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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. To set up the OpenManage Essentials database on the remote system, click “Browse” on the

“Database Server” screen, and select the remote system, or type the host name and database

instance name in the “Database Server” field.

Perform the installation with one of the following authentication methods:

• Windows Authentication - If you are using a non-domain Windows account, the credentials must

exist on both the domain controller and the remote system, and should also be identical.

Note: The windows user account must have the privileges required to create databases in SQL

Server.

• SQL Server Authentication