HP StorageWorks P9000 Application Performance Extender Software User Guide (5697-0984, September 2012)

Contents

1 Overview ....................................................................................... 11

Functional representation ........................................................................................................... 12

2 Installing and removing P9000 Application Performance Extender .......... 13

Installing the management station ............................................................................................... 13

Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................... 14

Install instructions ............................................................................................................... 14

Verifying installation on the management station .............................................................. 14

Installing the communication agent ............................................................................................. 15

Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................... 15

Installing the communication agent on HP-UX and Linux (x86 and x86_64) hosts ........................ 16

Installing the communication agent on a Linux IA64 host ......................................................... 17

Verifying communication agent installation on HP-UX and Linux hosts .................................. 17

Installing the communication agent on a Windows host ........................................................... 18

Verifying communication agent installation on a Windows host .......................................... 18

Installing the controller ............................................................................................................... 18

Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................... 19

Installing the controller on HP-UX and Linux (x86 and x86_64) hosts ......................................... 19

Installing the controller on a Linux IA64 host .......................................................................... 19

Verifying controller installation on HP-UX and Linux hosts ................................................... 20

Installing the controller on a Windows host ............................................................................ 20

Verifying controller installation on a Windows host ........................................................... 20

Upgrading P9000 Application Performance Extender .................................................................... 21

Upgrading the management station ...................................................................................... 21

Management station upgrade support ............................................................................ 21

Upgrading the communication agent .................................................................................... 22

Communication agent upgrade support .......................................................................... 22

Upgrading the controller ..................................................................................................... 23

Controller upgrade support ........................................................................................... 23

Removing P9000 Application Performance Extender ...................................................................... 25

Removing the management station ........................................................................................ 25

Removing the communication agent ...................................................................................... 25

Removing the communication agent on HP-UX and Linux hosts ........................................... 25

Removing communication agent on a Windows host ........................................................ 26

Removing the controller ....................................................................................................... 26

Removing the controller on HP-UX and Linux hosts ............................................................ 26

Removing the controller on a Windows host .................................................................... 26

3 Licensing P9500 disk arrays .............................................................. 27

License screen .......................................................................................................................... 28

Instant-on license ...................................................................................................................... 28

Instant-on license activation ........................................................................................................ 29

Instant-on license expiration ....................................................................................................... 29

Grace period expiration ............................................................................................................ 30

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