Owner's Manual

8 Contents
Uninstalling IT Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Remote Microsoft SQL Server and IT Assistant
. . . . . 78
Configuring IT Assistant to Upgrade
the Remote Database
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6 Configuring Dell OpenManage
IT Assistant to Monitor
Your Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
IT Assistant in Real-World User Scenarios . . . . . . . 85
Running Applications That Require
Different Versions of the JRE
On Your System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ensure That Agents and Instrumentation
Are Installed and Running
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Start IT Assistant
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring SNMP for System Manageability. . . . . . 88
Details on Configuring the SNMP Service
. . . . . 89
Configuring SNMP on Systems
You Want to Manage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Configuring CIM for Manageability
. . . . . . . . . . . 90
Configuring CIM in the Operating System
. . . . . 91
Best Practices for Setting Up
Discovery Targets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring IPMI for System Manageability
. . . . . . 92
Using the Microsoft IPMI Provider
. . . . . . . . . 93
Best Practices for Using the IPMI
Discovery Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Configuring IT Assistant to Discover
Storage Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94