8.14.01 HP Utility Meter User's Guide (June 2009)

1.2 What is New for Version 8.14.01

Version 8.14.01 of the Utility Meter software is the fifth release of the Utility Meter 8.x software. Version

8.14.01 includes the following changes:

• Multi-Tiering inventory support for EVA storage with this information displayed on the URS portal.

• Addition of SAN Port metering functionality.

• Storage reports are now produced every 2 hours instead of every 24 hours.

1.3 Recommended Hardware

CAUTION: The hardware used to run the Utility Meter 8.14.01 software must be used exclusively for the

Utility Meter software application. That is, no other software applications or services are allowed on the

Utility Meter hardware.

The Utility Meter 8.14.01 software runs on many HP Integrity servers. HP recommends the following minimum

Utility Meter hardware:

Table 1-1 Recommended Minimum Hardware

NetworkingPeripheralStorageMemoryOperating SystemServer Model

One Ethernet portDVD ROM2 x 72 GB in RAID 1

2 GBHP-UX 11i v2 or

HP-UX 11i v3

rx2660

1 To increase redundancy, the two disks are placed in a RAID1 configuration using a hardware RAID controller, such as the HP

Smart Array Controller.

1.3.1 Swapping Utility Meter Hardware

If you want to change the current Utility Meter hardware from one HP-UX server to another, you need to

contact an HP services representative to perform this task.

1.3.2 Disk Space Requirements

Depending on whether Pay per use (PPU) servers or Utility Ready Storage (URS) devices, or both, are metered

by the Utility Meter, the /opt and /var directories must have enough disk space allocated.

The /opt directory stores files used by the Utility Meter. The /opt directory is a fixed size after the installation

of the Utility Meter software, and requires a minimum of 2.5 GB of disk space allocated.

The Utility Meter's /var directory serves as a repository to store the reports that are created and sent to HP

and must have enough space allocated to accommodate the Utility Meter's usage reports. The size of the

Utility Meter's /var directory depends on how many PPU partitions, URS disk arrays, or URS SAN switches

1.2 What is New for Version 8.14.01 17