PMP Setup and Installation Guide v5.5

Preinstallation requirements 10
Additional software requirements
The following sections detail additional software requirements for the analysis server, monitored servers, client
systems, and Oracle.
Analysis server requirements
Additional software requirements for the analysis server are listed in the following table.
Table 2 Analysis server software requirements
Software component Minimum requirement
Server software • TCP/IP installed
• SNMP services installed and active
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Database software for servers • SQL Server 2000 Standard, SP3 or later
• SQL Server 2000 Enterprise, SP3 or later
• MSDE 2000, SP3 or later (local only)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard, SP1 or later on Windows 2003
• Oracle 9i Release 2 Standard Edition for Windows
• Oracle 9i Release 2 Enterprise Edition for Windows
• Oracle Database 10g Standard Edition for Windows
• Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition for Windows.
Operating system • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, SP4
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, SP4
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional, SP1 or later
HP SIM HP SIM 5.0 SP5
HP SIM 5.1
NOTE: For a remote database to work with second database instances, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.7
SP1 or later is required.
NOTE: MSDE 2000 is included on the HP Management CD and can be automatically installed if a database is not already
available and running. A database engine must be installed for Systems Insight Manager to be successfully
installed.
NOTE: If SNMP services are installed after installing a Windows Service Pack, reinstall the service pack.
NOTE: Some Oracle client components are required for a remote Oracle database.
Monitored server
Servers monitored with PMP must have the standard Management Agents installed and running. For more
information about the Management Agents, refer to the HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and User Guide.
Virtual hosts and guest servers that are monitored with PMP must have a license for the HP ProLiant Essentials
Virtual Machine Management Pack. For more information on the monitoring capability, including differences
between data provided for physical hosts and virtualized servers, refer to the HP ProLiant Essentials Performance
Management Pack User Guide.