Updating the OpenManage Enterprise version
- Allocate at least an hour for the update process. Allocate more time if the update must be downloaded by using a slower network connection.
- Ensure that no device configuration tasks or deployment tasks are running or are scheduled to run during the planned downtime.
- Notify other console users of the impending scheduled update.
- Take a VM snapshot of the console as a backup in case something unexpected occurs. (Allocate more downtime for this, if necessary).
NOTE: Before updating to OpenManage Enterprise version 3.1, Dell EMC recommends that previous version of OpenManage Enterprise is configured with minimum of 16 GB memory. For more information, see Minimum recommended hardware.
NOTE: You can update either from OpenManage Enterprise—Tech Release or OpenManage Enterprise version 3.0 to version 3.1 by the method. However, to update from OpenManage Enterprise—Tech Release to OpenManage Enterprise version 3.0, you must use the method of update.
NOTE: If an updated version of OpenManage Enterprise is available, a message is displayed on the Dashboard. Users with all privileges (Administrator, Device Manager, and Viewer) can view the message, but only an administrator can choose to get a reminder later or dismiss the message.
NOTE: When you update OpenManage Enterprise-Tech Release with more than 5500 discovered devices to OpenManage Enterprise version 3.1, the update task completes in two to three hours. During this time, the services might become unresponsive. It is then recommended to gracefully reboot the appliance. After the reboot, normal functionality of the appliance is restored.
User with this role... | Can... |
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Administrator | View the current OpenManage Enterprise version and update the version |
Device Manger and Viewer | Only view the current OpenManage Enterprise version |
NOTE: For more information about updating OpenManage Enterprise to the latest version, see the Upgrade the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise appliance version technical white paper on the support site.