HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.2 Install Guide (T1789-96317, May 2011)

Figure 1 P9000 Performance Advisor setup
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Additionally, the P9000 Performance Advisor also provides P9000Watch, P9000Sketch, and
P9000Info. For a brief description of these tools, see Table 1 on page 13.
IMPORTANT:
The P9000Watch, P9000Sketch, and P9000Info were called XPWatch, XPSketch, and XPInfo in the
pre-5.0 versions.
Installation work flow
In a typical installation, you need to install P9000 Performance Advisor on the management station
followed by the host agents on the respective hosts. To install P9000 Performance Advisor and the
host agents, complete the following steps:
1. Complete the prerequisites to install P9000 Performance Advisor.
2. Install P9000 Performance Advisor on a management station.
3. Verify that P9000 Performance Advisor services have started and you are able to login using
your credentials.
4. Verify that you have received the license entitlement certificate, generate, and add license in
P9000 Performance Advisor.
5. Complete the prerequisites to install the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents.
6. Install the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents on the respective hosts.
7. Verify that the P9000 Performance Advisor host agent services have started and you are able to
view the host agent details in P9000 Performance Advisor GUI.
8. Verify that you are able to perform configuration and performance data collections.
P9000 Performance Advisor provides a checklist that guides you through installation, initial
configuration and performance data collection. Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that
you have completed the appropriate prerequisites and tasks mentioned in the checklist. For more
information, see “Installation checklist for installing P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 15.
Overview of P9000 Performance Advisor10