HP Toptools for Servers v5.0 Administrator Guide

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Chapter 2 Installing HP TopTools

Part 1. Install Instant TopTools Software Only

You use the NetServer Agents installation program to install the Instant TopTools

software from your console (using this program does not force you to also install

the NetServer Agents). The installation program can automatically copy, or

"push," the Instant TopTools software onto all the HP NetServers running

Windows NT or 2000 on your network.

The Instant TopTools software installation program is on the HP NetServer

Navigator CD-ROM. To install the latest version, you can also download the

installation software from the Internet at:

http://www.hp.com/toptools

Installing Instant TopTools on Windows NT or 2000 Servers

NOTE If you want to be able to use HP TopTools Auto Alert

and/or HP TopTools Integrated Device Manager in

addition to Instant TopTools, skip to Part 2 "Install HP

NetServer Agents and Instant TopTools Software".

If this is the first time you've installed the Instant TopTools software, follow the

directions here. If you're performing a customized installation, follow the

directions in Appendix A, "Customizing HP NetServer Agents and Instant

TopTools Software."

To install the Instant TopTools software automatically on all the Windows NT or

2000 servers that you want to monitor, you must run the agent installation program

from a network computer running Windows NT or 2000. You can also install the

software on individual HP NetServers.

NOTE Be sure you have administrator privileges for the Microsoft

Windows NT and 2000 servers before you begin.

1. To run the Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000 agent installation software, do

one of the following:

à If you downloaded the Instant TopTools installation software from the

Internet, after extracting the files, choose "Run" from the Start menu on

your Windows NT system. Go to the directory where the software was

copied and run the Setup.exe program.