PowerEdge: DRM 3.x iDRAC integration repository creation may fail with some special characters in the iDRAC password

Summary: Dell Repository Manager (DRM) 3.3 - Fails to consume some special characters in IDRAC password while creating iDRAC integration repository.

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Symptoms

The issue is observed in the CLI method alone where repository creation fails with authentication failure errors. 

Example:

drm -cr -r=r540-5 -ih=idrac_IP -it=idrac --authentication="idracuser:drm!)" 

“The provided authentication is invalid. Invalid command options”

Repository creation using GUI method using the same special characters does work.

Cause

Engineering is aware of the issue, and a fix will be attempted in a future release of DRM.

Resolution

DRM CLI 3.3.1 supports the following special characters in the CLI method "_ @ # $ % &"

As a work-around, you could use only supported characters in the iDRAC password or use the GUI method to create the iDRAC integration repository.
Future release may include fix.

Affected Products

Dell EMC Repository Manager - Current Versions, Dell EMC Repository Manager 3.0, Dell EMC Repository Manager 3.0.1, Dell EMC Repository Manager 3.1, Dell EMC Repository Manager 3.2

Products

iDRAC9
Article Properties
Article Number: 000181544
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2025
Version:  2
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