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

Setting up the HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX hosts
Before installing the P9000 Performance Advisor host agent on an HP-UX, Solaris, or AIX host, ensure
that the following prerequisites are completed:
1. You must have root or superuser access to the host.
2. Telnet and FTP services are enabled (on HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX hosts, these services are enabled
by default).
3. Configure the root or superuser account to allow remote access via the FTP services.
Setting up a Linux host
Before installing the P9000 Performance Advisor host agent on a Linux host, ensure that the following
prerequisites are completed:
1. You must have a root or superuser access to the host.
2. Configure the root or superuser account to allow remote access via the FTP services by
completing the following steps:
a. Run the /usr/sbin/ntsysv command and enable wu-ftpd
b. Edit /etc/pam.d/ftp by commenting out the line with #: auth required /lib/se-
curity/pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny file=/etc/ftpusers
onerr=succeed
c. Edit /etc/ftp users by removing or commenting out the line with #: root
d. Edit /etc/ftpaccess as follows:
• Change allow-uid ftp to allow-uid ftp root
• Change allow-gid ftp to allow-gid ftp root
• Run the /sbin/service xinetd restart command
Setting up a Red Hat Enterprise Linux host
Before installing the P9000 Performance Advisor host agent on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux host, ensure
that the following prerequisites are completed:
1. You must have a root or superuser access to the host.
2. Install the Legacy Network Packages if the packages are not installed.
3. Edit /etc/xinetd.d/<service> to enable the service by default, where <service> is
rexec, vsftpd, etc.
4. Edit /etc/security by adding rexec, rlogin, vsftpd, and telnet.
5. Edit /etc/pam.d/login to comment out the line:
# auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
6. Edit /etc/pam.d/rexec to comment out the line:
# auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
7. Edit /etc/vsftpd.ftpusers to comment out the line:
# root
8. Edit /etc/vsftpd.user_list to comment out the line:
# root
9. Restart the service by entering /sbin/service xinetd restart.
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