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Executive summary
3 Installing Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials
Contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Executive summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
2 What is OpenManage Essentials? ............................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Minimum installation requirements ..................................................................................................................... 5
3 Installation procedure ................................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Installation flowchart ........................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2 Instal OpenManage Essentials ........................................................................................................................... 9
3.3 Critical prerequisites ......................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.1 Automatically install all critical prerequisites .................................................................................................... 12
3.4 Select SQL server instance .............................................................................................................................. 13
4 Typical installation ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
5 Custom installation ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
6 Install Remote database in OpenManage Essentials ................................................................................................ 18
7 Install OME on a domain controller ............................................................................................................................ 20
7.1 Configure managed service account ................................................................................................................ 20
7.2 Configure SQL Server on the domain controller .............................................................................................. 21
7.3 Configure OME groups ..................................................................................................................................... 22
8 OME support utilities .................................................................................................................................................. 24
8.1 Troubleshooting tool ......................................................................................................................................... 24
8.2 MIBImport utility ................................................................................................................................................ 24
9 Upgrading OME version ............................................................................................................................................. 25
9.1 Data migration during OME version upgrade ................................................................................................... 26
9.2 Troubleshoot upgrade related issues in OpenManage Essentials ................................................................... 28
10 Uninstall OpenManage Essentials ............................................................................................................................. 29
11 Restore OME by using Program Maintenance ........................................................................................................... 31
12 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................. 32
A Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 33