osabmcutil9g i386 4.3-0 breaking yum update
Just did a yum update on a PE1850 running CentOS 5.5. It showed that it wanted to update (among other things) the following from dell-omsa-indep: osabmcutil9g i386 4.3-0 I said "yes." Download went fine, but on the install I got: -- warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID c4eb7218 dell-omsa-indep/gpgkey | 1.5 kB 00:00 dell-omsa-indep/gpgkey | 1.4 kB 00:00 Public key for osabmcutil9g-RHEL-4.3-0.i386.rpm is not installed -- Then it just dumped me back in the shell. I went into the dell repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ and turned both repos in there to "enabled=0" and then re-ran yum to update the other stuff. Any ideas why this is breaking all of a sudden? Thanks, SJ ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
PE sc420, corrupted video, need nomodeset, kernels after 2.6.33.3
FYI, I've started seeing corrupt, unusable video modes on a Dell PowerEdge sc420 with recent kernels (after 2.6.33). The hardware is the on-board intel E7221, which uses the i915 video driver. The work around is to append 'nomodeset' to the kernel boot line. Also remove any vga=xxx parameters. Fedora 13, (FC13), kernel 2.6.33.3 is OK, Fedora 14, (FC14), kernel 2.6.35.45 needs nomodeset. If you are booting Fedora 14 installer or Live CD, choose the boot option with "Basic Video" since this will add the nomodeset parameter as well as set xdriver=vesa. I was not successful in booting the Mandriva 2010.1 installer (kernel 2.6.33.7) at all. The Mandriva graphical boot has a bug that always adds a set vga mode 'vga=xxx' which will cause the video problems. Appending nomodeset after the vga= has no effect so there is no way to boot the distributed install media for Mandriva 2010.1. Hope This Helps (someone else) --Rob lspci: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation E7221 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04) ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
OMSA 6.3 issue
Many PE systems, 32 and 64 bit, running CentOS 5.5 and OMSA 6.1 and 6.3. With OMSA 6.1, an entry such as this in the /etc/omarolemap file: +omadmin * Administrator works to give members of the omadmin group Administrator access (group members come from LDAP). With OMSA 6.3, a similar entry in the /opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/omarolemap file no longer has the same effect; it appears to be ignored. This is not what the comments in this file claim. Known issue? Steve Steve Thompson E-mail: smt AT vgersoft DOT com Voyager Software LLC Web: http://www DOT vgersoft DOT com 39 Smugglers Path VSW Support: support AT vgersoft DOT com Ithaca, NY 14850 "186,282 miles per second: it's not just a good idea, it's the law" ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux
> -Original Message- > From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge- > boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of spike_wh...@dell.com > Sent: 24 November 2010 15:08 > To: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com > Subject: Re: Oracle Enterprise Linux > > > Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:38:19 - > > From: "Nick Lunt" > > Subject: Oracle Enterprise Linux > > To: > > Message-ID: > > > <47073a5e92271a409f44d18958c1aaa60137d...@server13.patechsolutions.l > ocal> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Hi > > > > is Oracle Enterprise Linux supported on all Dell servers, along with > > open manage, firmware updates, disk array drivers etc ? > > > > Cheers > > Nick . > > We run OEL 5.x all the time around here, on Dell I/T servers. Have done > so successfully for yrs. > > There are two places where Dell PG support for OEL5.x breaks. > > 1. the OMSA install. The default OMSA installer script does not recognize > OEL5.x as a RHEL5.x clone. It's a trivial one-line hack to the OMSA > install script to have it think the /etc/redhat-release contents is plain- > jane RHEL5.x. Since OEL5.x is binary compatible, then OMSA installs and > operates fine. > > 2. BIOS updates on certain 11th gen server models (R710, M710, M610's). > > That is, the following cmd: > yum -y install firmware-addon-dell dell_ft_install > > successfully upgrades all firmware on these 11th gen models (PERC, CMC, > ESM, etc). Except for the system BIOS. Again, same problem. Does not > recognize OEL 5.x as a RHEL5.x clone. You can reboot the server and flash > the f/w from a USB key. That's probably the simplest way. > > BTW, this second problem is *not* a firmware-addon-dell or dell_ft_install > RPM problem. Rather, it's the underlying DUP utilities that these RPMs > call that are broken, they don't recognize OEL5.x as a valid OS. We are > actively working with Dell PG to resolve. > > That said, are you just starting on OEL 5.x? If so, you may want to think > about your long-term roadmap with OEL. Particularly, focus on what 3rd > party apps you're needing. Starting with RHEL6, Oracle will no longer be > binary-compatible with RH. So long-term, understandably I'd expect Dell > PG and other 3rd party tools to break, if they're expecting RHEL6. > > If the 3rd party apps do not contain kernel modules, newer OEL versions > will probably spoof RHEL 5.5 close enough. So you can probably trivially > fix as above. If your 3rd party apps contain kernel modules, verify that > vendor is committed to supporting Oracle's new fork -- UEK (unbreakable > enterprise kernel). > > Spike White Hi Spike good info, thanks. That just about rules OEL out of the equation if we stick with Dell hardware then unfortunately. We cannot run Oracle on an unsupported hardware/OS combination. Cheers Nick . __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5645 (20101124) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Oracle Enterprise Linux
On 24/11/10 13:52, christian.pe...@kpn.com wrote: > Actually, AFAIK, OEL5 remains at kernel 2.6.18 even in update 5. > However, if you choose to use the new Oracle Unbreakable Kernel - a separate > channel in ULN - you will get a much newer kernel based on 2.6.32 OK, thanks for the clarification - it hadn't been clear from what I'd previously read that the 2.6.32 kernel option was an optional opt-in-only thing.. Cheers, Tim. -- South East Open Source Solutions Limited Registered in England and Wales with company number 06134732. Registered Office: 2 Powell Gardens, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1TQ VAT number: 900 6633 53 http://seoss.co.uk/ +44-(0)1273-808309 ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Oracle Enterprise Linux
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:38:19 - > From: "Nick Lunt" > Subject: Oracle Enterprise Linux > To: > Message-ID: > > <47073a5e92271a409f44d18958c1aaa60137d...@server13.patechsolutions.local> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi > > is Oracle Enterprise Linux supported on all Dell servers, along with > open manage, firmware updates, disk array drivers etc ? > > Cheers > Nick . We run OEL 5.x all the time around here, on Dell I/T servers. Have done so successfully for yrs. There are two places where Dell PG support for OEL5.x breaks. 1. the OMSA install. The default OMSA installer script does not recognize OEL5.x as a RHEL5.x clone. It's a trivial one-line hack to the OMSA install script to have it think the /etc/redhat-release contents is plain-jane RHEL5.x. Since OEL5.x is binary compatible, then OMSA installs and operates fine. 2. BIOS updates on certain 11th gen server models (R710, M710, M610's). That is, the following cmd: yum -y install firmware-addon-dell dell_ft_install successfully upgrades all firmware on these 11th gen models (PERC, CMC, ESM, etc). Except for the system BIOS. Again, same problem. Does not recognize OEL 5.x as a RHEL5.x clone. You can reboot the server and flash the f/w from a USB key. That's probably the simplest way. BTW, this second problem is *not* a firmware-addon-dell or dell_ft_install RPM problem. Rather, it's the underlying DUP utilities that these RPMs call that are broken, they don't recognize OEL5.x as a valid OS. We are actively working with Dell PG to resolve. That said, are you just starting on OEL 5.x? If so, you may want to think about your long-term roadmap with OEL. Particularly, focus on what 3rd party apps you're needing. Starting with RHEL6, Oracle will no longer be binary-compatible with RH. So long-term, understandably I'd expect Dell PG and other 3rd party tools to break, if they're expecting RHEL6. If the 3rd party apps do not contain kernel modules, newer OEL versions will probably spoof RHEL 5.5 close enough. So you can probably trivially fix as above. If your 3rd party apps contain kernel modules, verify that vendor is committed to supporting Oracle's new fork -- UEK (unbreakable enterprise kernel). Spike White spike_wh...@dell.com (Dell I/T, not Dell PG) ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux
> -Original Message- > From: wayne_weil...@dell.com [mailto:wayne_weil...@dell.com] > Sent: 24 November 2010 14:59 > To: Nick Lunt; christian.pe...@kpn.com; linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com > Subject: RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux > > Nick, > I had done an investigation on what it would taken for OpenManage to > officially support OEL. Our determination was that it would take little > to no code changes. The real effort would be additional testing on the > distributions, support channels, etc. Several releases ago (6.1?) we > removed code that attempted to prevent customers from using OM on OEL, > Cent, or any of the distributions that are not officially supported. > OpenManage on OEL is not "officially" supported. But as pointed out by > others, OEL is compatible with RHEL. There are other customers who are > running various OM components on OEL, but I do not have a definitive list > of the specific components. > > Sorry that I could not give you feedback that was not any less "vague" > than the other feedback you had received. If you are worried about > support, I would expect that most issues you encounter on OEL will also be > present on RHEL. If you run into issues on OEL, reproduce it on RHEL, > then take it to tech support. Hi Wayne thanks for your detailed reply, I agree with your sentiments however our only option is for 100% fully documented support. We are an Oracle house running Oracle Ebusiness Suite for many public sector services and all hardware/software combinations have to be fully certified and compatible with each other. If Dell don't certify OEL (we wouldn't expect to get OS support from Dell for OEL, but we need OEL to be certified on Dell hardware) then we either stay with RHEL or find out what hardware is certified with OEL. Chances are we'll just stay with RHEL however. Thanks again, Nick. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5645 (20101124) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux
Nick, I had done an investigation on what it would taken for OpenManage to officially support OEL. Our determination was that it would take little to no code changes. The real effort would be additional testing on the distributions, support channels, etc. Several releases ago (6.1?) we removed code that attempted to prevent customers from using OM on OEL, Cent, or any of the distributions that are not officially supported. OpenManage on OEL is not "officially" supported. But as pointed out by others, OEL is compatible with RHEL. There are other customers who are running various OM components on OEL, but I do not have a definitive list of the specific components. Sorry that I could not give you feedback that was not any less "vague" than the other feedback you had received. If you are worried about support, I would expect that most issues you encounter on OEL will also be present on RHEL. If you run into issues on OEL, reproduce it on RHEL, then take it to tech support. Wayne Weilnau Systems Management Technologist Dell | OpenManage Software Development Please consider the environment before printing this email. Confidentiality Notice | This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or proprietary information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Nick Lunt Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 7:53 AM To: christian.pe...@kpn.com; linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux > -Original Message- > From: christian.pe...@kpn.com [mailto:christian.pe...@kpn.com] > Sent: 24 November 2010 13:52 > To: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com > Cc: Nick Lunt; t...@seoss.co.uk > Subject: RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux > > > -Original Message- > > From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com > > [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Tim Small > > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 1:18 PM > > > > Err, actually since the latest OEL 5 release uses the 2.6.32 > > kernel (same as RHEL6), but the userspace is largely RHEL5, > > you are likely to hit some packaging/repository issues when > > using the Dell RHEL6 on it, I'd guess. > > > > http://lwn.net/Articles/406242/ > > Actually, AFAIK, OEL5 remains at kernel 2.6.18 even in update 5. > > However, if you choose to use the new Oracle Unbreakable Kernel - a > separate channel in ULN - you will get a much newer kernel based on 2.6.32 > with specific changes related to infiniband, SSD storage and more > efficient "RPC" calls (SPD?). > > Everything is still supposed to run as-is and binary compat with RedHat > remains. > Chris. Thanks for your responses folks, but 'should be' and 'almost the same' etc isn't good enough for us. The press release pointed to by Tim is also pretty vague. As no one from Dell has answered the question I'll raise a support call about it and update this mailing list with the results of that. Thanks again, Nick . __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5645 (20101124) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux
> -Original Message- > From: christian.pe...@kpn.com [mailto:christian.pe...@kpn.com] > Sent: 24 November 2010 13:52 > To: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com > Cc: Nick Lunt; t...@seoss.co.uk > Subject: RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux > > > -Original Message- > > From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com > > [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Tim Small > > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 1:18 PM > > > > Err, actually since the latest OEL 5 release uses the 2.6.32 > > kernel (same as RHEL6), but the userspace is largely RHEL5, > > you are likely to hit some packaging/repository issues when > > using the Dell RHEL6 on it, I'd guess. > > > > http://lwn.net/Articles/406242/ > > Actually, AFAIK, OEL5 remains at kernel 2.6.18 even in update 5. > > However, if you choose to use the new Oracle Unbreakable Kernel - a > separate channel in ULN - you will get a much newer kernel based on 2.6.32 > with specific changes related to infiniband, SSD storage and more > efficient "RPC" calls (SPD?). > > Everything is still supposed to run as-is and binary compat with RedHat > remains. > Chris. Thanks for your responses folks, but 'should be' and 'almost the same' etc isn't good enough for us. The press release pointed to by Tim is also pretty vague. As no one from Dell has answered the question I'll raise a support call about it and update this mailing list with the results of that. Thanks again, Nick . __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5645 (20101124) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux
> -Original Message- > From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com > [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Tim Small > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 1:18 PM > > Err, actually since the latest OEL 5 release uses the 2.6.32 > kernel (same as RHEL6), but the userspace is largely RHEL5, > you are likely to hit some packaging/repository issues when > using the Dell RHEL6 on it, I'd guess. > > http://lwn.net/Articles/406242/ Actually, AFAIK, OEL5 remains at kernel 2.6.18 even in update 5. However, if you choose to use the new Oracle Unbreakable Kernel - a separate channel in ULN - you will get a much newer kernel based on 2.6.32 with specific changes related to infiniband, SSD storage and more efficient "RPC" calls (SPD?). Everything is still supposed to run as-is and binary compat with RedHat remains. Chris. ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Oracle Enterprise Linux
On 24/11/10 12:07, Tim Small wrote: > > It's not "supported" AFAIK, but since it's essentially a > rebuilt-from-source Redhat Enterprise Linux with some kernel > performance tweaks - you are unlikely to see any issues with OEL that > you won't also see when running RHEL, CentOS etc. on Dell hardware. Err, actually since the latest OEL 5 release uses the 2.6.32 kernel (same as RHEL6), but the userspace is largely RHEL5, you are likely to hit some packaging/repository issues when using the Dell RHEL6 on it, I'd guess. http://lwn.net/Articles/406242/ ... but since Dell support both RHEL5, and RHEL6, I would have thought things will largely work. There is also some sort of agreement between Dell / Oracle, however it looks like you need to go to Oracle for the actual support, and it doesn't indicated which servers are supported: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/161333 Tim. -- South East Open Source Solutions Limited Registered in England and Wales with company number 06134732. Registered Office: 2 Powell Gardens, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1TQ VAT number: 900 6633 53 http://seoss.co.uk/ +44-(0)1273-808309 ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Oracle Enterprise Linux
On 24/11/10 11:38, Nick Lunt wrote: > > is Oracle Enterprise Linux supported on all Dell servers, along with > open manage, firmware updates, disk array drivers etc ? > It's not "supported" AFAIK, but since it's essentially a rebuilt-from-source Redhat Enterprise Linux with some kernel performance tweaks - you are unlikely to see any issues with OEL that you won't also see when running RHEL, CentOS etc. on Dell hardware. Tim. -- South East Open Source Solutions Limited Registered in England and Wales with company number 06134732. Registered Office: 2 Powell Gardens, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1TQ VAT number: 900 6633 53 http://seoss.co.uk/ +44-(0)1273-808309 ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Oracle Enterprise Linux
> -Original Message- > is Oracle Enterprise Linux supported on all Dell servers, > along with open manage, firmware updates, disk array drivers etc ? I run it fine on PE2950 and R710, but only for monitoring. Haven't had time to minimize the install to fully deploy and use it fully (but I wish I had). Chris. ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Oracle Enterprise Linux
Hi is Oracle Enterprise Linux supported on all Dell servers, along with open manage, firmware updates, disk array drivers etc ? Cheers Nick . __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5644 (20101124) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
