Basic introduction to the Command Line Interface of Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator

Summary: Systems Management How to Video that covers the basics of using the Command Line Interface of OpenManage Server Administrator.

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Instructions

Link to the Dell Technologies YouTube channel video:
Basic introduction to the Command Line Interface of OpenManage Server Administrator
 

Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator Command-Line Interfaces

Information
    • Familiarize with OMCLI tools for querying and setting values
    • Identify paths to omreport.exe and omconfig.exe 
    • Use built in help and Command-Line Reference Documentation 
    • When OMSA is installed, OMREPORT and OMCONFIG are set as global commands for the CLI shell
    • Use built in help and Command-Line Reference Documentation 

OMReport
This utility can be used to query information that OMSA inventories from the system. 

OMConfig
This utility can be used to configure settings that OMSA can manage.

Example in a Windows Command prompt:

  1. In Windows, open an Administrator command prompt.
  2. At the prompt, type omreport about 

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Example of running a system summary query using omreport system summary

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Settings can be reviewed using OMreport and adjusted using OMCONFIG

Affected Products

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 8.5, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.0.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.0.2, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.1 , Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.1.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 10.0.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.1.2, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.2, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.2.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.3 ...

Products

OpenManage Server Administrator, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.3.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.3.2, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.4, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.5
Article Properties
Article Number: 000189326
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2022
Version:  9
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