Users Guide

A dialog box is displayed, informing you that an older version of OpenManage Power Center is

installed.

2. If you want to migrate the previous Power Center database, ensure that Migrate data check box is

selected. This migrates most of the Power Center data, such as hierarchy information, monitoring

history, policy settings, events, and credential data. Uncheck

Keep Power/Thermal Data checkbox if

you do not need to migrate the existing power or thermal data.

NOTE: The special characters, such as \ or a space cannot be used in the password after you

upgrade to the latest version. It is recommended to use the OMPC reconfiguration tool to set a

new password.

3. To upgrade, click Upgrade now. If you do not want to upgrade, click Cancel.

NOTE: On upgrading OpenManage Power Center to the latest version on remote systems, the data

in the OpenManage Power Center database is not migrated to the latest version.

NOTE: Do not cancel the upgrade process, if cancelled, rollback to the previous version may fail.

This may also result in data loss. For more information on upgrading and steps to handle failure

during upgrade, see

Upgrade failure recovery on Microsoft Windows operating system.

NOTE: It is recommended to have a database backup from the settings page before the upgrade.

For more information, see Configuring database backup.

NOTE: After upgrading to the latest version of OpenManage Power Center, the rights assigned to

the roles may change. Edit the roles to re-assign the rights.

Uninstalling OpenManage Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating

system

Before you uninstall OpenManage Power Center ensure to remove all devices from the Power Center

management console. Otherwise, the existing power cap value set in the policies (including EPR) remains

effective on the devices.

NOTE: Ensure to check your data center power capacity before removing the devices to avoid

tripping the breaker, because the policies will be removed at the same time.

1. Click Start → Control Panel → Programs/Programs and Features.

2. Select Dell OpenManage Power Center, right-click and select Uninstall.

The following message is displayed.

Are you sure you want to uninstall Dell OpenManage Power Center?

3. Click Yes to confirm. Follow the on-screen instructions.

NOTE: On uninstalling OpenManage Power Center, the installation folder where OpenManage

Power Center is installed, is removed.

NOTE: At times, after the uninstallation is complete, a message is displayed informing you that some

files are not deleted and a service is not released automatically. You may have to delete the files

manually and reboot server to release the service before installing OMPC again.

Launching OpenManage Power Center on Microsoft Windows operating

systems

After the OpenManage Power Center installation on the system is complete, a desktop icon of

OpenManage Power Center is created on the desktop. You can use this icon to launch the OpenManage

Power Center console. The console is launched in the default browser configured on the system.