HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Reporting Center User's Guide (T5437-96025, November 2010)
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Reporting Center requirements
The Reporting Center console can be run on any of the Reporting Center server
operating systems listed below or on a Windows XP machine. The Reporting Center
server must meet all of the following requirements.
l Operating system—The Reporting Center server can be installed on any of the
following operating systems.
l Microsoft Windows 2008 or 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
l Microsoft Windows 7
l Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or later
l Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard or Advanced with Service Pack 4
l SQL Server—You can use the SQLServer 2005 Express database included with
Reporting Center, or you can connect to an existing Microsoft SQL 2000 or 2005
server. If you are using SQLServer 2000, you must have Service Pack 4 or later. If
you are using SQLServer 2005, you must have Service Pack 2 or later.
l Microsoft .NET Framework—Reporting Center requires Microsoft .NETversion
2.0.x or 3.5.1. These versions are not included in the .NETversion 4.0 release.
Therefore, even if you have .NETversion 4.0 installed, you will also need version
2.0.x or 3.5.1. You can install the 3.5.1 version from the Storage Mirroring
Reporting Center CD or from a copy you have obtained manually from the
Microsoft web site.
l Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)—You must have Microsoft Data
Access Components version 2.8 with Service Pack 1 or later.
l System memory—You should have at least 1 GB of system memory.
l Disk space—You should have at least 10 GB of free space.
l Processor—You should have at least an Intel P4-compatible CPU running at 1.2
GHz or higher
l Storage Mirroring servers—In most cases, you can run Reporting Center on a
Storage Mirroring server. However, there may be cases where a Storage Mirroring
hotfix applied to a Storage Mirroring server may cause incompatibilities with
Reporting Center. In that case, you will have to run Reporting Center from a
separate machine. Contact technical support if you have a hotfix on your Storage
Mirroring server that is running Reporting Center.