HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software v6.1 Release Notes

IMPORTANT:
• You must install JRE before installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents, except on
Windows and OpenVMS. For more information on the supported JRE versions, see HP XP7
Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix available on the HP XP7 Performance
Advisor Software page.
• Starting Performance Advisor v5.5 release, you must have libstdc++ installed for Linux host
agents.
• You can install RPM from the RHEL operating system DVD, or download the RPM installation
file from the internet. In the RHEL v5.xx operating system DVD, the RPM installation file is
available in the Server folder. In the RHEL v6.xx operating system DVD, the RPM installation
file is available in the Packages folder.
Languages
HP XP7 Performance Advisor is available in English language only.
New features
The following is a list of new features in HP XP7 Performance Advisor v6.1:
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor supports XP7 disk arrays.
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents support SLES 11 SP3, RHEL 6 U5.
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor supports JRE1.7.
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor management station supports Windows 2008 R2 SP1 in Simplified
Chinese.
HP XPWatch
The following is an enhancement in HP XPWatch: HP XPWatch supports XP7 disk arrays.
Enhancements
The following is a list of enhancements in HP XP7 Performance Advisor v6.1:
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor v6.1 displays the array type along with the array serial number.
• The Auto Purge functionality is enhanced.
• Performance Advisor host agent and management station logs are enhanced to provide
descriptive log messages.
• pamonitor log is included under Log collection tool.
Upgrading Performance Advisor
To upgrade to HP XP7 Performance Advisor v6.1, ensure that v6.0, v5.5, or v5.5.1 is installed
on the management station and the respective host agents are installed on the host agents. For
information about the prerequisites, upgrade prerequisites, and installation procedures for
Performance Advisor, see the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software Installation Guide available
on the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software page.
IMPORTANT: HP Support Center provides support to the current and previous two major releases
of the software. If you have installed an older version of HP XP7 Performance Advisor, then HP
recommends that you upgrade it to a supported version, or to the latest version of the product.
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