Page 3 - Contents; Tables
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials iii Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................... 5 What is OpenManage Essentials? .................................................................................... 5 Minimum ins...
Page 5 - Minimum recommended hardware
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 5 Executive summary This document describes the Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) installation prerequisites, installation flow and steps, and information you can make use of during the OME installation or upgrade from previous versions. This document includes th...
Page 7 - Login roles; Installation procedures; Installation flowchart
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 7 Login roles Table 4. Role Why does OME require this role during installation? sysadmin During a Typical install, OME requires this role to create a new SQL Server Login OMEService . This login is granted with dbcreator permission. dbcreator During a Custom ins...
Page 8 - Fresh installation; Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 8 Fresh installation Figure 1. Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 1. Download the OpenManage Essentials package from https://delltechcenter.com/ome, and extract the files to a local drive. 2. The self-extracting zip automatically launches the Autorun.exe wind...
Page 11 - Typical installation
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 11 Automatically installing all critical prerequisites To automatically install all critical prerequisites, click Install All Critical Prerequisites button on the Dell OpenManage Essentials Prerequisites screen. Depending on the system configuration, a reboot ma...
Page 12 - Setup type; Custom installation; The Custom
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 12 Setup type Figure 4. Custom installation The Custom installation is recommended for remote database installation, or if you want to install with Windows Authentication, or if you want to use a non-default location and port settings. Port settings Figure 5.
Page 13 - Table 1: Default port settings; Protocol Port type Maximum; Remote database installation
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 13 Table 1: Default port settings Port number Protocol Port type Maximum encryption level Direction Usage 1278 HTTP TCP None In/Out Web GUI 1279 Proprietary TCP None In/Out Scheduling tasks 2606 Proprietary TCP None In/Out Network monitoring 2607 HTTPS TCP 128-b...
Page 14 - Windows Authentication; Browsing a remote database.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 14 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). Perform the installation with one of the followi...
Page 15 - OpenManage Essentials supporting utilities; Troubleshooting Tool
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 15 OpenManage Essentials supporting utilities This section discusses OpenManage Essentials supporting utility tools. Troubleshooting Tool A troubleshooting tool is automatically installed with OpenManage Essentials. This tool is useful for troubleshooting errors...
Page 16 - Upgrade workflow flowchart
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 16 Upgrade workflow flowchart The following figure displays the upgrade workflow. Upgrade workflow. Figure 8. START FINISH Launch OME Installer Prerequisites Installation All Prerequisites Successfully Installed ? Install Essentials EULA Is EULA Accepted ? Is Pa...
Page 17 - Ready to Install the Program screen.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 17 The OME upgrade retains the previous version data during upgrade process. Note: You cannot upgrade directly from OME v1.0 (Beta Program) to OME v1.1. You must first upgrade to v1.0.1 and then to v1.1. OME 1.1 uses the new task manager port (Port: 3668) wh...
Page 18 - Custom settings (only displayed during the upgrade process).; Uninstalling; Uninstalling OpenManage Essentials.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 18 Custom settings (only displayed during the upgrade process). Figure 10. Uninstalling Use this procedure to uninstall OpenManage Essentials: 1. Navigate to Control Panel Programs Programs and Features and select Dell OpenManage Essentials . 2. Click Uninst...
Page 19 - Note; Learn more
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 19 Note: As Dell SupportAssist functionality is dependent upon OME, uninstallation of OME checks its presence and block. You must first uninstall Dell SupportAssist to uninstall OME. Note : Uninstalling OpenMange Essentials does not remove the Troubleshooting To...