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Remote Tasks — Reference
From Remote Tasks you can:
• Run commands on local and remote systems, batch files and executable files on the local systems, and schedule local and remote tasks.
• Change power status for a system.
• Deploy OpenManage Server Administrator on systems.
• View the remote tasks.
Remote Tasks:
• Common Tasks
– Create Command Line Task
– Create Deployment Task
– Create Power Task
• Remote Tasks
– Server Power Options
– Deploy Server Administrator
– Command Line
Related Links
Managing RACADM Command Line Tasks
Deploying Server Administrator
Working With Sample Remote Tasks Use Cases
Using the Sample - Server XML Configuration Command Line Task
Remote Tasks Home
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To view Remote Tasks page, in OpenManage Essentials, click Manage → Remote Tasks.
Related Links
Managing RACADM Command Line Tasks
Deploying Server Administrator
Working With Sample Remote Tasks Use Cases
Using the Sample - Server XML Configuration Command Line Task
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Remote Tasks
Remote Tasks page lists this information:
• All Tasks
• Server Power Options
• Server Administrator Deployment
• Command Line
Related Links
Managing RACADM Command Line Tasks
Deploying Server Administrator
Working With Sample Remote Tasks Use Cases
Using the Sample - Server XML Configuration Command Line Task
All Tasks
Field
Scheduled State
Task Name
Task Label
Last Run
Created On
Updated On
Updated By
Related Links
Managing RACADM Command Line Tasks
Deploying Server Administrator
Working With Sample Remote Tasks Use Cases
Using the Sample - Server XML Configuration Command Line Task
Description
Displays if the task is enabled.
Names of the task.
Type of task that is run, for example; for a command line task the options displayed are Remote Server
Administrator Command, Generic Command, IPMI
Command, and RACADM Command Line.
The last time and date information when the task was run.
The time and date on which the task was created.
The time and date information when the task was run.
The name of the user.
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Task Execution History
Lists the details of the system update tasks.
Field
Status
Task Name
Start Time
% Completed
Task State
Success / Total Targets
End Time
Executed by User
Description
Information on the task if enabled or disabled.
The name of the task.
Time and date at which the system update task started.
The task’s progress information.
Provides these task states:
• Running
• Stopped
• Completed
• Warning
NOTE: The task status displays warning if the After update if required, reboot the device option was not selected for the system update task.
The number of target systems on which the task is successfully executed.
Time and date at which the system update task ends.
The user information.
Server Power Options
Select this option to change the power state or reboot systems.
Field
General
Task Name
Select the type
Description
Provide a name for this server power options task.
Select from the following options:
• Reboot—Reboots the system without powering off.
• Power Cycle—Powers off and then reboots the system.
NOTE: Make sure that the shutdown option is configured for the operating system before you perform a graceful shutdown using this option. If you use this option without configuring it on the operating system, it reboots the managed system instead of performing a shutdown operation
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• Power Off—Powers off the system.
• Power On—Powers on the system. This option works only on target systems that contain RAC.
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Field
Shutdown OS first
Task Target
Select a query
Select the device(s) for this task to target
Enable All
Schedule and Credentials
Set schedule
Enter User Name and Password
Description
Select to shut down the operating system before executing the server power options task.
Select a query from the drop-down list. To create a new query, click New.
Select the devices to which you want to assign this task.
Select to override the device capability and allow all the available devices for selection as task targets.
Select from these options:
• Activate Schedule—Select this option to activate a schedule for the task.
• Run now—Select this option to run the task immediately.
• Set schedule—Select this option to set a date and time for the task to run.
• Run Once—Select this option tot run the task on the planned schedule only once.
• Periodic—Select this option to run the task frequently at specified intervals:
– Hourly—Select this option to run the task once every hour.
– Daily—To run the task once every day.
– Weekly—To run the task once every week.
– Monthly—To run the task once every month.
Range of Recurrence:
• Start—To specify the date and time at which the task should begin.
• No End Date—To continuously run this task based on the selected frequency. For example, if you selected Hourly, then this task continuously runs every hour from the start time.
• End By—To stop the task at the specified date and time.
User Name—Provide in the format domain\user name or local host\user name.
Password—Provide the password.
Power On works only on target systems with iDRAC; use the IPMI credentials to perform Power On task.
If you selected Power On, then provide the KG key.
KG Key—Enter the KG Key. DRAC also supports IPMI KG
Key. Each BMC is configured to require an access key in addition to user credentials. The KG key is prompted only for power-on task and not other power tasks because it is an IPMI task.
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Field Description
NOTE: The KG key is a public key that is used to generate an encryption key for use between the firmware and the application; and is available only on
Dell PowerEdge
In the format,
y9xx
value is an even number of hexadecimal characters.
yxxx
,
y
and later systems. The KG key
denotes alphanumeric characters and x denotes numbers.
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Deploy Server Administrator Task
Select this option to create tasks to deploy Server Administrator on selected servers.
Field
General
Task Name
Select the type
Description
Provide a name for the task.
Select from the target type from the following options:
• Windows
• Linux
Installer Path
Install Arguments
The location where the Server Administrator installer is available.
For Windows, packages with .dup, .msi, and .msp. file extensions are available. Msi packages enable Server
Administrator installation and upgrades while dup and msp packages enable only Server Administrator upgrades.
For Linux, packages with the tar.gz file extensions are available.
For Linux, the.sign file is required for verification. The .sign file must reside in the same folder as the tar.gz file.
(Optional) Provide arguments.
For example, in Windows, the parameters are as follows:
• ADDLOCAL = IWS—Server Administrator web server only
• ADDLOCAL = SSA—Server instrumentation only
For example, in Linux, the parameters are as follows:
• -w - Server administrator web server only
• -d - Server instrumentation only
See the
Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User's
Guide
at support.dell.com/manuals for a complete list of arguments.
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Field
Generate Trusted Key
64-bit System
Allow reboot (if required)
Task Target
Select a query
Select the server(s) for this task to target
Schedule and Credentials
Set schedule
Enter credentials of remote target(s)
User Name
Password
Enable Sudo
SSH Port
Related Links
Deploying Server Administrator
Command Line Task
Select this option to create command line tasks.
Field
Task Name
Remote Server Administrator Command
Description
This option is available if you selected Linux. Select this option to generate a trusted key.
Select this option if you are deploying the 64-bit version of
Server Administrator on a managed node.
Select this option to reboot the server once you deploy
Server Administrator on the server.
Select a query from the drop-down list. To create a new query, click New.
Select the severs to which you want to assign this task.
Select from these options:
• Activate Schedule—Select this option to activate a schedule for the task.
• Run now—Select this option to run the task immediately.
• Set schedule—Select this option to set a date and time for the task to run.
Provide in the format domain\user name or local host\user name.
Provide the password.
Select this option to deploy Server Administrator using
Sudo.
Provide the SSH port number.
Description
Provide name of the task.
Select this option to run Remote Server Administrator
Command on selected servers.
Select this option to run executable and commands on the system with OpenManage Essentials.
Select this option to run IPMI commands on selected servers.
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Field
Description
Select this option to run RACADM commands on selected servers.
Related Links
Managing RACADM Command Line Tasks
Deploying Server Administrator
Working With Sample Remote Tasks Use Cases
Using the Sample - Server XML Configuration Command Line Task
Remote Server Administrator Command
Remote Server Administrator Command
Field
Command
Ping Device
Output to file
Append
Include errors
SSH Port number
Generate Trusted Key for Linux
Description
Provide command, for example, omereport system summary .
This option performs a ping test to verify if a device is reachable before it runs a task against it. This option can be used when using $IP or $RAC_IP and it decreases the time it takes to run the task(s) as it skips unreachable devices.
Select to enable output to a log file. This option captures standard output and writes it to the log file. If you select this option, enter the path name and file name of the log file. This option is disabled by default.
Select to append output from the completed command to the specified file. If the file does not exist, it is created.
Select to write all OpenManage Essentials-detected errors to the log file. For example, if no response is received to a ping request before the execution of the command, an error is written to the log file.
Provide the Secure Shell (SSH) port number on the managed Linux system. The default value for the port number is 22.
Select this option to generate a trusted device key for communicating with devices. This option is disabled by default.
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Field
Task Target
Select a query
Select the server(s) for this task target
Enable All
Schedule and Credentials
Set schedule
Enter credentials of the remote target(s)
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Description
NOTE: The first time that OpenManage Essentials communicates with a managed device with Linux operating system, a key is generated and stored on both the devices. This key is generated per device and enables a trust relationship with the managed device.
Select a query from the drop-down list. To create a new query, click New.
Select the severs to which you want to assign this task.
Select to override the device capability and allow all the available devices for selection as task targets.
Select from these options:
• Activate Schedule—Select this option to activate a schedule for the task.
• Run now—Select this option to run the task immediately.
• Set schedule—Select this option to set a date and time for the task to run.
• Run Once—Select this option to run the task on the planned schedule only once.
• Periodic—Select this option to run the task frequently at specified intervals.
– Hourly—Select this option to run the task once every hour.
– Daily—To run the task once every day.
– Weekly—To run the task once every week.
– Monthly—To run the task once every month.
Range of Recurrence:
• Start—To specify the date and time at which the task should begin.
• No End Date—To continuously run this task based on the selected frequency. For example, if you selected Hourly, then this task continuously runs every hour from the start time.
• End By—To stop the task at the specified date and time.
User Name—Provide in the format domain\user name or local host\user name.
Password—Provide the password.
Using the Sample - Server XML Configuration Command Line Task
Generic Command
Field
Task Name
Command
Arguments
Ping Device
Output to file
Append
Include errors
Description
Enter a name for the task. By default, the task name is populated in the format:
<task name>-<date and time> .
Provide the fully qualified path name and file name of the executable, command, or script file that launches the application program. For example:
• Tracert
• C:\scripts\trace.bat
• D:\exe\recite.exe
Enter command line switches to a command or executable or pass values to a script or batch file. For example, -4 $IP. If this argument is passed to tracert command, it executes IPV4 only Traceroute against the
IPs of servers selected in Task Target tab. The command run would be tracert -4 10.35.0.55
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For more information, see About Tokens
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This option performs a ping test to verify if a device is reachable before it runs a task against it. This option can be used when using $IP or $RAC_IP and it decreases the time it takes to run the task(s) as it skips unreachable devices.
Select to enable output to a log file. This option captures standard output from the running application and writes it to the log file. If you select this option, you must enter the path name and file name of the log file. This option is disabled by default.
Select this option to continue writing to the same file if you run a task multiple times.
Select to write all OpenManage Essentials-detected errors to the log file. For example, if no response is received to a ping request before the execution of the command, an error is written to the log file.
Schedule and Credentials
Set schedule Select from these options:
• Activate Schedule—Select this option to activate a schedule for the task.
• Run now—Select this option to run the task immediately.
• Set schedule—Select this option to set a date and time for the task to run.
• Run Once—Select this option to run the task on the planned schedule only once.
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Field
Enter the credentials with appropriate privileges to run this task on this system
Description
• Periodic—Select this option to run the task frequently at specified intervals.
– Hourly—Select this option to run the task once every hour.
– Daily—To run the task once every day.
– Weekly—To run the task once every week.
– Monthly—To run the task once every month.
Range of Recurrence:
• Start—To specify the date and time at which the task should begin.
• No End Date—To continuously run this task based on the selected frequency. For example, if you selected Hourly, then this task continuously runs every hour from the start time.
• End By—To stop the task at the specified date and time.
User Name—Provide OpenManage Essentials user credentials in the format domain\user name or local host
\user name.
Password—Provide the password.
Related Links
Using the Sample - Server XML Configuration Command Line Task
IPMI Command
Field
Command
Ping Device
Output to file
Append
Description
Provide the IPMI command you want to run on selected targets.
This option performs a ping test to verify if a device is reachable before it runs a task against it. This option can be used when using $IP or $RAC_IP and it decreases the time it takes to run the task(s) as it skips unreachable devices.
Select to enable output to a log file. This option captures standard output from the running application and writes it to the log file. If you select this option, enter the path name and file name of the log file. This option is disabled by default.
Select to append output from the completed command to the specified file. If the file does not exist, it is created.
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Field
Include errors
Description
Select to write all OpenManage Essentials-detected errors to the log file. For example, if no response is received to a ping request before the execution of the command, an error is written to the log file.
Task Target
Select a query
Select server(s) for this task to target
Enable All
Select a query from the drop-down list. To create a new query, click New.
Select the severs to which you want to assign this task.
Select to override the device capability and allow all the available devices for selection as task targets.
Schedule and Credentials
Set schedule Select from these options:
• Activate Schedule—Select this option to activate a schedule for the task.
• Run now—Select this option to run the task immediately.
• Set schedule—Select this option to set a date and time for the task to run.
• Run Once—Select this option to run the task on the planned schedule only once.
• Periodic—Select this option to run the task frequently at specified intervals.
– Hourly—Select this option to run the task once every hour.
– Daily—To run the task once every day.
Weekly—To run the task once every week.
– Monthly—To run the task once every month.
Range of Recurrence:
• Start—To specify the date and time at which the task should begin.
• No End Date—To continuously run this task based on the selected frequency. For example, if you selected Hourly, then this task continuously runs every hour from the start time.
• End By—To stop the task at the specified date and time.
Enter Remote Access Controller credentials for target(s)
User Name
Password
KG key
The RACADM task requires IPMI credentials. Provide IPMI credentials to run the task.
Provide the password.
Enter the KG key value. DRAC also supports IPMI KG key value. Each BMC or DRAC is configured to require an access key in addition to user credentials.
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Field Description
NOTE: The KG key is a public key that is used to generate an encryption key for use between the firmware and the application. The KG key value is an even number of hexadecimal characters.
Related Links
Using the Sample - Server XML Configuration Command Line Task
RACADM Command Line
Field
Command
Ping Device
Output to file
Append
Include errors
Description
Provide the RACADM command you want to run on the servers.
This option performs a ping test to verify if a device is reachable before it runs a task against it. This option can be used when using $IP or $RAC_IP and it decreases the time it takes to run the task(s) as it skips unreachable devices.
Select to enable output to a log file. This option captures standard output from the running application and writes it to the log file. If you select this option, you must enter the path name and file name of the log file. This option is disabled by default.
Select to append output from the completed command to the specified file. If the file does not exist, it is created.
Select to write all OpenManage Essentials-detected errors to the log file. For example, if no response is received to a ping request before the execution of the command, an error is written to the log file.
Task Target
Select a query
Select the server(s) for this task to target
Enable All
Select a query from the drop-down list. To create a new query, click New.
Select the severs to which you want to assign this task.
Select to override the device capability and allow all the available devices for selection as task targets.
Schedule and Credentials
Set schedule Select from these options:
• Activate Schedule—Select this option to activate a schedule for the task.
• Run now—Select this option to run the task immediately.
• Set schedule—Select this option to set a date and time for the task to run.
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Field Description
• Run Once—Select this option to run the task on the planned schedule only once.
• Periodic—Select this option to run the task frequently at specified intervals.
– Hourly—Select this option to run the task once every hour.
– Daily—To run the task once every day.
– Weekly—To run the task once every week.
– Monthly—To run the task once every month.
Range of Recurrence:
• Start—To specify the date and time at which the task should begin.
• No End Date—To continuously run this task based on the selected frequency. For example, if you selected Hourly, then this task continuously runs every hour from the start time.
• End By—To stop the task at the specified date and time.
Enter Remote Access Controller credentials for target(s) User Name—The RACADM task requires IPMI credentials. Provide IPMI credentials to run the task.
Password—Provide the password.
Related Links
Using the Sample - Server XML Configuration Command Line Task
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