Brand-new (used) PE2950 server redone with Windows 2008 R2 SP1. I wanted OpenManage on there – for obvious reasons – so I attempted to install version 7.1.xish but was hitting a small snag with the installer.

I was receiving the following error:

The installer has detected that the HTTPS listener is not configured for Windows Remote Management. You can either configure the HTTPS listener before installing Remote Enablement, or install Remote Enablement now by selecting the “Custom” installation screen and configure the HTTPS listener later. See the “Remote Enablement Requirements” section in the “Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User’s Guide” for information on configuring the HTTPS listener. Note: Remote Enablement is required to manage this system from a remote Server Administrator Web Server and is applicable only for those systems that support Server Instrumentation. Click here to configure HTTPS Listener for Windows Remote Management.

Generally the Dell installers will help you with the dependencies and all will be solved by the end. Unfortunately, clicking on the “configure HTTPS Listener for WRM” wasn’t exactly doing anything correctly – rescanning dependencies resulted in the exact same error.

Brief check found that it’s because of an SSL/Certificate issue. This system is on a domain, and there is a certificate authority authorized with AD – the CA is running on a 2003 R2 server (with hopes to upgrade once we get rid of all the pesky 2003/XP systems).

To fix:
Open MMC
Add the Certificates (Computer Account) and connect to the Local Computer
Drill down to Certificates, Personal
Right-click on Personal and select All Tasks, then Request New Certificate
Follow along on the wizard - this will create a computer authorized certificate for use in the Domain environment
Rescan the dependencies
Profit

Unfortunately I continued to receive another warning – something about “all is well, but I want to warn you anyway”. The installation worked anyway even with Typical selected.