instead of OME server time zone.
After upgrading from OME 1.0.1 to 1.1 or new install of OME 1.1, configure 
email alert action. The emails received by a client (Ex: Microsoft Outlook)
will have UTC timestamp instead of OME server time zone where ever substitution 
parameter $t is used in the email alert action. 

* Japanese/Chinese alert emails are not received or shows unknown characters.
After upgrading from OME 1.0.1 to 1.1 or new install of OME 1.1 on a Windows 
server with Japanese or Simplified Chinese language as default setting, 
configure email alert action. If Japanese or Chinese characters are present 
in the email subject, email notifications are NOT received.
If Chinese or Japanese characters are present in the email body, email is received,  
but the Chinese or Japanese characters are replaced with garbled unknown characters.

* Making email alert action application to be more efficient.
In OME 1.0.1 or 1.1 releases, if you configured email alert action, then OME
may not close all the connections to the SMTP server in a timely manner after
sending the email.

* Discovery of instrumented devices also discovered non-supported devices.
After upgrading from OME 1.0.1 to 1.1 or new install of OME 1.1, chose 
"Instrumented Devices" option under: 
"Manage -> Discovery and Inventory -> Discovery Schedule" and run discovery tasks. 
All the non supported and instrumented devices found in the specified discovery ranges 
are also discovered and categorized under "Unknown" group.

* Task names contains unknown characters in Japanese and Simplified Chinese languages
In OME 1.0.1 or 1.1 releases, any tasks (Ex: discovery, system updates etc.) created 
contains unknown characters when OME is installed in a Windows operating system 
with Japanese or Simplified Chinese as default language setting and without 
Multilingual Language Packs installed.

* DSM Essentials Task manager service does not start after installing OME 1.1
After installing OME 1.1, DSM_OMSE_TaskManager_32.exe does not start even after
server reboot.

* Health status on Servers with Server administrator uninstalled or disabled may not get updated
After upgrading from OME 1.0.1 to 1.1 or new install of OME 1.1, discover a server
with server administrator installed. If Server administrator is disabled or
uninstalled on the managed server, OME does not update the health status to unknown
after polling the status.

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Additional Information
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* After installing OME 1.1.1, the "About" box in OME console still shows version
info as 1.1.0.6063. To confirm if the patch is installed, run this utility
from OS command prompt: 
~Program Files (x86)\Dell\SysMgt\Essentials\wwwroot\Essentials\EssentialsVersion.exe -v
The version displayed is: 1.1.1.0

* After installing OME 1.1.1, re-run discovery task on all the discovery
ranges to make sure connection status for all the devices is determined accurately.

  
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