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

Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ 9
1 Overview ........................................................................................ 11
About basic system configurations ............................................................................................... 11
Prerequisites for basic configurations ........................................................................................... 13
DVD installations ...................................................................................................................... 13
Workflow for setting up HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition ................................................. 14
2 HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition server installation ................. 17
Planning for server installation .................................................................................................... 17
Server installation conditions .............................................................................................. 17
Notes about upgrading installations from version 7.6.1 or earlier ............................................. 18
Changes in version 8.0.0 and later ...................................................................................... 18
Server installation path name restrictions (new installations only) ............................................... 19
Database file storage path name restrictions (new installations only) .......................................... 20
Management server information ........................................................................................... 21
Memory heap size for Device Manager server ....................................................................... 21
Database file backup locations ............................................................................................ 22
HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition server installation preparations ....................................... 22
Avoiding port conflicts ........................................................................................................ 23
Prerequisites for the management server (Linux) ...................................................................... 23
About setting kernel parameters and shell restrictions (Linux) ..................................................... 24
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux /etc/sysctl.conf values ......................................... 24
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 /etc/security/limits.conf values .......................... 26
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 /etc/security/limits.conf values .......................... 28
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 /etc/security/limits.d/90-nproc.conf values ......... 29
Recommended SUSE Linux Enterprise Server /etc/sysctl.conf values ................................... 30
Recommended SUSE Linux Enterprise Server /etc/security/limits.conf values ....................... 32
Modifying kernel parameter values and shell restrictions ................................................... 33
Registering firewall exceptions (Linux) .................................................................................... 34
HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition server installation ......................................................... 34
Server installation prerequisites ............................................................................................ 34
Installing XP7 Command View AE on Windows ..................................................................... 35
Installing XP7 Command View AE on Linux ............................................................................ 36
Post-installation tasks (new installation) ......................................................................................... 37
Log in to Remote Web Console ............................................................................................ 37
Registering licenses for Remote Web Console products ............................................................ 37
Creating user accounts in Remote Web Console ..................................................................... 38
Log in to HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition ............................................................... 39
Registering HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition licenses ................................................ 40
Creating user accounts in HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition ....................................... 41
Roles ................................................................................................................................ 41
User permissions ................................................................................................................ 42
Built-in user groups ............................................................................................................. 43
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