PowerEdge: Yum Update Fails To Update RACADM To Version 11.3

Summary: Performing a "yum update" check for Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SuSE Linux for Enterprise Servers updates may fail due to improper iDRAC RPM in the Dell YUM repository on linux.dell.com. ...

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Symptoms

The following unexpected update message is seen when performing a "yum update srvadmin-idrac" to update the iDRAC RACADM utility to version 11.3 or newer:

 
> yum update srvadmin-idrac
Dependencies resolved.
=============================================================================================================================================================
Package                                       Architecture           Version                             Repository                                    Size
=============================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
srvadmin-all                                  x86_64                 11.1.0.0-5761.el8                   dell-system-update_dependent                 7.2 k
     replacing  srvadmin-argtable2.x86_64 11.0.0.0-5268.el8
     replacing  srvadmin-idrac.x86_64 11.0.0.0-5268.el8
     replacing  srvadmin-idracadm7.x86_64 11.0.0.0-5268.el8
Upgrading:
srvadmin-hapi                                 x86_64                 11.1.0.0-5761.el8                   dell-system-update_dependent                 1.2 M
Installing dependencies:
srvadmin-base                                 x86_64                 11.1.0.0-5761.el8                   dell-system-update_dependent                 6.8 k
 

Cause

The RACADM utility for iDRAC was intentionally removed from OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 11.1.0 as the iDRAC Tools package offered separately containS newer and more numerous RACADM releases than what OMSA offered. The latest iDRAC Tools package at this article release is version 11.3 and OMSA's last version is 11.1.0 which corrects issues for customers that subscribe to the Dell YUM repository on linux.dell.com for iDRAC Tools and or OMSA updates.

Due to changes to RPM metadata on the Dell repository there still exists an uncorrectable issue for customers what have RACADM version 11.2 or earlier already installed that causes the RPM engine to offer to not only remove iDRAC Tools RPMs, but also unexpectedly offers a full OMSA install instead.

Resolution

Instead of issuing yum update srvadmin-idrac" to update RACADM and iDRAC Tools to version 11.3 (or newer), issue yum install srvadmin-idrac to properly upgrade iDRAC Tools only.

This issue does not affect the broader "yum update" action which offers the correct iDRAC Tools install and any other unrelated updates offered by Red Hat or SuSE. 

Affected Products

Dell System Update, OEMR R450, OEMR R540, OEMR R550, OEMR R640, OEMR R6415, OEMR R650, OEMR R650xs, OEMR R6515, OEMR R6525, OEMR R660, OEMR R660xs, OEMR R6615, OEMR R6625, OEMR R740, OEMR R740xd, OEMR R740xd2, OEMR R7415, OEMR R7425, OEMR R750 , OEMR R750xa, OEMR R750xs, OEMR R7515, OEMR R7525, OEMR R760, OEMR R760xa, OEMR R760XD2, OEMR R760xs, OEMR R7615, OEMR R7625, OEMR R840, OEMR R860, OEMR R940, OEMR R960, PowerEdge R450, PowerEdge R540, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R650xs, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R6525, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R660xs, PowerEdge R6615, PowerEdge R6625, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R740XD2, PowerEdge R7415, PowerEdge R7425, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R750XA, PowerEdge R750xs, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R7525, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R760XA, PowerEdge R760xd2, PowerEdge R760xs, PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R860, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R960, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 8 ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000262378
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 10 Jul 2025
Version:  4
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