DELL R710,  Open Manage install, VMWare 6.0

ziceman · 2018-06-19T14:56:59.000Z

Trying to install Open Manage on a DELL R710 running VMWare 6.0.

Downloaded the appropriate file and followed instructions from the following page:

http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/how10613/how-to-install-openmanage-server-administrator-omsa-on-vmware-to-collect-logs?lang=en

When running the esxcli installer with the uploaded VIB, I get the this:

I figure it is something simple, but this is production server in and high usage environment. I know a successful install is going to require a host reboot want to make sure all is good.

sactownchad · 2018-06-19T15:08:27.000Z

Looks like your host is having issues reaching out to the internet to download the files it needs. Personally, I have never bothered with open manage in VMware as Dell servers are already handled pretty well by default.

ziceman · 2018-06-19T15:28:51.000Z

Hi Chad,

I just want to monitor the RAID. See my related posts:

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DELL iDrAC storage missing, R710 Hardware

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Stefan

getem2796 · 2018-06-19T17:07:08.000Z

I just did this in a test environment not too long ago, the error looks familiar but not sure if it is the same I ran into but the fix was to shorten the .zip name.
Like make it omsa.zip and try it again.
The error was misleading.

edit

I ran the command as below…

esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volume/datastoreUUID/OMSA.zip

josh-dell · 2018-06-19T18:20:37.000Z

Hi,

Have you tried installing 9.1? http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/drivers/driversdetails?driverId=8D1H0

You could also try installing with VUM instead of CLI.