Release Notes

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Miscellaneous:
If OpenManage Essentials is installed using domain user and if discovery/inventory fails after install, verify
the domain controller is responsive, a slow domain controller might cause discovery/inventory to fail.
Limitations
 If you are launching OpenManage Essentials installer from an UNC/shared path, you will not be able
to install prerequisites from the OpenManage Essentials Prerequisites window. You must copy the
installer files to the system or mount the shared folder path to assign a drive to it.
 A 32-bit system with OpenManage Essentials may display an error message while applying system
updates using iDRAC. To resolve this issue, make sure that you update the version of Windows
Remote Management (WinRM) currently installed on the system to version 2.0 using the Windows
updates.
 If you are unable to schedule system update tasks using iDRAC, check your credentials and access
rights. You must have Administrator rights to update a system using iDRAC.
 For Dell EqualLogic devices, the model information is displayed as N/A in the Details tab. [30478]
 The Warranty notification scoreboard icon does not appear in the OpenManage Essentials heading
banner until the browser is refreshed. [30126]
 For Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator, the Application Launch option does not open the web
console. [31059]
 Multiple simultaneous logins are not supported in OpenManage Essentials version 1.2. Multiple users
cannot login using the Sign in as Different User feature on the same browser. [31131, 31132]
 The health status of disks displayed in the iDRAC7 console does not match with the health status of
disks displayed in the OMSA console. [31383]
 On a domain controller only domain administrators are automatically added to OmeAdministrators
and OmeUsers roles. Enterprise administrators must be manually added to the OpenManage
Essentials roles. [31506]
Installation Prerequisites
Recommended Minimum Hardware Configuration for OpenManage Essentials
Small (up to 100 Managed Systems):
 Processor: 2 (1.8 GHz minimum)
 Memory: 4 GB
 Disk Space: at least 6 GB
 Database: SQL Server Express
 Database location: Local
Medium (up to 500 Managed Systems):
 Processor: Quad Core (1.8 GHz minimum)
 Memory: 6 GB
 Disk Space: at least 6 GB
 Database: SQL Server Express
 Database location: Local
Large (up to 2000 Managed Systems):
 Processor: 8 Core (1.8 GHz minimum)
 Memory: 8 GB
 Disk Space: at least 10 GB
 Database: SQL Server Standard
 Database location: Supports Remote SQL installation
NOTE:
The disk space needed may increase based on the: