Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials This technical white paper describes how to install OpenManage Essentials.
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Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................... 5 What is OpenManage Essentials?.................................................................................... 5 Minimum installation requirements ................................................................................ 5 Installation procedures ......................................................................................
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Figure 8. Upgrade workflow....................................................................................... 16 Figure 9. Ready to Install the Program screen. ................................................................ 17 Figure 10. Custom settings (only displayed during the upgrade process). .................................. 18 Figure 11. Uninstalling OpenManage Essentials ................................................................. 18 Figure 12.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Executive summary This document describes the Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) installation prerequisites, installation flow and steps, and information you can make use of during the OME installation or upgrade from previous versions.
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Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Table 4. Login roles Role sysadmin Why does OME require this role during installation? During a Typical install, OME requires this role to create a new SQL Server Login OMEService. This login is granted with dbcreator permission. dbcreator During a Custom install, OME requires this role to create the OMEssentials database on the mentioned database server. db_owner OME requires this role when it detects an existing OMEssentials database as present on the system.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Figure 1. Fresh installation Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials 1. Download the OpenManage Essentials package from https://delltechcenter.com/ome, and extract the files to a local drive. 2. The self-extracting zip automatically launches the Autorun.exe window or you can manually launch the Autorun.exe.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Figure 2. Dell OpenManage Install Available options dialog box. 3. Select Dell OpenManage Essentials, and then click Install. This launches the Dell OpenManage Essentials Prerequisites screen. Note: When you select OME, the Dell Troubleshooting Tool and the Dell OME MIBImport Utility are installed along with it. If you directly launch the Setup.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Figure 3. Dell OpenManage Essentials prerequisites. Critical prerequisites If a component that is required for OpenManage Essentials installation is missing or if the version is outdated, it displays as a critical prerequisite on the Dell OpenManage Essentials Prerequisites screen (Figure 3). It means you cannot install OME unless all these requirements are met on the system. Critical prerequisites are: SNMP Service IIS 7 Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 ASP.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Automatically installing all critical prerequisites To automatically install all critical prerequisites, click Install All Critical Prerequisites button on the Dell OpenManage Essentials Prerequisites screen. Depending on the system configuration, a reboot may be required; however, the prerequisites installation resumes automatically after the system restarts. To avoid issues with automatically resuming installation, make sure User Access control is turned off.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Figure 4. Setup type Custom installation The Custom installation is recommended for remote database installation, or if you want to install with Windows Authentication, or if you want to use a non-default location and port settings. Figure 5.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Table 1: Default port settings Port number Protocol Port type Maximum encryption level Direction Usage 1278 HTTP TCP None In/Out Web GUI 1279 Proprietary TCP None In/Out Scheduling tasks 2606 Proprietary TCP None In/Out Network monitoring 2607 HTTPS 128-bit SSL In/Out Web GUI TCP To set up OpenManage Essentials on a local database with multiple SQL Server instances, select the server from the Database Server list (Figure 6). Figure 6.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials To set up the OME database on the remote system, click Browse on the Database Server screen and select the remote system, or enter the hostname and database instance in the Database Server field (see Figure 6). Perform the installation with one of the following authentication methods: Windows Authentication Windows login credentials are used to connect to the remote SQL Server.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials OpenManage Essentials supporting utilities This section discusses OpenManage Essentials supporting utility tools. Troubleshooting Tool A troubleshooting tool is automatically installed with OpenManage Essentials. This tool is useful for troubleshooting errors pertaining to supported device discovery and device connections. If an older version of the Troubleshooting Tool exists on the system its gets upgraded as part of the OME installation.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Upgrade workflow flowchart The following figure displays the upgrade workflow. Figure 8. Upgrade workflow.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials The OME upgrade retains the previous version data during upgrade process. Note: You cannot upgrade directly from OME v1.0 (Beta Program) to OME v1.1. You must first upgrade to v1.0.1 and then to v1.1. OME 1.1 uses the new task manager port (Port: 3668) which is different from OME 1.0.1 (Port: 1279). The upgrade process handles this new port and there are no additional steps required. During the upgrade, OME v1.1 uses the previously installed OME settings.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Figure 10. Custom settings (only displayed during the upgrade process). Uninstalling Use this procedure to uninstall OpenManage Essentials: 1. Navigate to Control Panel Programs Programs and Features and select Dell OpenManage Essentials. 2. Click Uninstall. Figure 11. Uninstalling OpenManage Essentials.
Installing Dell OpenManage Essentials Note: As Dell SupportAssist functionality is dependent upon OME, uninstallation of OME checks its presence and block. You must first uninstall Dell SupportAssist to uninstall OME. Note: Uninstalling OpenMange Essentials does not remove the Troubleshooting Tool and the MIBImport Utility. These tools need to be uninstalled separately. Note: OME uninstallation lets you retain the database.
