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Dell IT Assistant Migration To OpenManage Essentials
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Contents
Executive summary ................................................................................................... 4
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 4
Off-box migration from Dell IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials ......................................... 4
Backing up your Dell IT Assistant database ....................................................................... 4
Restoring your Dell IT Assistant database ........................................................................ 8
Migration from Dell IT Assistant to OpenManage Essentials ................................................. 16
Learn more ........................................................................................................... 21
Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 21
Figures
Figure 1. Launching the Backup Database window ............................................................. 5
Figure 2. Selecting the backup operation ........................................................................ 6
Figure 3. The Backup Database window .......................................................................... 7
Figure 4. Successful backup message ............................................................................. 8
Figure 5. Selecting the restore operation. ....................................................................... 9
Figure 6. The Restore Database window ........................................................................ 10
Figure 7. The To Database field. ................................................................................. 11
Figure 8. The From device field. ................................................................................. 12
Figure 9. Finding the backup database file. .................................................................... 13
Figure 10. Selecting backup database file. ...................................................................... 14
Figure 11. Selecting the database to be restored. .............................................................. 15
Figure 12. Successful restore message ............................................................................ 16
Figure 13. Dell IT Assistant ......................................................................................... 17
Figure 14. OpenManage Essentials prerequisites when Dell IT Assistant is installed ...................... 17
Figure 15. Welcome to Dell OpenManage Essentials 1.1 ....................................................... 18
Figure 16. Important Changes Requiring Attention. ............................................................ 19
Figure 17. Overview of steps you must complete. .............................................................. 20
Figure 18. Running discovery and inventory for existing ranges. ............................................. 20
Figure 19. Verify User Queries. .................................................................................... 21