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

• Hard disk space check: Verifies whether 64 GB free space is available in the PADB location
and also verifies whether 8 GB free space is available in the Performance Advisor install
location, else displays a warning message.
• Physical memory check: Verifies whether 1 GB of physical memory is available on the system,
else displays a warning message.
• PA database check: Verifies the connection to Oracle database. If connection is not possible,
the tool displays an error message.
During this check, the tool uses the PADB_HOME variable to connect to Oracle database to
ensure that the value of the variable is correct. If the Oracle database is not initialized, the
tool recommends to run oracledb helper tool.
• PA database tables check: Verifies whether the PA v5.5 tables are created.
NOTE: HP XP P9000 Installation Assistant does not check for all the PA tables but some
tables to ensure that database installation/upgrade is successful.
• JAVA heap size check: Verifies if the Java minimum heap size is less than 128 MB and the
maximum heap size is less than 256 MB, else displays an error message.
Pre upgrade scenario
If HP XP P9000 Installation Assistant detects that an earlier version of HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor is installed on the system, the Pre-Upgrade tab is enabled, and the following tests are
performed:
Performing checks using the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Installation Assistant 15