HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Reporting Center release notes (T2558-96084, February 2008)

Overview

Storage Mirroring® Reporting Center is a new release.

Installation Notes

After installing Storage Mirroring Reporting Center, refer to the following

document(s) for information on using Storage Mirroring Reporting Center.

To view the .PDF manuals, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do

not have Acrobat, you can download it free from Adobe at:

www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html

• HP-SWSM_RC_User.pdf—The User’s Guide is located in the directory

where you installed Storage Mirroring Reporting Center. This manual

contains a product overview and step-by-step instructions for each

Storage Mirroring Reporting Center feature.

Prerequisites

If you are uncertain about the issues or workarounds addressed in this

readme file, contact Hewlett-Packard Technical Support.

Storage Mirroring Reporting Center requires the following minimum system

configuration:

• A server that meets one of the following operating system requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Standard or Advanced server with

Service Pack 4

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard or Enterprise server with Service

Pack 1 or later

• The Storage Mirroring Reporting Center GUI may optionally be

installed on a Windows XP machine.

• A licensed copy of SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, or SQL

Server 2005 with Service Pack 2 or later. If you do not have SQL Server

2000 or SQL Server 2005, you can install Microsoft SQL Server Express,

Service Pack 2, during the Storage Mirroring Reporting Center

installation.

• Before you install Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005, ensure that you

have already installed the following on your machine:

•.NET Framework version 2.0

• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version 2.8 with Service

Pack 1 or later

• A licensed copy of Storage Mirroring version 4.4.2.1 or later. Note that

Storage Mirroring only needs to be installed on the servers for which you

want to collect data.

• A copy of Storage Mirroring Reporting Center.