HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Installation and Configuration Guide (TK981-96001, May 2014)

Prerequisites for basic configurations

HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition can manage different types of storage systems.

The information in this manual assumes the following system configuration:

• XP7 Command View AE (and Common Component) are used to manage user accounts.

• The system is not linked to an external authentication server.

• For the management server:

• Only one management server is configured.

• The management server is not part of a cluster configuration.

• The management server and management client communicate with each other using non-SSL

protocol.

• For copy pair management:

• XP7 Command View AE is configured for open-volume copy pair management at a single site.

• Copy pairs are centrally managed from a pair management server.

• For collecting information about managed hosts:

• The Device Manager agent is installed only on the pair management server used to centrally

manage copy pairs.

• The Host Data Collector component is installed on the management server (from a silent install-

ation initiated by the integrated installer).

NOTE:

Other configurations are possible. For more information, see the

HP XP7 Command View Advanced

Edition Administrator Guide

and the

HP XP7 Replication Manager Configuration Guide

DVD installations

The installation DVD includes the XP7 Command View AE installer and the programs that must be

installed by storage and server administrators.

If your media is for Windows, it also includes the following files:

• Index file: DVD-drive:\Index.htm

• Readme file: DVD-drive:\Readme.txt

Programs installed by storage administrators

• XP7 Command View AE:

• Common Component

• Device Manager server

• Tiered Storage Manager server

• Replication Manager server

• Host Data Collector

• Device Manager agent

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