HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.3.1-00 Installation and Configuration Guide

Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ 9
1 Overview ........................................................................................ 11
About basic system configurations .............................................................................................. 11
Prerequisites for basic configurations .......................................................................................... 12
DVD installations ..................................................................................................................... 13
Programs installed by storage administrators .......................................................................... 13
Programs installed by server administrators ............................................................................ 13
2 HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite server
installation ......................................................................................... 15
Planning for server installation .................................................................................................... 15
Server installation conditions .............................................................................................. 15
Server installation path name restrictions (new installations only) .............................................. 16
Database file storage path name restrictions (new installations only) ......................................... 17
Management server information .......................................................................................... 18
Memory heap size ............................................................................................................ 18
Database file backup and export locations ........................................................................... 20
Command View AE Suite server installation preparations .............................................................. 20
Avoiding port conflicts ....................................................................................................... 21
Prerequisites for the management server (Linux) ...................................................................... 21
About setting kernel parameters and shell restrictions (Linux) .................................................... 21
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux /etc/sysctl.conf values ........................................ 22
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 /etc/security/limits.conf values ......................... 24
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 /etc/security/limits.conf values ......................... 25
Recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 /etc/security/limits.d/90-nproc.conf values ......... 26
Recommended SUSE Linux Enterprise Server /etc/sysctl.conf values .................................. 27
Recommended SUSE Linux Enterprise Server /etc/security/limits.conf values ...................... 29
Modifying kernel parameter values and shell restrictions .................................................. 30
Registering firewall exceptions (Linux) ................................................................................... 30
Command View AE Suite server installation .................................................................................. 31
Server installation prerequisites ........................................................................................... 31
Prerequisite checker .................................................................................................... 31
Installing Command View AE Suite on Windows ................................................................... 31
Installing Command View AE Suite on Linux .......................................................................... 32
Post-installation tasks (new installation) ........................................................................................ 32
Verifying the installation ..................................................................................................... 33
Registering licenses ........................................................................................................... 33
Changing the system account password ............................................................................... 33
Creating user accounts ...................................................................................................... 33
Roles ............................................................................................................................... 34
User permissions ............................................................................................................... 34
Built-in user groups ............................................................................................................ 35
About post-installation tasks (overwrite or upgrade) ....................................................................... 36
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