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Event Bandwidth utilized (in percent)

Discovery 0.64 for 100 devices

Inventory 1.16 for 100 devices

System update 5.34 for 10 targets and 10 packages

Remote task 4.42 (10 targets)

OpenManage Essentials at maximum use —

Discovery, inventory, scheduled inventory,

scheduled status, generic command-line task, and

OMSA deployment.

4.13

NOTE: The network bandwidth utilization may vary depending on the network interface controller

(NIC) and bandwidth allocation.

NOTE: The minimum network bandwidth required for OpenManage Essentials to work in a WAN

environment is 40 Mbps.

Minimum Login Roles for Microsoft SQL Server

The following table provides information about the minimum permissions for SQL Server based on

different installation and upgrade use cases.

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Use Case Minimum Login Roles for SQL Server

1 Installing OpenManage Essentials for the first

time and you select the Typical option during

the installation process.

sysadmin access on the installed instance.

2 Installing OpenManage Essentials for the first

time, you select the Custom option during the

installation process and an empty

OpenManage Essentials database is present

(locally or remotely).

NOTE: If you select the Custom install

option and do not enter any credentials

then the installation is considered as a

Typical installation and sysadmin rights

are required.

db_owner access on the OpenManage

Essentials database.

3 You are installing OpenManage Essentials for

the first time, you select the Custom option

during the installation process, and an empty

OpenManage Essentials database is not

present.

dbcreator access on the server.

4 Upgrading OpenManage Essentials from

version 1.1 or 1.2 to version 1.3 and an

OpenManage Essentials database is present

(locally or remotely).

db_owner access on the OpenManage

Essentials database.