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4. Click Install Essentials.

NOTE: If you are installing OpenManage Essentials for the first time, a dialog box is displayed

prompting you to select if you want to install OpenManage Essentials on a local or remote

database. If you choose to install OpenManage Essentials on a local database, SQL Server 2012

Express is installed on the system. If you choose to install OpenManage Essentials on a remote

database, the installation follows the Custom Setup Installation steps.

5. In the install wizard for OpenManage Essentials, click Next.

6. In the License Agreement page, read the license agreement, select I accept the terms in the license

agreement, and then click Next.

7. In Setup type select either Typical or Custom installation.

If you selected Typical, click Next.

NOTE: If the default ports assigned to OpenManage Essentials services are either blocked or

used by another application, a message is displayed prompting you to either unblock the ports

or select Custom installation where you can specify another port.

Verify the installation settings in the Ready to Install the Program page and the click Install.

If you selected Custom, in Custom Setup, click Next and follow the instructions in Custom Setup

Installation.

8. After the installation is complete, click Finish.

Custom Setup Installation

1. In Custom Setup, click Change to change the installation location, and then click Next.

2. In custom settings for port numbers, if required, change default values for Network Monitoring

Service port number, Task Manager Service port number, Package Server Port, and Console

Launch port

and then click Next.

3. In Database Server, do any of the following and then click Next:

– Local database—If you have multiple SQL Server versions available on the management system

and you want to select an SQL Server on which you want to set up the OpenManage Essentials

database, then select the SQL server from the Database Server list, the type of authentication,

and provide the authentication details. If you do not select a database server, by default, a

supported version of SQL Server Standard, Enterprise, or Express that is available is selected for

the installation. For more information, see the Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials technical

white paper at delltechcenter.com/ome.

– Remote database— Complete the prerequisites. For more information, see Setting Up

OpenManage Essentials Database on a Remote SQL Server. After the prerequisites are complete,

click Browse and select the remote system and then provide the authentication details. You can

also set up the OpenManage Essentials database on a remote system by providing the IP address

or host name and the database instance name of the remote system in Database Server.

NOTE: If you select the Custom install option and do not enter any credentials, the installation

is considered as a typical installation and sysadmin rights are required.

NOTE: If you have multiple database instances running on a selected database server, you can

specify the required database instance name to configure the Essentials database with it. For

example, using (local)\MyInstance, you are configuring Essentials database on a local server and

MyInstance named database instance.

4. Verify the installation settings in the Ready to Install the Program page and the click Install.