Fixing Hard Drive Error Icons in Dell OMSA

Difficulty: Easy / Basic

For those of us who are using non-Dell hard drives, you may notice an error or warning icon in OMSA. They will also show up as uncertified, which can be a bit annoying. Thankfully, this is relatively easy to fix. If you've installed Dell OMSA on a Linux system, you may follow these steps:

1. First stop all of the Dell services by running srvadmin-services.sh stop.
2. Go into the /opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/srvadmin-storage/ directory.
3. Back up the config file with cp stsvc.ini stsvc.ini.bak.
4. Open the stsvc.ini file and locate the following text:

;nonDellCertified flag for blocking all non-dell certified alerts.
NonDellCertifiedFlag=yes

Change this text to:

;nonDellCertified flag for blocking all non-dell certified alerts.
NonDellCertifiedFlag=no

5. Save and exit the file.
6. Start up the Dell services again using srvadmin-services.sh start.