Users Guide

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8. Click Next to accept the selected software features for installation.
The IT Assistant Custom Settings dialog box opens.
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9. Modify the Custom Settings for IT Assistant fields as necessary.
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10. Click Next to accept the custom settings for IT Assistant.
The Ready to Install the Program dialog box opens.
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11. Click Install to install the selected software features.
The Installing Dell OpenManage Management Station screen opens.
When the selected features are installed, the Install Wizard Completed dialog box opens.
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12. Click Finish to leave the Management Station installation.
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Upgrade
The Dell Systems Management Consoles CD features an Upgrade option for upgrading IT Assistant and other Management Station software.
When you insert the Dell Systems Management Consoles CD into your system's CD drive, the prerequisite checker program checks your system.
To upgrade all of the Management Station software products that are currently installed on your system, click Install, Modify, Repair or Remove Management
Station and select Next.
Allfeaturesappropriateforyoursystemarepre-selected during an upgrade.
ThefollowingproceduresdescribehowtoupgradeITAssistantandothermanagementstationsoftware.
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Custom Upgrade
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1. Insert the Dell Systems Management Consoles CD into your system's CD drive.
If the installer does not automatically start, navigate to the windows folder on the CD and double-click the setup.exe file.
The Dell OpenManage Management Station Prerequisite Status screen opens and runs the prerequisite checks for the Management Station.
Prerequisite Status displays any relevant informational, warning, or error messages. Review the messages and, if necessary, resolve any problems
before proceeding with the installation.
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2. Click the Install, Modify, Repair or Remove Management Station option.
The Welcome to the Install Wizard for Dell OpenManage Management Stationscreenopens.
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3. Click Next.
The Installing Dell OpenManage Management Station screen opens. Messages provide the status and progress of the software features being
installed or upgraded.
When the selected features are installed or upgraded, the Install Wizard Completed dialog box opens.
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4. Click Finish to leave the Management Station installation.
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Custom Modify
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1. Click the Start button, point to Settings® Control Panel.
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NOTE: IT Assistant requires a default instance of a database to be installed on the system. IT Assistant cannot use a named instance of
database.
NOTE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express requires Microsoft Data Access components 2.8 (MDAC 2.8) and .NET 2.0 Runtime to be installed. The
prerequisitecheckerutilitywillpromptyoutoinstallMDAC2.8,IfMDAC2.8isnotinstalledonyoursystem.
NOTE: You can cancel the installation process by clicking Cancel.Theinstallationrollsbackthechangesthatyoumade.IfyouclickCancel at a later
point in the installation process, the installation may not roll back properly, leaving the system with an incomplete installation. See "System Recovery on
Failed Installation"formoreinformation.
NOTE: There is no Windows Installer Patch (.MSP) support for the latest version of the Management Station software as it is a major upgrade. You can
use MSP files to upgrade only in minor upgrades.