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Installing and Uninstalling the Connection
DellOpenManage™ConnectionforCAUnicenter
®
User's Guide Version 3.2
Installing the Connection
Upgrading the Connection
Uninstalling the Connection
Installing the Connection
The following sections describe the requirements for the management station or remote console running Dell OpenManage Connection for Computer
Associates (CA) Unicenter (hereafter referred to as the Connection).
Management Station or Remote Console Requirements
CA Unicenter
Supports only the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system versions of CA Unicenter versions 3.0, 3.1, and NSM r11.
Separately Launched Management Consoles
IfyouplantoinstallaRAC(DRAC5,DRAC4,DRAC/MC,DRACIII,DRACIII/XT,ERA,ERA/MC,orERA/O),DellOpenManageArrayManager,andDell
OpenManage IT Assistant management consoles, ensure that you install the versions supported by the Connection. See also the corresponding product
documentation for the specific management consoles.
Web Browser Support to Launch Web-Based Managed System Applications
Supported Web browsers are the same as those for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator and RAC products. See the appropriate documentation for more
information.
Installation Procedures
To install the Connection 3.2 on CA Unicenter NSM r11, perform the following steps:
1. From the Dell Support website (support.dell.com), download and extract the Dell OpenManage Connection for CA Unicenter installation software.
2. Close all application windows before installing the Connection.
3. Run OMCACON.exe from the directory that you specified for downloading and extracting the installation software.
The Dell OpenManage Connection window appears.
4. Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit the installation process.
5. Read the Dell Software License Agreement and click Yes to continue.
The Dell OpenManage Connection for CA readme appears.
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6. Click Next to continue.
The Select Components screen appears.
7. Select the components that you want to install, and then click Next.
Messages about installing the components are displayed.
8. Click Finish to complete the installation process.
If you installed the Distributed State Machine (DSM) component, a message prompts you to run the resetdsm and awservices start commands.
If you installed the Event Management (EM) component, run the opreload command in the EM Message Console by performing the following steps:
a.ClicktheStart button and select Programs® Unicenter® Enterprise Management® EM Classic.
b.Double-click Windows NT.
c.Double-click Events.
d.Double-click Console Logs.
e.AttheConsole Logs command field, type opreload.
RACeventsarenowdisplayedintheConsolelog.
NOTE: Dell OpenManage instrumentation is not installed by the Connection. On any managed system, you must install Dell OpenManage
instrumentation separately.
NOTE: In this User's Guide, CA Unicenter refers to CA Unicenter versions 3.0, 3.1, and NSM r11.