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Upgrading OME version
25 Installing Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials
9 Upgrading OME version
The following figure displays the upgrade workflow:
START
Launch OME Installer
Prerequisites Installation
All Prerequisites
successfully installed?
NO
Install Essentials
YES
EULA
Is EULA accepted?
NO
Is Package Server Port Or
Task Manager Port In use ?
YES
NO
CHANGE port
YES
Install
FINISH
Upgrade workflow
The OME upgrade retains the previous version data during the upgrade process.
Note—You cannot upgrade directly from OME v1.0 (Beta Program), v1.0.1, or v1.1 to OME v2.5.
You must first upgrade to v1.3 or 2.0, and then to v2.5.
OME cannot be upgraded to v2.5 if the previous version is installed on a case-sensitive instance of SQL
Server targeted on a remote server or if it is the only instance running on the local box. In case the