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Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Contents Minimum Installation Requirements .............................................................................. 4 Installing OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller .................................................... 5 Installing OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller With a Remote Database ..................... 6 Installing OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller With a Local Database .......................
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Executive Summary Dell OpenManage Essentials is web-based, one-to-many system management solution that provides a comprehensive view of Dell systems, devices and components in an enterprise. To know more about OpenManage Essentials, visit www.delltechcentre.com/ome. This document describes the installation of OpenManage Essentials on a domain controller, including the installation steps and information you can make use of during the installation.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Table 2. Minimum software and network requirements Particulars Minimum requirements Operating systems Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server 2008 Server 2012 Server 2012 SP2 Standard and Enterprise Editions (x64) R2 SP1 Standard and Enterprise Editions Standard and Datacenter Editions R2 Standard and Datacenter Editions NOTE: OpenManage Essentials version 2.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller • When using SQL Server authentication, ensure that SQL Server & Windows authentication mode is enabled within SQL Server. See Enabling the SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode in SQL Server. • Ensure that TCP/IP is enabled in SQL Server using the "SQL Server Configuration Manager" tool. See Verifying the SQL Server TCP/IP status.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Figure 1. Dell OpenManage Install dialog box. 3. Select Dell OpenManage Essentials and then click Install. This launches the Dell OpenManage Essentials prerequisites screen. 4. Click “Install All Critical Prerequisites.” Figure 2. Dell OpenManage Essentials prerequisites.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Figure 3. SQL Server prerequisite warning 5. To install OpenManage Essentials on a remote database, select “No”. On doing so, the installer will follow the Custom installation path where you can select a remote database for installing OpenManage Essentials. 6.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Figure 4. Figure 5. Selecting a remote database Selecting the authentication method Note: After the OpenManage Essentials database is set up on the remote system, if the database is either moved or altered, open OpenManage Essentials to re-target using the new database connection settings. Next steps After the installation of OpenManage Essentials is completed, add the logged on administrator to the OMEAdministrators user group.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Installing OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller With a Local Database Prerequisite: Log on to the domain controller with administrator rights. Steps 1. Download the OpenManage Essentials package from https://delltechcenter.com/ome, and extract the files to a local drive. 2. The self-extracting zip automatically launches the Autorun.exe window or you can manually launch the Autorun.exe. Figure 6. Dell OpenManage Install dialog box. 3.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Figure 7. Dell OpenManage Essentials prerequisites. Note: If SQL Server is not installed on the domain controller where OpenManage Essentials is being installed, a warning message is displayed, with a link to install SQLEXPRESSOME locally. 4. On the prerequisites screen, click the link to Install Microsoft SQL Express 2012 SP1 with an OpenManage Essentials specific database instance (SQLEXPRESSOME). 5.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Creating a Domain Service Account A domain service account is required to run SQL Server on the domain controller. 1. Go to “Start" → “Administrative Tools”. 2. Select “Active Directory Users and Computers”. 3. On the left pane, select “Managed Service Account”, right-click and select “New”→ “User”. Figure 8. Creating a domain service account 4. Provide the first name and user logon name in the wizard. 5.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Configuring the Database Instance Note: The SQL Server service will not start if you are using the default NETWORK SERVICE or LOCAL SYSTEM accounts. The following steps enable you to configure the database instance (SQLEXPRESSOME) to run using a domain service account. 1. Open “SQL Server Configuration Manager”. 2. On the left pane, click “SQL Server Services”. Figure 9. SQL Server Services 3.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller 4. Select “This account” and provide the domain service account name, password, and confirm the password. Figure 11. SQLEXPRESSOME Properties 5. Click “Restart”. 6. Click “Apply”.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Typical Installation Typical installation installs OpenManage Essentials with the default settings. Select Typical on the Setup Type screen, and then click Install on the summary wizard. In a typical installation: • SQL Server Authentication is selected as the default authentication method. • The “SQLEXPRESSOME” database instance will be selected if only Express edition of SQL Server is installed on the system.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Figure 12. Server Properties 4. Click “Security” and select “SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode”. 5. Click “OK”. Figure 13. Server Authentication 6. Right-click the top-level SQL Server object. 7. Click “Restart”.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Figure 14. Restarting the Server Verifying the SQL Server TCP/IP Status 1. Click “Start”→ “All Programs”→ “SQL Server Configuration Manager”. Note: If multiple versions of SQL Server Configuration Manager are installed, ensure that the latest version is selected. Figure 15. Opening SQL Server Configuration Manager 2. On the left pane, click to expand “SQL SQL Native Client 11.0 Configuration”.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Figure 16. TCP/IP status 3. Click “Client Protocols”. 4. On the right pane, make sure that the status of TCP/IP is “Enabled”. 5. If TCP/IP is not enabled, right-click TCP/IP and select “Enable”. Configuring OME Groups After OpenManage Essentials is installed on a domain controller: • By default, the Domain Admins group is added as a member of the OMEAdministrators, OMEPowerUsers, OMEUsers.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller Figure 17. Adding users to OME Groups Learn More Visit www.dell.com/ome or www.delltechcenter.com/ome for more information on Dell OpenManage Essentials. Conclusion Dell OpenManage Essentials is easy-to-install, one-to-many console that simplifies systems management with features like single click pre-requisites installation with additional support of installing on domain controller.