You can install the CloudIQ, Power Manager, OpenManage Enterprise Services (formerly SupportAssist-Enterprise), and Update Manager plugins based on your requirements to enhance the functionality of OpenManage Enterprise.
Prerequisites
● To install OpenManage Enterprise plugins from Dell.com, ensure that the OpenManage Enterprise appliance can access downloads.dell.com. ● To install OpenManage Enterprise plugins from a local network share, you must manually download the package to your network share and update the location on the Update Settings page in OpenManage Enterprise.
About this task
NOTE: Installing a plugin on OpenManage Enterprise restarts the appliance services.
To install a plugin, perform the following steps:
In OpenManage Enterprise, click Application Settings > Console and plugins The Console and Plugins page is displayed.
In the Plugins section, click Install for the plugin you want to install. The Install Plugin wizard is displayed.
From the Available Version(s) list, select the version that you want to install.
Review and ensure that you meet the list of prerequisites that are mentioned under the Prerequisite section, and then click Download Plugin.
NOTE: The lists of prerequisites change as you select the version of plugin that you want to install. The install operation validates the prerequisites to install the plugin. If installation prerequisites are not fulfilled, an appropriate error message is displayed. After the plugin is downloaded successfully, the status that appears on the top of the plugin changes from Available to Downloaded.
To install the OpenManage Enterprise plugin, in the Install Plugin wizard, click Install Plugin.
A consent form is displayed to inform you about the End User License Agreement (EULA). Click Accept to continue to install the plugin.
The details of the number of users logged in to OpenManage Enterprise, tasks in progress, and schedule jobs are displayed in the Confirmation dialog box.
To confirm the installation, select the I agree that I have captured a snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise appliance prior to performing a plugin action option, and then click Confirm Install.
The status of installation operation is displayed. After the successful installation of the plugin, the status that appears on the top of the plugin section changes from Available or Downloaded to Installed.
Disable a plugin
Disables all the functionality of the plugin on OpenManage Enterprise.
About this task
NOTE: Disabling a plugin on OpenManage Enterprise restarts the appliance services.
To disable a plugin, perform the following steps
In OpenManage Enterprise, click Application Settings > Console and Plugins.
The Console and Plugins tab is displayed.
In the Plugins section, click Disable for the plugin you want to disable.
The Disable Plugin wizard is displayed.
To disable the plugin, click Disable Plugin.
The details of the number of users logged in to OpenManage Enterprise, tasks in progress, and schedule jobs are displayed in the Confirmation dialog box.
To confirm, select the I agree that I have captured a snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise appliance prior to performing a plugin action. option, and then click Confirm Disable.
Results
NOTE: After disabling the plugin, you cannot see any information or pages related to the plugin on OpenManage Enterprise. Additionally, plugin groups related to the disabled plugin will be hidden from any group action, but will remain as members of features, if previously added (firmware and configuration baselines, alert actions, etc.). However, if a group edit action is performed while the plugin is disabled these hidden groups will be removed as members of the feature. To retain these memberships please enable the plugin before editing group actions for various features.
Uninstall a plugin
Uninstalls and deletes all the data that is collected by the plugin.
To uninstall a plugin, perform the following steps
In OpenManage Enterprise, click Application Settings > Console and Plugins.
The Console and Plugins tab is displayed.
In the Plugins section, click Uninstall for the plugin you want to uninstall.
The Uninstall Plugin wizard is displayed.
To uninstall the plugin from the OpenManage Enterprise, click Uninstall Plugin.
The details of the number of users logged in to OpenManage Enterprise, tasks in progress, and schedule jobs are displayed in the Confirmation dialog box.
To confirm the uninstall, select the I agree that I have captured a snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise appliance prior to performing a plugin action. option, and then click Confirm Uninstall.
Results
All functionality and data associated with the plugin will be uninstalled.
Enable plugin
About this task All plugin pages are displayed on OpenManage Enterprise and plugin functionality is enabled on OpenManage Enterprise. NOTE: Enabling a plugin on OpenManage Enterprise restarts the appliance services.
To uninstall a plugin, perform the following steps
In OpenManage Enterprise, click Application Settings > Console and Plugins.
The Console and Plugins tab is displayed.
In the Plugins section, click Enable for the plugin you want to enable.
The Enable Plugin wizard is displayed.
To enable the plugin, click Enable Plugin.
The details of the number of users logged in to OpenManage Enterprise, tasks in progress, and schedule jobs are displayed in the Confirmation dialog box.
To confirm, select the I agree that I have captured a snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise appliance prior to performing a plugin action. option, and then click Confirm Enable.
Update a plugin
Based on the update settings, the appliance checks for the availability of an update of the installed plugins. If a new version is available, a banner with the new upgrade version information is displayed. On the banner, the administrator can choose to dismiss the notification, be reminded later, or can click View Now to know details such as the version and size of the update available on the Application Settings > Console and Plugins page. The Plugin section of the Console and Plugins page displays all the new features and enhancements of the available plugin update.
Prerequisites
Before you update a plugin, ensure that the update settings is configured as mentioned in Check and update the version of the OpenManage Enterprise and the available plugins.
To update a plugin, perform the following steps
In the Plugin section, click Update Available for the plugin you want to update.
The Update Plugin page is displayed.
Select the plugin version, and then click Download Plugin.
The plug-in is downloaded, and the status of the download is displayed on a green color band.
To update the plugin, click Update Plugin.
In the Confirmation window, select the I agree that I have captured a snapshot of the OpenManage Enterprise appliance prior to performing a plugin action option, and then click Update.
Results
After update operation is complete, the version is displayed in the plugin section.