Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials Version 2.5 Release Notes

Migration

The following Tasks will not get migrated from ITA:

• Server Software Update
• Client Software Update
• IPMI Command Line
• Power Control Device (via ASF)
• Performance Management
• Import Dell EMC Catalog
• Server Administrator Deployment for Windows
• Server Administrator Deployment for Linux

• While migrating tasks from IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials, all the Run Now tasks are migrated as disabled.
• While migrating tasks from IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials, if Run Once tasks have the start schedule in the future they will start in the future. If the start schedule is in the past, they will not start.
• Migration of IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials installation using local database, or OpenManage Essentials using remote database is not supported.
• While migrating Alerts from IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials, Alert filters get migrated, but alert actions do not get migrated from ITA.
• While migrating from IT Assistant 8.x to OpenManage Essentials 1.0 to OpenManage Essentials 1.0.1, if you encounter a problem during OpenManage Essentials 1.0.1 repair, rename the folder containing OpenManage Essentials 1.0 installation and retry the repair.
• It is recommended that you ensure that all system update and remote tasks are completed before you upgrade OpenManage Essentials. If a system update folder migration error occurs during upgrade, you can copy the folder manually from the %temp% folder, or you can re-run the required tasks after upgrade.
• On a system where OpenManage Essentials version 2.1 and SupportAssist version 2.1 are installed, after upgrading OpenManage Essentials to version 2.2, you must manually start the SupportAssist service.

Issue 1:

Description: After upgrading from OpenManage Essentials version 2.1 to version 2.2, duplication of the PowerVault MD Series storage arrays is observed in the device tree. [68438]

Resolution: To eliminate the duplicate entries, ensure that you delete and rediscover the PowerVault MD Series storage arrays.

Issue 2:

Description: After upgrading from OpenManage Essentials version 1.1.1 to 2.2, or 1.1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3 to 2.0 to 2.0.1 to 2.1 to 2.2, the Custom URL settings page may display multiple custom URLs based on the classification of a device in the device tree.

For example, if a custom URL is created for the Servers device group and the servers in your environment are classified under the Servers, RAC, and VMware ESX Servers device groups in the device tree, after upgrading to OpenManage Essentials version 2.2, the Custom URL settings page displays three Custom URLs (one for each of the device groups under which the servers are classified in the device tree). [40774]

Issue 3:

Description: After upgrade to OpenManage Essentials version 2.2:

• The devices are not classified correctly.
• The devices that were reported in the Non-Compliant Systems tab are displayed in the Compliant Systems tab. [40445]

Resolution: After the upgrade, you must initiate the discovery and inventory for all ranges.

1. Click Manage > Discovery and Inventory.
2. Under Discovery Ranges, click All Ranges. The Discovery Range Summary is displayed.
3. Select all the discovery ranges, right-click and select Perform Discovery and Inventory Now.

Issue 4:

Description: After an upgrade from OME 1.0/1.0.1 or migration from ITA, RAC health status will be unknown if it was discovered using IPMI protocol and user or operator privileges.

Resolution: Provide the user account in the discovery wizard with IPMI admin privileges on the RAC and re-run discovery to get the health status.

Issue 5:

Description: Customizations to the Devices portal layout are deleted on upgrading to OpenManage Essentials 2.2. [18342]

Issue 6:

Description: While upgrading from OpenManage Essentials version 1.0.1 or 1.1 installed with remote SQL Server 2005 to OpenManage Essentials version 2.2, the following message is displayed:

SQL Server 2005 is detected on the target system. The minimum version of SQL Server supported by Essentials is SQL server 2008. [31161]

Resolution: In this case, you must manually migrate the data from SQL Server 2005 to other supported SQL Server versions, and then upgrade to OpenManage Essentials version 2.0. For more information, see the Frequently Asked Questions section in the OpenManage Essentials version 2.0 User's Guide.