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Installation notes for deploying OpenManage Enterprise
4 Deploy Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Virtual Appliance on Different Hypervisors
Contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Terminology ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
1 Installation notes for deploying OpenManage Enterprise ............................................................................................ 6
1.1 Do’s for deploying OpenManage Enterprise ...................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Don’ts for deploying OpenManage Enterprise ................................................................................................... 6
2 Deploy Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise on Microsoft Hyper-V (Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10) ............... 7
2.1 Deploy Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise on Microsoft Hyper-V ................................................................... 10
2.1.1 Manually create VM under Hyper-V (required for Windows Server 2012 / Windows 8 and earlier) ................ 10
2.1.2 Ensure that the network adapter is connected to a network ............................................................................ 13
3 Deploy Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise on VMware vSphere .............................................................................. 16
3.1 Prerequisites for deploying OpenManage Enterprise on VMware vSphere ..................................................... 16
3.2 Deploy OpenManage Enterprise by using KVM ............................................................................................... 16
4 Common tasks after starting the VM on OpenManage Enterpise .............................................................................. 17
5 Process map for checking and updating the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise version......................................... 22
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................................ 23
A Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 24
Terminology
List of terminologies used in this technical white paper
EULA
End
GUI
Graphical User Interface
NIC
Network Interface Card
NPAPI
Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface
OS
Operating System
OVF
Open Virtual Machine Format
VHD file
Virtual Hard Disk file
EULA
End User License Agreement