HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.4 Install Guide (T1789-96330, April 2012)

Installing the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents
Install the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents.
At this point, return to the respective P9000 Performance Advisor host agents installation procedures
for the host agents you want to install. For more information, see “Installing P9000 Performance Advisor
host agents” on page 73.
IMPORTANT:
After installing the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents, return to this checklist to complete
the remaining prerequisites and tasks to use P9000 Performance Advisor.
After installing the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents
Verify if the P9000 Performance Advisor Windows host agent services have started.
For more information, see Confirming the P9000 Performance Advisor Windows host agent
services on page 80.
Verify if the P9000 Performance Advisor UNIX host agent services have started.
For more information, see Confirming the P9000 Performance Advisor UNIX host agent
services on page 82.
Verify if the respective host agent records are appearing in P9000 Performance Advisor on your man-
agement station.
For more information, see “Verifying if the host agents appear in P9000 Performance
Advisor” on page 85.
Create and assign the Windows Global Unique Identifier (\\?\Volume{GUID}) to command devices on
a Windows host agent, to overcome device renaming and device remapping issues during the data
collections.
For more information, see “Assigning GUIDs for command devices on a Windows host
agent” on page 86.
Configure SSL settings on your Windows or UNIX host.
For more information, see Chapter 5 on page 89.
Using P9000 Performance Advisor
Launch P9000 Performance Advisor and log in using your credentials.
For more information, see “Launching P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 66.
Start collecting the configuration and performance data for the XP and P9000 disk arrays.
For more information, see “Using P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 99.
Initial P9000 Performance Advisor setup prerequisites
This section describes setup prerequisites:
• Designing the infrastructure
• Determining the coexistence with other storage products
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