HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.5.0-00 Installation and Configuration Guide (TB581-96344, July 2013)

Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ 9
1 Overview ........................................................................................ 11
About basic system configurations ............................................................................................... 11
Prerequisites for basic configurations ........................................................................................... 12
DVD installations ...................................................................................................................... 13
Programs installed by storage administrators .......................................................................... 13
Programs installed by server administrators ............................................................................ 14
2 HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite server
installation ......................................................................................... 15
Planning for server installation .................................................................................................... 15
Server installation conditions ............................................................................................... 15
Server installation path name restrictions (new installations only) ............................................... 16
Database file storage path name restrictions (new installations only) .......................................... 17
Management server information ........................................................................................... 18
Memory heap size ............................................................................................................. 18
Database file backup and export locations ............................................................................ 20
Command View AE Suite server installation preparations ............................................................... 20
Avoiding port conflicts ........................................................................................................ 21
Prerequisites for the management server (Linux) ...................................................................... 21
About setting kernel parameters and shell restrictions (Linux) ..................................................... 21
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux /etc/sysctl.conf values ......................................... 22
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 /etc/security/limits.conf values .......................... 24
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 /etc/security/limits.conf values .......................... 25
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 /etc/security/limits.d/90-nproc.conf values ......... 26
Recommended SUSE Linux Enterprise Server /etc/sysctl.conf values ................................... 27
Recommended SUSE Linux Enterprise Server /etc/security/limits.conf values ....................... 29
Modifying kernel parameter values and shell restrictions ................................................... 30
Registering firewall exceptions (Linux) .................................................................................... 30
Command View AE Suite server installation .................................................................................. 31
Server installation prerequisites ............................................................................................ 31
Prerequisite checker .................................................................................................... 31
Installing Command View AE Suite on Windows .................................................................... 31
Installing Command View AE Suite on Linux ........................................................................... 32
Post-installation tasks (new installation) ......................................................................................... 32
Verifying the installation ...................................................................................................... 33
Registering licenses ............................................................................................................ 33
Changing the system account password ................................................................................ 33
Creating user accounts ....................................................................................................... 33
Roles ................................................................................................................................ 34
User permissions ................................................................................................................ 34
Built-in user groups ............................................................................................................. 35
About post-installation tasks (overwrite or upgrade) ....................................................................... 36
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