HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide (TB581-96063, September 2011)

Prerequisites for database file storage locations (new installations only)

You can change the default database file storage destination for P9000 Command View AE Software.

If you change the destination, ensure that the absolute path and location adhere to the restrictions in

Table 2.

Table 2 Database file storage path and location requirements

RequirementsCondition

90 bytes maximumAbsolute path length

Windows:

A through Z, a through z, 0 through 9, periods (.), underscores (_), left parentheses

( ( ), right parentheses ( ) ), single-byte spaces, backslashes (\), and colons (:)

Linux:

A through Z, a through z, 0 through9, periods (.), underscores (_), and forward

slashes (/)

Allowable characters

Windows:

• Do not include consecutive spaces.

• Do not include a period or space at the end of a folder name.

• Do not use parentheses, except when the path includes the Program Files

(x86) directory.

• Do not include a symbolic link and junction for the installation folder.

• Do not specify the destination as a folder directly under a drive (such as D:\).

Windows (IPF or x64):

Do not specify any of the following folders as the installation destination because

the product that isinstalled comprises 32-bit applications:

• The folder that is specified by the %ProgramFiles% environment variable or a

folder under that folder

• The folder that is specified by the %CommonProgramFiles% environment vari-

able or a folder under that folder

• The Windows-system-folder\system32 folder or a folder under that folder

Linux:

Do not include a path delimiter (/) at the end of the directory path.

Other conditions