Users Guide

NOTE: The password for the typical install, auto generated SQL Server login account, is controlled by the

application and different on every system.

For the highest level of security, it is recommended that you use a domain service account that is specified during

custom installation for SQL Server.

At runtime, when the OpenManage Essentials website determines that it has an invalid certificate or certificate binding;

the self-signed certificate is regenerated.

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Minimum Login Roles for Microsoft SQL Server

Database Size, Network Bandwidth, and Scalability

The following table provides information about the changes to the database size in an environment with 2000 devices

based on alerts, tasks, and alert actions.

Events Database Size

Initial database size 47.5 MB

After discovery and inventory of 2000 devices 48.5 MB

After 2000 alerts are generated 53.5 MB

After tasks (status polling, OpenManage Server

Administrator deployment tasks, remote tasks, and system

update tasks) against these alerts are executed

54.5 MB

After deleting all the alerts and sending 20000 alerts with

all the alert actions configured

97.2 MB

During the daily maintenance, OpenManage Essentials compresses and optimizes the database. OpenManage

Essentials also downloads updates for managed servers. These updates are saved in the local file system (not in the

database) where OpenManage Essentials is installed.

The minimal network bandwidth required for OpenManage Essentials to work in a WAN environment is 40 Mbps.

NOTE: For more information, see the

OpenManage Essentials Scalability and Performance

technical white paper at

DellTechCenter.com/OME.

Minimum Login Roles for Microsoft SQL Server

The following table provides information about the minimum permissions for SQL Server based on different installation

and upgrade use cases.

Number Use Case Minimum Login Roles for SQL Server

1 Installing OpenManage Essentials for the first time

and you select the Typical option during the

installation process.

sysadmin access on the installed instance.

2 Installing OpenManage Essentials for the first time,

you select the Custom option during the installation

process and an empty OpenManage Essentials

database is present (locally or remotely).

db_owner access on the OpenManage Essentials

database.