Installation manual

Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials

To set up OpenManage Essentials on a local database with multiple SQL Server instances, select

the server from the Database Server list (Figure 6).

Database server window from the InstallShield Wizard. Figure 6.

Remote Database Installation

Configure OpenManage Essentials to use a SQL server instance on a remote system. Before

setting up the OpenManage Essentials database on the remote system, make sure the

following prerequisites are met:

• The network communication between the OpenManage Essentials system and the remote database

system is functioning.

• The SQL Server user has permission to backup, create, and configure databases.

• If you want to use SQL Authentication mode for remote database installation, then ensure “SQL

Server and Windows Authentication Mode” is enabled on the remote SQL Server.

• TCP/IP is enabled on the remote system to avoid database connection issues.

To set up the OME database on the remote system, click Browse on the Database Server screen and

select the remote system, or enter the hostname and database instance in the Database Server field

(see Figure 6).