Installation manual

Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials
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The OME upgrade retains the previous version data during upgrade process.
Note:
• You cannot upgrade directly from OME v1.0 (Beta Program) to OME v1.2. You must first upgrade to
v1.0.1 or v1.1 and then to v1.2.
• OME 1.2 uses the new task manager port (Port: 3668) which is different from OME 1.0.1 (Port:
1279). The upgrade process handles this new port and there are no additional steps required.
During the upgrade, OME v1.2 uses the previously installed OME settings. These options (Custom Path,
Ports, database server settings, and so on) are not displayed during an upgrade. The installation
settings and configuration for v1.2 are visible in the Ready to install the Program screen.
Data Migration During Upgrade
During the upgrade, Essentials database migration may happen when SQL Server instance selected by
v1.2 is different from the one used by the previous version of Essentials. Database migration will never
happen during upgrade if the previous version of Essentials is installed on a remote database. Please
refer Table 7 for probable cases of migration during upgrade to v1.2.
Example: Assuming you have installed v1.0.1 or v1.1 on local SQL Server Express edition with instance
name SQLEXPRESS, then v1.2 will target SQLEXPRESSOME instance installed with SQL Server Express
edition version 2012 (installed as part of the prerequisite) for installing the database during upgrade.
Data from v1.0.1 or v1.1 will be copied to new database “OMEssentials” created on SQLEXPRESSOME
instance, which will be used by v1.2 hereon. The old “OMEssentials” database on SQLEXPRESS instance
will be kept as it is and will not be deleted.
Migration on Local database Table 7.
SQL
Version
SQL
Edition
Instance used for
installing v1.0.1\v1.1
Prerequisite
Status
Prerequisite Message
Data
Migration
Required?
2005
Standard/
Enterprise
Default Critical No supported SQL found Yes
Custom Name Critical No supported SQL found Yes
2005 Express
Default Critical No supported SQL found Yes
Custom Name Critical No supported SQL found Yes
2008/R2
Standard/
Enterprise
Default/Custom Name None None No
SQLEXPRESSOME None None No
2008/R2 Express
Default/Custom Name Critical No supported SQL found Yes
SQLEXPRESSOME None None No
2012
Standard/
Enterprise
Default/Custom Name None None No
SQLEXPRESSOME None None No
2012 Express
Default/Custom Name Critical No supported SQL found Yes
SQLEXPRESSOME None None No