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April 22nd, 2021 14:00

Different alerts between essentials and enterprise

Hello I have Dell OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.5.0 (Build 60). I also still have OpenManage Essentials version 2.4.0.930. OpenManage Essentials. For a PowerEdge R420 server I can see and get alerts related to "System board PS redudancy" in OpenMangage Essentials. On OpenManage Enterprise there are no alerts or records of this. In the idrac console of the server I see the events in logs but not in alerts. What would be the reason why OpenManage enterprise does not see these events?

  • DELL-Joey C

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    Posted April 22nd, 2021 20:00

    Hi,

     

    Are you having both OM Essentials and OM Enterprise install on the same machine? I'm unsure if the alerts may work properly. It's best to uninstall OM Essentials if you need to migrate. 

     

    Also in OM Enterprise, the alerts may not be the same as Essentials, you probably might need to take a look at the alert settings and baselines. 

     

    If you need more advice on the settings and configuration, you may need to contact the support to help take a look. 

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    Posted April 23rd, 2021 11:00

    You can't have enterprise and essentials on the same machine because essentials is a software package that you install on a windows server and enterprise linux based delivered via an OVA file.  At the moment both products can pull data from the server in question.  I want to decommission the essentials server but I want to make sure enterprise is managing our hardware the same way.  How do I get ahold of support?

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    Posted April 23rd, 2021 12:00

    I would start with verifying the SNMP destination setting in the iDrac of the server in question, as it is likely pointing to Essentials. 

     

    Let me know what you see. 

     

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    Posted April 26th, 2021 11:00

    The SNMP settings are default in the idrac on the server.  I was under the impression that you don't need to define them if you are using openmanage.  In either case its not defined but essentials recognizes the logged changes and alerts while enterprise not not recognize it.snmp_Settings.PNG

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    Posted April 26th, 2021 12:00

    Based on the screenshot you provided there is no desitantions configured to send alerts.

     

    Would you do me a favor and provide a screenshot of the OM Essentials

    alerts for the device in question? Also would you confirm if you are doing Host OS discovery in Essentials?
    Let us know. 

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    Posted May 18th, 2021 15:00

    Here is a screenshot of the alerts. I can not confirm if we are doing Host OS discovery in Essentials because I can not see anything regarding host OS in essentials at all. Maybe you can provide the navigation path?  dellome.PNG

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    Posted May 18th, 2021 19:00

    Hi,

     

    What Chris meant was about how is the device in question, if it's being discovered by Host OS or IP address or how it was being discovered in OM Essentials? 

     

    May I know was OM Enterprise installed after the alert date or before? In OM Enterprise, is the server being discovered and listed? 

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    Posted May 19th, 2021 14:00

    In OM Essentials there is a discovery job that runs on an ip range.  The device was discovered in OM enterprise via a manual discovery by its IP.  It was in Essentials when I added it to Enterprise because we plan on decommissioning Essentials. Right now the machine is listed in both platforms but the power alert was not shown in Enterprise, only in Essentials.  I just want to make sure I am not missing alerts before I decommission Essentials.

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    Posted May 19th, 2021 18:00

    Hi,

     

    Previously I had some other post about having both OM monitoring the alerts and having some issues, therefore, 1 must be decommissioned. I understand the concern, making sure everything must be working in order, before it goes into production. 

     

    Just to confirm, the alert policies on OM Enterprise, the severities selection have been selected?

     

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    Posted May 21st, 2021 12:00

    I have all but info and normal severities selected.  I will enable those to see how chatty Om Enterprise will be. While looking into these I did find some alerts that were about 30 minutes later for that same machine but I think they are the same alerts.  Does OM enterprise have a configurable polling schedule?  Also it looks like the alert info is less verbose in enterprise.alerts.PNG they are the correct alerts. alert.PNG