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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 1.2 or 1.3 to version 2.0 and an
OpenManage Essentials database is present
(locally or remotely).
db_owner access on the OpenManage
Essentials database.
Downloading OpenManage Essentials
To download OpenManage Essentials, go to dell.com/support or the Dell TechCenter website at
DellTechCenter.com/OME.
Installing OpenManage Essentials
Before you install OpenManage Essentials, make sure that you have local administrator rights on the
system.
NOTE: For information on the prerequisites and minimum requirements for installing OpenManage
Essentials, see the
Dell OpenManage Essentials Version 2.0 User’s Guide at Dell.com/
OpenManageManuals.
To install OpenManage Essentials:
1. Extract the OpenManage Essentials installation package.
2. Double-click the Autorun.exe file available in the folder where you extracted the installation package.
The Dell OpenManage Install screen is displayed. The following options are available:
• Dell OpenManage Essentials — Select this option to install Dell OpenManage Essentials,
Troubleshooting Tool, and Dell OpenManage Essentials MIB Import Utility.
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