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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
.
Note: For security reasons, it is recommended that you do not install SQL Server 2012 on a domain
controller. SQL Server Setup will not prevent the installation on a domain controller, but the following
limitations apply:
• You cannot run SQL Server services on a domain controller under a local service account.
• After SQL Server is installed on a system, you cannot change the system from a domain member
to a domain controller. You must uninstall SQL Server before you change the host system to a
domain controller.
• After SQL Server is installed on a system, you cannot change the system from a domain
controller to a domain member. You must uninstall SQL Server before you change the host
system to a domain member.
• SQL Server failover cluster instances are not supported where cluster nodes are domain
controllers.
• SQL Server Setup cannot create security groups or provision SQL Server service accounts on a
read-only domain controller. In this scenario, Setup will fail.
Installing OpenManage Essentials on a Domain Controller With a Remote
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.
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