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SupportAssist Version 1.1 For Microsoft System Center Operations Manager User's Guide

Services

  • Dell SupportAssist may not initially connect to the SupportAssist server if your network requires passing web browser traffic through a proxy server. If this occurs:
    • A dialog box may be displayed prompting you to configure your proxy settings. Provide the information required in the appropriate fields to connect to the SupportAssist server through your proxy server.
    • Configure the proxy server settings in SupportAssist. See Configuring Proxy Server Settings.
    • After configuring the proxy server settings, verify if the SupportAssist dashboard can connect to the SupportAssist server through the proxy server by performing the email connectivity test. See Confirming Connectivity Through The Proxy Server.
  • If the SupportAssist dashboard does not seem to connect to the SupportAssist server or behave appropriately, ensure that the SupportAssist Windows service is running:
  1. Click Start > Run.
    The Run dialog box is displayed.
  2. Type services.msc, and then click OK.
    The Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is displayed.
  3. Check if the Dell SupportAssist Service displays the status as Running.
  4. If the service is not running, start the service by right-clicking Dell SupportAssist Service > Start.
  5. If the service cannot or does not start, open the most recent log file (log-file.txt), and then search for text with a timestamp of when you tried to start the service. The log file may contain a message indicating any dashboard startup errors and a possible problem diagnosis.
  6. To verify that the SupportAssist dashboard can connect to the SupportAssist server, perform the email connectivity test. See Confirming Email Connectivity.
    • If the server is responding a success message is displayed in the dashboard. If not, the server may be down. If this occurs, look through the log-file.txt file, typically located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Dell SupportAssist\logs in 64-bit operating systems and at C:\Program Files \Dell\Dell SupportAssist\logs in 32-bit operating systems, to find details. If there are no discernible details in the log file, and the server is not reachable, call Dell technical support.
    • If communication is successful, but no data updates occur, the dashboard may be identifying itself with an ID that is unknown to the server. If this occurs, look through the log-file.txt log file, typically located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Dell SupportAssist\logs in 64-bit operating systems and at C:\Program Files \Dell\Dell SupportAssist\logs in 32-bit operating systems to find details. The log file may contain a message stating that the dashboard was not recognized. If the dashboard is not recognized by the SupportAssist server, uninstall and reinstall SupportAssist.

    The SupportAssist dashboard registers as a new client, enabling the SupportAssist server to recognize it.


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