OpenManage Server Administrator: How to Install on Windows Server

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Instructions

This training video covers how to Install OpenManage Server Administrator on a Windows Server.

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How to Install and Upgrade OMSA Packages.

Duration: 00:08:08 (hh:mm:ss)
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Installation

OpenManage Server Administrator is available as a self-extracting payload. The default extraction location is c:\OpenManage. There are two ways to install OpenManage, Setup.exe and MSI package. Always ensure that whichever method used is done with elevated permissions.


Setup.exe

Invoke c:\OpenManage\Windows\Setup.exe either from an elevated shell or by right-clicking and selecting Run As Administrator.

  • When installed from Setup.exe, OMSA always produces an MSI Installation log in the %localappdata\temp% directory.
  • The Hardware Application Programming Interface (HAPI) driver dcdbas.sys installation is logged in default window device driver log located at c:\windows\inf\setupapi.dev.log


MSI installer

The MSI package is available in c:\OpenManage\windows\systemsmanagementx64\sysmgmtx64.msi location. This should be invoked only from an elevated shell (cmd prompt or PowerShell).

  • By default, this does not produce an MSI Installer Log.
  • The HAPI driver dcdbas.sys is still logged in the setupapi.dev.log
To run the installer and produce an MSI installer log, run the following on a Windows cmd prompt: 
msiexec /i “c:\openmanage\windows\systemsmanagementx64\sysmgmtx64.msi” /l*v “C:\omsainstall.log”

Affected Products

C Series, HS Series, Modular Infrastructure, Rack Servers, Tower Servers, XE Servers, XR Servers, OpenManage Server Administrator, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 8.4, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 8.5 , Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.0.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.0.2, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.1.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.1.2, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.2, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.2.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.3, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.3.1, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.3.2, PowerEdge XR2, Poweredge C4140, PowerEdge C6400, PowerEdge C6420, PowerEdge C6520, PowerEdge C6525, PowerEdge C6600, PowerEdge C6615, PowerEdge C6620, PowerEdge FC640, PowerEdge HS5610, PowerEdge HS5620, PowerEdge M640, PowerEdge M640 (for PE VRTX), PowerEdge M7701, PowerEdge M7725, PowerEdge MX5016s, PowerEdge MX7000, PowerEdge MX740C, PowerEdge MX750c, PowerEdge MX760c, PowerEdge MX840C, PowerEdge R240, PowerEdge R250, PowerEdge R260, PowerEdge R340, PowerEdge R350, PowerEdge R360, PowerEdge R440, PowerEdge R450, PowerEdge R470, PowerEdge R540, PowerEdge R550, PowerEdge R570, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R650xs, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R6525, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R660xs, PowerEdge R6615, PowerEdge R6625, PowerEdge R670, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R740XD2, PowerEdge R7415, PowerEdge R7425, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R750XA, PowerEdge R750xs, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R7525, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R760XA, PowerEdge R760xd2, PowerEdge R760xs, PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R770, PowerEdge R7715, PowerEdge R7725, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R860, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R940xa, PowerEdge R960, PowerEdge T140, PowerEdge T150, PowerEdge T160, PowerEdge T340, PowerEdge T350, PowerEdge T360, PowerEdge T40, PowerEdge T440, PowerEdge T550, PowerEdge T560, PowerEdge T640, PowerEdge XE2420, PowerEdge XE7100, PowerEdge XE7420, PowerEdge XE7440, PowerEdge XE8545, PowerEdge XE8640, PowerEdge XE9640, PowerEdge XE9680, PowerEdge XR11, PowerEdge XR12, PowerEdge XR4000r, PowerEdge XR4000w, PowerEdge XR4000z, PowerEdge XR4510c, PowerEdge XR4520c, PowerEdge XR5610, PowerEdge XR7620, PowerEdge XR8000r, PowerEdge XR8610t, PowerEdge XR8620t ...
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Article Number: 000185559
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 23 May 2025
Version:  7
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