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Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.4 User's Guide

Upgrading web server

CAUTION: Factory reset is not possible after a web server update. For a factory reset, reinstall the Server Administrator.
You can upgrade the Apache Tomcat web server, whenever required, using the omwsupdateutility, without affecting the Server Administrator functionality. The utility allows upgrade to a minor version of web server, but does not support upgrade to a major version. For example, upgrade from version A.x to A.y is supported, but not A.x to B.x or B.y. Also, using the utility you can move the version of the web server to an earlier version, provided it is a minor version. The utility is saved to the following default location during web server installation:
  • On systems running a Windows operating system: C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\omsa\wsupdate
  • On systems running a Linux operating system: /opt/dell/srvadmin/lib64/openmanage/wsupdate

You can download the required version of Tomcat web server package and run the utility from a command prompt. Download the Tomcat web server core distribution package from tomcat.apache.org. The distribution package must be a .zip or .tar.gz file; Windows installer wrapper packages are not supported.

To update web server, browse to the wsupdate folder and then run the following command:
  • On Windows: omwsupdate.bat [SysMgt folder path] [apache-tomcat.zip/.tar.gz file path]

  • On Linux: omwsupdate.sh [srvadmin folder path] [apache-tomcat.zip/.tar.gz file path]

The default SysMgt folder path is C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt and srvadmin folder path is /opt/dell/srvadmin.


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