HP 3PAR System Reporter 2.9 MU1 Software Release Notes (QL226-96229, September 2011)

HP 3PAR System Reporter 2.9 MU1 Requirements
Supported HP 3PAR System Reporter 2.9 MU1 Host Platforms
RequirementComponent
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (32- or 64-bit), or
Microsoft Windows 2003 (32- or 64-bit), or
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 (32-bit only if using Oracle, 32- or 64-bit otherwise).
Intel Pentium 4 processor, 3 GHz or higher. Multi-core processors are recommended both for
the database server and for the System Reporter server, especially when sampling a large
Processor
configuration (large number of HP 3PAR systems or those with a large number of objects). See
system sizing spreadsheet.
1 GB. See system sizing spreadsheet.Memory
At least 20 GB of available disk space. See system sizing spreadsheet.Disk Space
The system size (CPU cores, memory size and disk space) above is the minimum required for System
Reporter. However, the resources required depend substantially on the number and size of the HP
3PAR Storage Systems that are being sampled as well as the sampling parameters. The CD includes
a system sizing spreadsheet (SR_Sizing.xls) that should be used to determine the number of CPU cores,
the amount of memory and the database space needed. Instructions for using the spreadsheet are
included in the spreadsheet.
HP 3PAR Storage System Requirements
• 2.2.4, 2.3.1 (and all subsequent MU's), 3.1.1 releases of the HP 3PAR InForm Operating System.
• Adaptive Optimization is only supported for the 2.3.1 MU1 or later InForm Operating System.
• The maximum CPG size supported when region data sampling is enabled for Adaptive
Optimization is 250 TiB.
• The maximum Adaptive Optimization configuration size is limited to 125 TiB.
Database Selection
Before installing the HP 3PAR System Reporter, you must decide which database you are going to
use. System Reporter 2.9 MU1 supports the following databases:
• SQLite (default, included with System Reporter). SQLite databases have significant limitations that
you should consider before opting to use them. The main limitation is that because it uses very
coarse-grain locking, it is only suited for situations requiring smaller database size and limited
concurrency. If the database size is expected to grow to more than about 1GB or if reports are
run very frequently, we recommend using either MySQL or Oracle databases. SQLite is not
supported when sampling more than one HP 3PAR Storage System array.
• Microsoft SQL Server (not included) must be obtained and installed separate from HP 3PAR System
Reporter Software and can be run on a remote host. HP 3PAR System Reporter Software uses
ODBC to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server. HP 3PAR System Reporter Software does not
support Microsoft SQL Server through ODBC on Linux platforms.
• MySQL (not included), must be obtained and installed separate from System Reporter. MySQL
version 5.5 or later is supported. System Reporter uses MyISAM tables in MySQL. These tables
do not support transactions (which are not needed by System Reporter) and as a result have very
good performance even when they grow large. For very large databases and large sample sizes,
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