OMSA from hardware repo on PE R805 / CentOS 5.2 x86_64

Tue Oct 7 09:15:42 CDT 2008

OMSA 5.4 did not support the R805. I've had 5.4.1 out as "testing" since
the end of August. No feedback, so I haven't updated the "latest"
symlink. Here are the instructions to try it out:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mendoza, Jeff
> Sent: Wed 8/27/2008 1:34 PM
> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: [testing] OMSA 5.4.1 available in yum repositories
>  
> Hi All,
> 
> We now have OMSA 5.4.1 available for testing in the Dell hardware 
> repository at http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/.
> OMSA 5.4.1 supports the PowerEdge R805, R905, and T605 systems. The 
> 5.4.1 repository still contains OMSA 5.4 for systems other than those 
> listed. If you have one of the listed systems (or even if you don't), 
> please give the 5.4.1 repository a try. After a few success reports, 
> we will update the 'latest' link to 5.4.1. The 'latest_quarterly' link

> will remain on 5.4.
> 
> To try the 5.4.1 repository, bootstrap the repository as normal, then 
> change the config as follows:
> 
> YUM:
>   In both /etc/yum.repos.d/dell-hw-indep-repository.repo and 
> /etc/yum.repos.d/dell-hw-specific-repository.repo, find the string 
> "repo_config=$repo_config", and change it to read, 
> "repo_config=OMSA_5.4.1".
> 
> UP2DATE:
>   same as yum, except you need to change the string in 
> /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources in two places, rather than in the yum 
> repository files.
> 
> SUSE 10:
>   No idea. Anybody who knows how to do this should let me know. :)  
> See above for the general outline.
> 
> Note that the repository is still community-support only.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff Mendoza
> 
> 

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	From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Schmitz
	Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:08 AM
	To: linux-poweredge-Lists
	Subject: OMSA from hardware repo on PE R805 / CentOS 5.2 x86_64

	Hi,

	I'm having some trouble getting OMSA to install from the yum
repo ( using the instructions at
http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/hardware). It's a new
PowerEdge R805 (I have a couple of them to do, plus a handful of 2950s
and 1950s when I'm done with the R805s), running CentOS 5.2 x86_64. The
bootstrap script appears to run fine and the repositories get added to
my yum.repos.d, but afterwards a "yum install srvadmin-all" results in
the following:

	[root at HOST03 ~]# yum install srvadmin-all

	Loading "fastestmirror" plugin

	Loading "dellsysidplugin" plugin

	Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

	 * dell-software: linux.dell.com

	 * dell-hardware-auto: linux.dell.com

	 * base: repo.bioinformatics.upenn.edu

	 * updates: www.gtlib.gatech.edu

	 * addons: wuarchive.wustl.edu

	 * dell-hardware-main: linux.dell.com

	 * extras: mirror.atlanticmetro.net

	Setting up Install Process

	Parsing package install arguments

	No package srvadmin-all available.

	Nothing to do

	[root at HOST03 ~]#

	I've tried all the suggestions on the FAQ
(http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository/FAQ) that I thought
looked applicable, but to no avail:

	-          I've run a "yum clean all"

	-          I've verified that plugins=1 in my yum.conf, and
verified that the dell  plugin is, in fact, present in
/usr/lib/yum-plugins/

	-          By default, distroverpkg=redhat-release in my
yum.conf. Based on a suggestion on the FAQ, I tried changing that to
distroverpkg=centos-release instead, but that didn't seem to make a
difference. Still, not sure if there's anything additional I need to do
after making this change for it to take effect. For now, since it didn't
appear to help, I've changed it back to redhat-release.

	-          Run getSystemId and verified that my system ID
(0x0221) is listed as a supported system. Verified that the packages for
this system are present in the repo.

	I'm not sure what else to try at this point. I hope I'm just
missing something silly. I realize CentOS is not an officially supported
platform, but any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks in
advance. Below is some command output that I thought might be helpful.

	-Adrian

	getSystemId:

	Libsmbios:    2.0.1

	System ID:    0x0221

	Service Tag:  XXXXXXX  <- edited

	Express Service Code: XXXXXXXXXXX <- edited

	Product Name: PowerEdge R805

	BIOS Version: 1.0.2

	Vendor:       Dell Inc.

	Is Dell:      1

	uname -a:

	Linux HOST03 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 5 07:42:41 EDT
2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

	cat /etc/redhat-release:

	                CentOS release 5.2 (Final)

	ls /etc/yum.repos.d/:

	                CentOS-Base.repo  CentOS-Media.repo
dell-hw-indep-repository.repo  dell-hw-specific-repository.repo
dell-unsupported-repository.repo

	yum search srvadmin:

	                Loading "fastestmirror" plugin

	Loading "dellsysidplugin" plugin

	Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

	 * dell-software: linux.dell.com

	 * dell-hardware-auto: linux.dell.com

	 * base: mirror.atlanticmetro.net

	 * updates: wuarchive.wustl.edu

	 * addons: mirror.trouble-free.net

	 * dell-hardware-main: linux.dell.com

	 * extras: www.gtlib.gatech.edu

	No Matches found

	rpm -qa dell*:

	dell-unsupported-repository-1-4.el5

	dell-hw-specific-repository-1-13.el5

	dell-hw-indep-repository-1-15