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Subject: Re: What happened to my OMSA ? Updated info & more questions
From: Ricardo Stella <stella () rider ! edu>
Date: 2006-08-29 17:45:33
Message-ID: 44F47D3D.1030902 () rider ! edu
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Jeff Boyce wrote:
> Sorry for the top-posting folks, but I want to keep things in order even if
> it is in reverse order.
>
> A little more research on this warning message give this information from an
> OMSA Messages Reference Guide dated July 2004. "Warning. The system
> management BIOS does not contain a valid system management BIOS version 2.2
> or higher, or the BIOS is corrupted." I am not sure that this makes any
> sense since OMSA 4.5 was running fine before updating my kernel, but not
> after. Some additional searching on Google and I found some references
> where OMSA would not display (or query?) all sensor information because of a
> conflict between the OMSA built-in IPMI driver and the Linux-kernel-provided
> IPMI driver set. For the Dell gurus on the list, could this be what my
> problem is? OMSA 4.5 was working fine, I updated my kernel from RHEL3U7 to
> RHEL3U8. The kernel update therefore created a conflict between the two
> IPMI drivers?
>
> If this is the cause of my problem, is there an easy way to fix it without
> re-installing OMSA? If I have do that I might as well upgrade to OMSA 5.0.
> Where would find an rpm package of OMSA 5.0 to install? I am not sure that
> I want to do the yum repository as I am a novice system admin for a small
> company and have never done that before, but I am getting comfortable with
> rpm installs.
>
> Jeff
>
>
Dunno - but we had some issues with RHEL4 lately - a couple of boxes
after upgrading the kernel, omsa 4.5.0 stopped working (reporting
anything back). And uninstall/reinstall fixed the problem, even without
rebooting or anything...
My .02...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Boyce" <jboyce@meridianenv.com>
> To: <linux-poweredge@dell.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: What happened to my OMSA ?
>
>
>
>> Ok, maybe the log information that I found in OMSA will give us a clue
>> about
>> what happened. The following four lines are from the date and time when I
>> rebooted the server after updating the kernel. The third line gives a
>> warning that SMBIOS data is absent. What is SMBIOS, and why is the data
>> now
>> absent? Is this the cause of my problem? And how concerned should I be
>> about this? I haven't changed any hardware on my system since replacing
>> my
>> PERC controller battery about six months ago. This was the first system
>> reboot since then.
>>
>> Fri Aug 18 07:29:31 2006Storage ServiceSee readme.txt for a list of
>> validated controller driver versions.
>> Fri Aug 18 07:29:06 2006Instrumentation ServiceServer Administrator
>> starting
>> Warning Fri Aug 18 07:29:06 2006Instrumentation ServiceSMBIOS data is
>> absent
>> Fri Aug 18 07:29:06 2006Instrumentation ServiceServer Administrator
>> startup
>> complete
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Boyce" <jboyce@meridianenv.com>
>> To: <linux-poweredge@dell.com>
>> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: What happened to my OMSA ?
>>
>>
>>
>>> Well it looks like from my LogWatch file for that day that the
>>> kernel-source package was installed. And I have restarted the openmanage
>>> services again since then with no change to the (lack of) monitoring.
>>> Are
>>> there any other possibilities, or things that I could/should be checking?
>>>
>>> Package Installed:
>>> ['kernel-2.4.21-47.EL', 'kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-19',
>>> 'kernel-smp-2.4.21-47.EL', 'kernel-source-2.4.21-47.EL',
>>> 'kernel-utils-2.4-8.37.15']
>>> ['sysreport-1.3.7.2-17']
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <Cody_Sparks@Dell.com>
>>> To: <jboyce@meridianenv.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:49 PM
>>> Subject: RE: What happened to my OMSA ?
>>>
>>>
>>> When you upgraded kernels, did you also install the kernel-source
>>> package for the new kernel? If not, install the kernel-source package
>>> and stop/start the openmanage services again. It sounds like the kernel
>>> module didn't get re-compiled for your new kernel.
>>>
>>> --Cody
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: linux-poweredge-bounces@dell.com
>>> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces@dell.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Boyce
>>> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 4:37 PM
>>> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
>>> Subject: What happened to my OMSA ?
>>>
>>> I've had OMSA 4.5 installed and working fine on a PE2600 running RHEL3
>>> for a year or so. I noticed last week that items displayed in the web
>>> interface under the MainChassis item is now an abbreviated list of what
>>> was being displayed about a month ago. Currently this item lists only
>>> Memory, Network, and Ports. Previously I recall it listed Fans,
>>> Temperature Sensors, and I think some other stuff; at least fans and
>>> temps were listed somewhere, now they are nowhere to be found. The only
>>> thing that I have done lately to my system is updated some packages and
>>> my kernel from U7 to
>>> U8 with a reboot. I looked in dmsg for some possible clues, but as a
>>> novice linux administrator for a small company (full time ecologist,
>>> part time system admin) I may not recognize the clues that are there.
>>> If anyone can tell me what might of happened, or provide me some
>>> guidance for what to look for I would appreciate it. I would like to
>>> understand what happened first before trying to fix it. I am sure
>>> people are going to tell me to upgrade to OMSA 5.0 (which I may do), but
>>> I am coming to the knowledge base here to try to learn something first.
>>> If there is any other information that I can provide to the list let me
>>> know.
>>>
>>> Jeff Boyce
>>> www.meridianenv.com
>>>
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