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Installing Dell OpenManage Software On Windows Server 2008 81

Installing Dell OpenManage

Software On Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 Core and

Microsoft Hyper-V Server

Introduction

The Server Core installation option of the Microsoft

Windows Server

2008

and Hyper-V™ Server operating system provides a minimal environment for

running specific server roles that reduces the maintenance and management

requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. AWindows Server

2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation installs only a subset of the binaries

that are required by the supported server roles. For example, the Explorer

shell is not installed as part of a Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server

installation. Instead, the default user interface for a Windows Server 2008

Core or Hyper-V Server installation is the command prompt.

NOTE: Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server operating system does not

support a graphical user interface (GUI) based installation of Dell™ OpenManage™

software components. You need to install OpenManage software in the Command

Line Interface (CLI) mode on Server Core. For more information on Server Core visit

Microsoft website.

NOTE: On Windows 2007, to install the systems management software

successfully, you must be logged in using an account which belongs to the

"Administrators Group" and the setup.exe should be executed using the option "Run

as administrator" on the right click menu.

NOTE: You have to be logged on as a built-in Administrator to install systems

management software on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista

. See the

Windows Server 2008 Help for information about the built-in Administrator account.