HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Installation and Configuration Guide (TK981-96001, May 2014)
1. Insert the installation DVD.
If the media is not mounted automatically, manually mount it on the /mnt/dvdrom directory.
2. Locate the installer (setup.sh) in the following location:
DVD-drive/AGENTS/HHDC/platform-name/
3. Run the following command:
# ./setup.sh
4. Follow the instructions in the displayed prompts.
When installation is complete, the following message appears:
Host Data Collector installation completed successfully.
NOTE:
• You can also download the Host Data Collector installer from the Device Manager GUI.
• If you upgrade an installation, restart the services of the HP XP7 Command View Ad-
vanced Edition product on the management server.
Related topics
• Post-installation tasks for Host Data Collector, page 56
Post-installation tasks for Host Data Collector
After installing Host Data Collector, you must specify some settings for your operating environment.
• Register Host Data Collector computer information to the management server.
If Host Data Collector is installed on a computer other than the management server, add the in-
formation for that computer to the properties in the hostdatacollectors.properties file
on the Device Manager server.
When Host Data Collector computer information is registered on the management server, you can
register hosts and check the volume usage for each host.
• Reset the execution environment for Java (Windows).
Required when upgrading from version 7.6.1 or earlier and using Oracle Java Development Kit
(JDK).
• Reset secure communication (Windows).
Required when upgrading from version 7.6.1 or earlier and using SSL communication between
the Device Manager server and Host Data Collector.
Related topics
• Registering a Host Data Collector computer on the management server, page 56
Registering a Host Data Collector computer on the management server
Register information about the computer on which Host Data Collector is installed in the properties of
the hdcbase.properties file on the Device Manager server.
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