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
5 Understanding the XP Performance
Advisor upgrade prerequisites
This chapter describes the prerequisites to upgrade the XP Performance Advisor software and the host
agents, and explains the upgrade checklist. For more information, see Table 7 on page 84. To install
XP Performance Advisor, see Table 2 on page 16.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• “Upgrade checklist for upgrading XP Performance Advisor” on page 83
• “Determining the current version of XP Performance Advisor” on page 86
• “Disabling UAC on a Windows Vista management station” on page 87
Upgrade checklist for upgrading XP Performance Advisor
The XP Performance Advisor provides an upgrade checklist that guides you through the upgrade and
initial collection of configuration, and performance data (see Table 7 on page 84). The upgrade
checklist contains prerequisites and tasks that you must address before:
1. Upgrading XP Performance Advisor on a management station.
2. Upgrading XP Performance Advisor host agents on the respective hosts.
3. Logging in to XP Performance Advisor, plotting charts to verify whether the performance data is
migrated, and continuing with configuration and performance data collection.
This checklist is available when you begin upgrade. For more information, see “Launching the XP
Performance Advisor checklist” on page 47.
NOTE:
• The upgrade 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 upgrade and start using XP Performance Advisor.
• 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 upgrade 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.
Sections in the HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor and Host Agents Up-
grade Checklist
The prerequisites and tasks provided in the upgrade checklist are organized as follows:
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