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

About installing Host Data Collector
The instructions for installing Host Data Collector vary depending on your operating system.
When the storage administrator installs Host Data Collector on hosts and registers the hosts on the
management server, information about volumes being used by the hosts can be collected.
Related topics
• Installing Host Data Collector (Windows), page 54
• Installing Host Data Collector (Linux), page 55
• Post-installation tasks for Host Data Collector, page 56
Installing Host Data Collector (Windows)
Install Host Data Collector from the installation DVD.
Prerequisites
• Verify that the server meets the minimum requirements and that prerequisite software is installed.
For more information, see HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition System Requirements.
• Verify the versions of the Host Data Collector and HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition
products on the management server:
• To use Host Data Collector for Device Manager to manage hosts, the version of Host Data
Collector must be the same or later than the version of the Device Manager server installed on
the management server. For example, if the version of Host Data Collector is 7.5.0 or later,
the version of the Device Manager server must be 7.5.0 or later.
• To use Host Data Collector on multiple computers, the same version of Host Data Collector must
be installed on all the computers.
TIP:
To check the version of Host Data Collector, use the following command:
installation-folder-for-Host-Data-Collector\HDC\Base\bin\hdc_info.exe.
• Log in with administrator permissions.
• Installation path for a new installation.
• Port number used by Host Data Collector for a new installation.
For information about starting and stopping services, see the HP XP7 Command View Advanced
Edition Administrator Guide. For information about downloading components, see the HP XP7
Command View Advanced Edition User Guide.
1. Insert the installation DVD.
2. In the installation window, select HDC in the Agent Products tree, and then click Install.
If the window does not automatically open, start the installer setup.exe directly. The installer
is in the following location:
DVD-drive\AGENTS\HHDC\Windows
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