Installation manual

Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials
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Contents
Executive summary ................................................................................................... 5
What is OpenManage Essentials? .................................................................................... 5
Minimum installation requirements ................................................................................ 5
Installation procedures .............................................................................................. 7
Installation flowchart ............................................................................................... 7
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials ............................................................................ 8
Critical prerequisites ............................................................................................. 10
Automatically installing all critical prerequisites ........................................................... 12
SQL Server instance selection .................................................................................. 12
Typical installation ................................................................................................. 13
Custom installation ................................................................................................. 13
Remote database installation ..................................................................................... 14
OpenManage Essentials supporting utilities ..................................................................... 16
Troubleshooting Tool .............................................................................................. 16
Dell OpenManage Essentials MIBImport Utility ................................................................. 16
Upgrade workflow flowchart ....................................................................................... 17
Data Migration during Upgrade ................................................................................... 18
Uninstalling ........................................................................................................... 20
Repair (program maintenance) .................................................................................... 21
Learn more ........................................................................................................... 21
Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 21
Tables
Table 1. Minimum recommended hardware .................................................................... 5
Table 2. Minimum software and network requirements ...................................................... 6
Table 3. Minimum login roles for Microsoft SQL Server ....................................................... 6
Table 4. Login roles ................................................................................................. 7
Table 5. Local Database Instances Supported ................................................................. 12
Table 6. Default port settings .................................................................................... 13
Table 7. Migration on Local database .......................................................................... 18
Figures
Figure 1. Fresh installation ......................................................................................... 8
Figure 2. Dell OpenManage Install Available options dialog box. ............................................ 9