HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition System Requirements (TK981-96010, May 2014)

Management server requirements
1-2-5 Supported cluster software
Table 1-13 Supported cluster environments
OS
Architecture
Service Pack
Cluster software
Windows Server 2008 R2
x64
SP1
Windows Server Failover Clustering
Windows Server 2012
x64
No SP
Windows Server Failover Clustering
Windows Server 2012 R2
x64
No SP
Windows Server Failover Clustering
1-2-6 Related software
(1) Performance Advisor
By linking Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager to Performance Advisor, you can
check performance information of storage systems from the management client. You can
check performance information from the GUI Mobility tab. The following table describes the
software required to check performance information from management clients.
Table 1-14 Software required to check performance information from management clients
Software
Version
HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor
6.0 or later
To link Tiered Storage Manager with Performance Advisor, the CLI library is required. To
obtain performance information from Performance Advisor, you need to specify the
installation directory for the Performance Advisor CLI in the PATH environment variable. If
you do not specify the PATH environment variable, an environment settings error will occur,
and you will not be able to obtain the performance information. For details on installing the
CLI client library and setting up the environment, see the Performance Advisor Software
Command-Line User Interface Reference Guide.
(2) Replication Manager
By linking Device Manager to Replication Manager, you can use the Replication tab to
confirm the write delay time of Continuous Access Journal copy groups (C/T delta) and
analyze the cause of C/T delta degradation.
Replication tab supports only XP7 and VP9500.
(2) XP7 mainframe agent
For managing mainframe host volumes, from Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager,
Mainframe Agent needs to be installed to a mainframe host. The versions of Mainframe
Agent to be supported by Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager are shown in the
following table.
Table 1-15 Mainframe Agent version required to manage mainframe hosts
Software
Version
Referring mainframe volume data
6.0 or later
Migrating and shredding mainframe volumes
6.0 or later
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