HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software v4.6 Install Guide (T1789-96096, July 2010)
Table Of Contents
- HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software Installation Guide
- Contents
- 1 Overview of XP Performance Advisor
- 2 Understanding the XP Performance Advisor installation prerequisites
- Installation checklist for installing XP Performance Advisor
- Initial XP Performance Advisor setup prerequisites
- Management station prerequisites
- Verifying the supported configurations for XP Performance Advisor
- Getting the fully qualified domain name or IP address of your management station
- Determining the authentication type for XP Performance Advisor
- Creating 1 GB of free disk space
- Choosing a system where Oracle is not installed
- Configuring a Loopback Adapter or static IP address
- Switching the IIS Admin service to manual start mode
- Assigning port 80 for XP Performance Advisor
- Disabling the UAC on a Windows Vista management station
- Configuring firewall settings on a Windows XP Professional management station
- Configuring the web browser proxy server settings
- Assigning GUIDs for command devices on a Windows host
- XP Performance Advisor host agent prerequisites
- Verifying the supported configurations for XP Performance Advisor host agents
- Configuring settings on Windows and UNIX hosts
- Creating and presenting command devices to hosts
- Mapping command devices from virtual servers
- Verifying host connectivity to a command device
- Configuring SSL settings for the XP Performance Advisor host agents
- 3 Installing XP Performance Advisor
- Beginning the XP Performance Advisor installation
- Launching the XP Performance Advisor checklist
- Complying with the End User License Agreement
- Retaining or selecting a different database location
- Enabling IPv6 on your management station
- Implementing the authentication method
- Selecting complete or custom installation method
- Completing the XP Performance Advisor installation and next steps
- 4 Installing the XP Performance Advisor host agents
- 5 Understanding the XP Performance Advisor upgrade prerequisites
- 6 Upgrading XP Performance Advisor
- 7 Upgrading XP Performance Advisor host agents
- 8 Using XP Performance Advisor
- 9 Modifying or repairing XP Performance Advisor
- 10 Removing XP Performance Advisor
- 11 Troubleshooting XP Performance Advisor installation related issues
- Troubleshooting installation issues
- Troubleshooting configuration issues
- Troubleshooting web client issues
- Installation error messages
- 12 Support and other resources
- A Installing a Loopback Adapter
- B Stopping and starting host agent services
- Glossary
- Index
2 Understanding the XP Performance
Advisor installation prerequisites
This chapter describes the prerequisites to install the XP Performance Advisor software and the host
agents, and explains the installation checklist. For more information, see Table 2 on page 16. To
upgrade an existing version of XP Performance Advisor, see Table 7 on page 84.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• “Installation checklist for installing XP Performance Advisor” on page 15
• “Initial XP Performance Advisor setup prerequisites” on page 19
• “Management station prerequisites” on page 23
• “XP Performance Advisor host agent prerequisites” on page 33
Installation checklist for installing XP Performance Advisor
The XP Performance Advisor provides an installation checklist that guides you through the installation
and initial collection of configuration, and performance data (see Table 2 on page 16). The installation
checklist contains prerequisites and tasks that you must address before:
1. Installing the XP Performance Advisor on a management station.
2. Installing the XP Performance Advisor host agents on the respective hosts.
3. Logging into XP Performance Advisor and initiating configuration and performance data collections.
This checklist is available when you begin installation. For more information, see “Launching the XP
Performance Advisor checklist” on page 47.
NOTE:
• The installation checklist is available starting with XP Performance Advisor v4.6. Review the
checklist and complete only those items that are applicable to your current Storage Area Networks
setup. After you complete a particular item, select the adjacent check box to mark it complete to
indicate that you have verified all the items and are ready to install, and use XP Performance
Advisor. Keep the checklist open till you complete the installation and start using XP Performance
Advisor.
• If you are installing the product for the first time, HP recommends that you follow the sequence of
items mentioned in the checklist.
• Links to the related help topics are provided at the end of each checklist item. Click the link to view
more information about the prerequisite or task.
• A copy of the installation checklist is also available in the <Installation drive>:\HPSS\
cs_help folder. You can also use %HPSS_HOME% at Start > Run to locate the HPSS folder. The
HPSS_HOME environment variable must be configured on your management station.
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