Users Guide

• Windows Management Instrumentation service must be running.

• The default Temp folder (C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp) must be available. Ensure that the Temp

folder is not deleted or moved.

You can create tasks to deploy OpenManage Server Administrator on servers installed with Windows or Linux operating

systems. You can also plan a date and time to schedule the OpenManage Server Administrator deploy task.

To create an OpenManage Server Administrator deployment task:

1. Click Manage → Remote Tasks → Common Tasks → Create Deployment Task.

2. On General, provide task name. If you want to deploy OpenManage Server Administrator on Windows-based

servers, then select Windows, provide installer path and, if required, provide arguments. If you want to deploy

OpenManage Server Administrator on Linux-based servers, select

Linux and provide the installer path and, if

required, provide arguments. For the list of supported packages and arguments (for Window-based servers), see

Supported Windows and Linux Packages and Arguments. Select Generate Trusted Key and select Allow reboot.

NOTE: Install Server Administrator prerequisites before deploying Server Administrator on Linux.

3. On Task Target, do one of the following:

– Select a query from the drop-down list or create a new query by clicking the New button.

– Select servers on which you want to run this task and click Next.

4. On Schedule and Credentials, set the schedule parameters, provide user credentials to enable the task.

5. If you want to deploy Server Administrator using sudo, select Enable Sudo and update the SSH port number.

NOTE: Before you deploy OpenManage Server Administrator using sudo, create a new user account, edit the

sudoers file using the visudo command, and add the following:

– For target systems running a 32-bit operating systems: Cmnd_Alias OMEUPDATE = /bin/

tar,/bin/cat,/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omexec,/tmp/

LinuxPreInstallPackage/runbada,/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage/omexec

<sudo_username> ALL=OMEUPDATE, NOPASSWD:OMEUPDATE.

– For target systems running a 64-bit operating systems: Cmnd_Alias OMEUPDATE = /bin/

tar,/bin/cat,/opt/dell/srvadmin/bin/omexec,/tmp/

LinuxPreInstallPackage64/runbada,/tmp/LinuxPreInstallPackage64/

omexec <sudo_username> ALL=OMEUPDATE, NOPASSWD:OMEUPDATE.

NOTE: Deploying OpenManage Server Administrator using sudo is not supported for SUSE Linux Enterprise

Server and ESX targets.

6. Click Finish.

For information about the fields in the Create a Deployment Task wizard, see Deploy Server Administrator Task.