HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.5 Install Guide (T1789-96339, February 2013)

9 Upgrading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host
agents
This chapter describes upgrading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Windows and UNIX host
agents. The upgrade process is described in the following topics:
• “Downloading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents and HP XP P9000Info
software” (page 72)
• “Verifying if the host agents appear in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor” (page 82)
Downloading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents and HP
XP P9000Info software
For more information, see “Downloading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents and
HP XP P9000Info software” (page 72).
Upgrading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents
To upgrade the current host agent version to v5.5, you must have one of the following versions:
v5.3, v5.3.1, 5.4, or 5.4.1 installed on your host. To upgrade to v5.3 or v5.4, see the HP XP
P9000 Performance Advisor Software Installation Guide provided on installation disk 2 in the
respective software bundles. To upgrade to v5.3.1 or v5.4.1, see the HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor Software Release Notes provided in the respective patch bundles. You can upgrade to
v5.3.1 or v5.4.1 only from v5.3 or v5.4 respectively.
Alternatively, you can remove the existing host agent version and install the v5.5 host agent.
IMPORTANT:
• By default, port 80 is reserved on the management station for the HP XP P9000 Performance
advisor and host agent communication during the host agent upgrade. So, you might
experience connectivity issues in scenarios where you installed HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor and upgraded the UNIX host agent. The connectivity issue can arise only if you
specified a port number other than port 80 when installing HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor
installation. To resolve port conflict issues, see the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software
Troubleshooting and FAQs Guide. For document download information, see “Related
information” (page 118).
• If you want to upgrade the Windows host agent installed in a location other than the following
default installation location, <Installation_Drive>:\Program Files\
Hewlett-Packard\xppa, remove the existing version and then install the v5.5 host agent.
For more information, see the Notes section in the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Release
Notes. For document download location, see “Related information” (page 118).
• If you are upgrading a HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor LINUX host agent, you have to
remove the existing version of the host agent and install the latest version. For more information,
see “Removing a UNIX host agent” (page 113).
Windows host agent upgrade
To upgrade the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Windows host agent:
1. Unzip the host agent .tar file (XPPA_HA_WINDOWS_32.tar) using the WinZip or the WinRAR
tool.
2. Run the setup.exe file.
The Welcome screen appears.
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