HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.6.0-00 Installation and Configuration Guide

Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ 9
1 Overview ........................................................................................ 11
About basic system configurations ............................................................................................... 11
Prerequisites for basic configurations ........................................................................................... 12
DVD installations ...................................................................................................................... 13
Programs installed by storage administrators .......................................................................... 13
Programs installed by server administrators ............................................................................ 14
Regarding upgrade installations ........................................................................................... 14
2 HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite server
installation ......................................................................................... 15
Planning for server installation .................................................................................................... 15
Server installation conditions .............................................................................................. 15
Server installation path name restrictions (new installations only) ............................................... 16
Database file storage path name restrictions (new installations only) .......................................... 17
Management server information ........................................................................................... 18
Memory heap size for Common Component .......................................................................... 18
Memory heap size for Device Manager server ....................................................................... 20
Database file backup and export locations ............................................................................ 20
Command View AE Suite server installation preparations ............................................................... 21
Avoiding port conflicts ........................................................................................................ 22
Prerequisites for the management server (Linux) ...................................................................... 22
About setting kernel parameters and shell restrictions (Linux) ..................................................... 22
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux /etc/sysctl.conf values ......................................... 23
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 /etc/security/limits.conf values .......................... 25
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 /etc/security/limits.conf values .......................... 26
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 /etc/security/limits.d/90-nproc.conf values ......... 27
Recommended SUSE Linux Enterprise Server /etc/sysctl.conf values ................................... 29
Recommended SUSE Linux Enterprise Server /etc/security/limits.conf values ....................... 31
Modifying kernel parameter values and shell restrictions ................................................... 32
Registering firewall exceptions (Linux) .................................................................................... 32
Command View AE Suite server installation .................................................................................. 33
Server installation prerequisites ............................................................................................ 33
Prerequisite checker .................................................................................................... 33
Installing Command View AE Suite on Windows .................................................................... 34
Installing Command View AE Suite on Linux ........................................................................... 34
Post-installation tasks (new installation) ......................................................................................... 35
Verifying the installation ...................................................................................................... 35
Registering licenses ............................................................................................................ 36
Changing the system account password ................................................................................ 36
Creating user accounts ....................................................................................................... 36
Roles ................................................................................................................................ 37
User permissions ................................................................................................................ 37
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