HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software Installation Guide (v6.1) Abstract This document describes how to install and configure the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software. This document is intended for users and HP service providers who have knowledge of the HP XP7 Performance Advisor and XP7 disk arrays hardware, software, and storage systems. For the latest release information on this product, see the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software Release Notes.
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Contents 1 Overview of HP XP7 Performance Advisor......................................................6 HP XP7 Performance Advisor resources........................................................................................6 Installation work flow................................................................................................................7 Upgrade work flow.................................................................................................................
Verifying installed JRE version..............................................................................................62 Configuring HP XP7 Performance Advisor related settings........................................................63 Launching HP XP7 Performance Advisor................................................................................64 Viewing product license entitlement certificate for existing customers.........................................
Post removal instructions........................................................................................................111 12 Installing Oracle patches and security updates..........................................112 13 Support and other resources...................................................................115 Contacting HP......................................................................................................................115 Related information............................
1 Overview of HP XP7 Performance Advisor The HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software (HP XP7 Performance Advisor) is a web-based application that collects, monitors, and displays the performance of your XP, P9000 and XP7 disk arrays.
Figure 1 HP XP7 Performance Advisor setup Additionally, the HP XP7 Performance Advisor also provides HP XPWatch, HP XPSketch, and HP XPInfo. For a brief description of these tools, see “HP XP7 Performance Advisor utilities” (page 9). Installation work flow In a typical installation, you need to install HP XP7 Performance Advisor on the management station followed by the host agents on the respective hosts. To install HP XP7 Performance Advisor and the host agents, complete the following steps: 1.
“Installation work flow” (page 7) illustrates the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation work flow.
In “Installation work flow” (page 7), the CLUI, HP XPWatch, HP XPSketch, and HP XPInfo are additional utilities provided with HP XP7 Performance Advisor. “HP XP7 Performance Advisor utilities” (page 9) provides a brief description of these utilities. The HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software Installation Guide covers only the end-to-end installation and upgrade of the HP XP7 Performance Advisor, and host agents.
Table 1 HP XP7 Performance Advisor utilities (continued) HP XP7 Performance Advisor tools Description graphical representation of the performance metrics of different components, such as the ports, LDEVs, RAID groups, CPU, continuous access journals, and the DKC for a specified duration. In addition, HP XPSketch also provides a graphical representation of the MP blade utilization metrics for the XP7 disk arrays. The performance metrics of these components are stored in a comma separated file (.
Figure 2 HP XP7 Performance Advisor upgrade work flow Upgrade work flow 11
2 Understanding the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation prerequisites This chapter describes the prerequisites to install the HP XP7 Performance Advisor software and the host agents, and explains the installation checklist. For more information, see “HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents installation checklist” (page 19). To upgrade an existing version of HP XP7 Performance Advisor, see “HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents upgrade checklist” (page 100).
Pre installation scenario If HP XP7 Installation Assistant detects that HP XP7 Performance Advisor is not installed on the system, then the Pre-Install tab is enabled, and the following tests are performed: Figure 3 HP XP7 Installation Assistant — Pre-Install tab • Target Operating System check: Verifies whether the target operating system is compatible with HP XP7 Performance Advisor v6.1, else displays an error message.
Figure 4 HP XP7 Installation Assistant — Post Install tab • PA Services Status check: Verifies whether the following Performance Advisor services are installed and are running, else displays an error message.
Pre upgrade scenario If HP XP7 Installation Assistant detects that an earlier version of HP XP7 Performance Advisor is installed on the system, the Pre-Upgrade tab is enabled, and the following tests are performed: Figure 5 HP XP7 Installation Assistant — Pre-Upgrade tab • PA version check: Verifies whether the version of Performance Advisor is suitable to upgrade to PA v6.1 , that is, if the installed version is older than two versions, the tool displays an error message.
• Database version check: Connects to Oracle database and verifies whether the Oracle database version is suitable for upgrade. • 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. Post upgrade scenario If HP XP7 Installation Assistant detects that HP XP7 Performance Advisor v6.
• 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 new PA v6.
◦ HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database Job Scheduler ◦ HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database VSS Writer • PA environment variables check: Verifies whether the PADB_HOME and HPSS_HOME environment variables are deleted, else displays an error message. • Oracle files/registry entries left after un-installation check: Verifies whether the Oracle files/registry entries exist on the system. If they exist, the tool displays an error message.
• After installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents: This section lists the post-installation tasks and prerequisites that you must complete to login, and configure data collections in HP XP7 Performance Advisor. • Using HP XP7 Performance Advisor: This section lists the procedures to collect configuration and performance data from your XP, P9500 and XP7 disk arrays.
Table 2 HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents installation checklist (continued) If you plan to install a UNIX host agent, verify whether the supported JRE version is installed and if the JAVA path is pointing to the installed location on your host. For more information, see “Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents” (page 35). For a Windows host agent, the compatible JRE version is automatically installed.
Table 2 HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents installation checklist (continued) Configure your web browser to not use any web proxy servers. For more information, see For more information, see “Configuring the web browser proxy server settings” (page 34). Installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents Install the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents. At this point, return to the respective HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents installation procedures for the host agents you want to install.
1. 2. 3. “Collecting information about the XP and the XP7 disk arrays that you will monitor” (page 22) “Determining the management station and host requirements” (page 22) “Preparing the XP, P9000 or the XP7 disk arrays and determining their data collection schedules” (page 24) Collecting information about the XP and the XP7 disk arrays that you will monitor 1. 2. Determine the number of logical devices (LDEVs) for each XP, P9500 and XP7 disk arrays.
Table 3 Large XP, P9500 and XP7 disk array configurations Management Station Host Agent # Arrays Managed # LDEVs RAID Group Data Components Collection Frequency 1 1 4 65K 30 mins LDEVs 1 2 8 130K 45 mins LDEVs 1 4 13 148K 60 mins LDEVs For collecting DKC and the port data, you must set the data collection frequency to 10 minutes.
Example 1 Determining the disk space requirements for HP XP7 Performance Advisor Consider that the XP7 and the XP disk arrays, P9500 and XP24000 are monitored by the HP XP7 Performance Advisor management station.
collection occurs for all the XP, P9000 and the XP7 disk arrays not every 15 minutes of the hour, but at varied points of time in the day.
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor + HP Storage Essentials • HP XP7 Performance Advisor Host Agent + Command View AE • HP XP7 Performance Advisor cannot coexist with applications that do not allow different application-specific Oracle database instances to coexist. For example, HP Storage Essentials does not allow another Oracle database instance to coexist with its specific instance.
NOTE: For additional database operations, HP recommends that 50 GB of free space be available on the drive where the HP XP7 Performance Advisor database (PADB) will be installed.
Getting the fully qualified domain name or IP address of your management station The fully qualified domain name consists of ([servername].[domain name]). To get the fully qualified domain name or the IP address of your management station: 1. Open the command prompt window on your management station. 2. Type ipconfig /all at the prompt.
Windows System Authentication The Windows System Authentication is required in the following case: 1. Your management station belongs to a Windows domain. 2. Your HP XP7 Performance Advisor users are a combination of local system users and group of users who belong to the same, or different domains. OR Your HP XP7 Performance Advisor users are a combination of local system users or group of users who belong to the same, or different domains.
IMPORTANT: • Note the LDAP Distinguished Names (DN)s for the StorageAdmins and StorageUsers groups. An LDAP group used with HP XP7 Performance Advisor must have the DNs of the group members available in an attribute of the group. • Note the UserBaseDN and GroupBaseDN required for HP XP7 Performance Advisor to allow authentication and authorization of users. ◦ UserBaseDN is the location in the LDAP tree that contains all the user entries.
Example 2 VSA added to User_1 profile in the HP XP7 PA administrators group: Vendor_ID=11 SubAttributeType=1 Attribute Value= XPPA: role=administrator (For HP XP7 Performance Advisor administrators: XPPA: role=administrator) Example 3 VSA added to User_2 profile in the HP XP7 PA users group: Vendor_ID=11 SubAttributeType=1 Attribute Value= XPPA: role=user (For HP XP7 Performance Advisor users: XPPA: role=user) For more information on implementing the above-mentioned types of authentication, see “Implementin
Description Microsoft Loopback Adapter Physical Address 02-00-4C-4F-4F-50 DHCP Enabled No IP Address 169.254.25.129 Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0 For more information on configuring Loopback Adapters, see “Installing a Loopback Adapter” (page 118). Static IP address To assign a static IP address, do the following: 1. Right-click My Network Places and select Properties. 2. In the Network Connections window, right-click the network that you are using and select Properties from the pop-up list. 3.
IMPORTANT: • If Adobe Flash Player v10.1.85.3 or later is installed on your management station, it blocks commonly reserved ports as a security measure to prevent unauthorized activities. If a port number is specified at the end of a URL, it is verified against the list of commonly reserved ports. If the port number matches any entry in the list, the network request will be rejected and a securityError event will be logged.
TCP 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 804 The last column of the output from the above command is the process identifier (PID), denoted by . In the example output, the PID is 804. To forcibly terminate the process which is using the port, execute the following command: TASKKILL /F /PID Following is an example for terminating the process that is using port 80: TASKKILL /F /PID Where, is replaced by the process identifier of the task currently using port 80.
HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent prerequisites This section describes the following host agent prerequisites that you must complete before installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents: • “Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents” (page 35) • “Configuring settings on Windows and UNIX hosts” (page 36) • “Creating and assigning command devices to host agents” (page 37) • “Mapping command devices” (page 40) • “Verifying host agent connectivity to a
prodClassId=-1&contentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=64180&prodTypeId=18964& prodSeriesId=64823. If you plan to install a UNIX host agent, ensure that you install the supported JRE version on your UNIX host before you being the host agent installation. Also, the Path environment variable on your host must point to the installed JRE location. To set the Java PATH, enter the following command in the command prompt window: export PATH=$PATH:/opt/java1.7/bin The PATH variable is set for the current session.
Setting up a Linux host Before installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent on a Linux host, ensure that the following prerequisites are completed: 1. You must have a root or superuser access to the host. 2. Configure the root or superuser account to allow remote access via the FTP services by completing the following steps: a. Run the /usr/sbin/ntsysv command and enable wu-ftpd b. Edit /etc/pam.d/ftp by commenting out the line with #: auth required /lib/security/pam_listfile.
NOTE: • For the XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000 Disk Array, configure the command devices as SLPR0 to report the full SLPR data. • For the XP24000 Disk Array and the XP7 disk arrays, you can also configure the ThP VVols as command devices. • The HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows and UNIX host agents can coexist with the RAID Manager. For further assistance, contact HP Technical Support.
NOTE: The LDEV CONFIG button in the LDEV Information display area is enabled only when you select a LDEV from the LDEV list. 5. In the LDEV Information display area, click LDEV CONFIG to enable the selected LDEV as a command device.
6. 7. 8. In the Edit Command Devices window that appears, click Enable for the following: • Command Device • Command Device Security • User Authentication • Device Group Definition Click Next. Enter a name for the task that the XP7 Remote Web Console creates. The task name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters. The LDEV record that you selected are displayed in the Selected LDEVs table. The Command Device column displays the status as Enabled. 9. Click Apply to confirm the settings.
12. Select the LDEV record from the list in the Available LDEVs table. You must be aware of the LDEV that is already chosen as a command device and which is associated with the selected port and host group. 13. Click Add. The selected LDEV record appears in the Selected LDEVs table. 14. Click Finish.
7. Retain the default selections on the subsequent screens. The Ready to Complete dialog box displays your current selection. 8. Click Finish. If you want to modify the current selection, click Back. The new hard disk is added to the Hardware list. You can proceed with the host agent installation. You can start requesting host updates and performing configuration and performance data collection.
3 Installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor This chapter describes the process of installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor on a management station.
3. The installation wizard verifies the following on your management station and takes the appropriate action: • If Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 or later is installed. If Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 or later is not installed, a message appears displaying that the required version is not available. Click OK on the message dialog box for the installation wizard to install Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5 (recommended version).
Read through the instructions displayed on the Welcome installation window. • To proceed with the installation, you must complete a set of installation prerequisites and tasks provided in a checklist that appears when you click Launch Checklist. For more information, see “Launching the HP XP7 Performance Advisor checklist” (page 45).
1. 2. 46 Select the I have referred to the checklist and completed the list of management station prerequisites for installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor. check box. Select the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Management Station 6.1 does not support the inband mode of configuration data collection check box.
3. Click Next. The Next button is enabled only when you select the check box. The HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation wizard verifies the available free disk space on your management station. If not enough free disk space is available, the installation wizard prompts you to free up the disk space and retry the installation. Upon clicking OK, the installation wizard exits. • If enough free disk space is available and if it is an upgrade, the process begins.
Complying with the End User License Agreement To review the license agreement and proceed with the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation: 1. Read the agreement displayed under the End User License Agreement (EULA). 2. If you agree to the terms and conditions, click I Accept the terms in the License Agreement. 3. Click Next to proceed.
Click Next to proceed. The IPv6 Configuration installation window appears. For more information on the next set of steps, see “Enabling IPv6 and configuring HTTP port for the management station” (page 49). Enabling IPv6 and configuring HTTP port for the management station By default, your management station is enabled to use IPv4 as its communication protocol. In addition to IPv4, you can enable IPv6 on your management station.
• LDAP Authentication. For more information on implementing this authentication, see “LDAP Authentication” (page 51). • RADIUS Authentication. For more information on implementing this authentication, see “RADIUS Authentication” (page 55). For more information on the prerequisites associated with these authentication methods, see “Determining the authentication type for HP XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 28).
Windows Domain based Authentication In this authentication method, enter the Domain Name and Group Name for the administrators and users. It is mandatory that you provide a domain name and group name each for both the administrators and users. Only users from these domain groups (global groups) are given the administrator and user privileges, and are authorized to log on to HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
1. Enter the required Server and Connection values. “LDAP server connection settings” (page 52) provides the description for each of the fields under the Server and Connection sections. Table 8 LDAP server connection settings Screen elements Description Server Address box and Port box Network name (or IP address) and Port # of the LDAP server to be used for authentication. The default port # is 636 for LDAP when SSL is enabled. The default port # is 389 for LDAP when SSL is not enabled.
Configuring the LDAP user search and filter, and group settings To configure the LDAP user search and filter settings, and group settings: Implementing the authentication method 53
1. Enter the required HP XP7 Performance Advisor User Search and Filter Settings and HP XP7 Performance Advisor Group Settings. “LDAP server User Search and Filter, and Group settings” (page 54) provides the description for the HP XP7 Performance Advisor User Search and Filter Settings and HP XP7 Performance Advisor Group Settings fields.
Table 9 LDAP server User Search and Filter, and Group settings (continued) Screen elements Description Group Search Filter box The LDAP filter to be used when searching for group entries in the LDAP directory, during user authorization.
1. Enter the required server connection values. “RADIUS server connection settings” (page 56) provides the description for each of the RADIUS fields. NOTE: Among the following settings, only the server address and shared secret values must be provided. The remaining values are pre-populated and should not be modified. Figure 13 Configure RADIUS Authentication Settings installation window Table 10 RADIUS server connection settings 2.
Sample RADIUS settings The entries enclosed in the tag correspond to respective fields in the Radius Settings screen. • RADIUS server address: 15.154.71.
Select the installation method based on your requirement: • Select Complete and click Next to continue with the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation. The Ready to Install window appears. For more information, see “Completing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation and next steps” (page 60). IMPORTANT: If there is not enough disk space available in , but is available in other disk volumes on your management station, the installation wizard displays an informational message.
TIP: For optimal performance, HP recommends that you install HP XP7 Performance Advisor on a disk volume other than where the Windows operating system is installed. Selecting HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents To select the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents that you want to install: 1. Click the + sign or the down arrow beside the Host Agents menu to view the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents for the following operating platforms: 2.
3. Select the type of installation that you want. The following installation options are available: This feature will be installed on the local drive (disk volume). This feature and all the sub features, will be installed on the local drive. This feature will be installed on the first use (only if the feature supports this option). This feature will not be installed. This feature will be installed to run from the network (only if the feature supports this option).
The appropriate status log is displayed on the Ready to Install window while the installation is in progress. When prompted, insert the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation disk 2 to continue with the installation. The database is created in the location that you specified on the Database Location Specification installation window. The Installation Complete window appears after the installation. Click Finish to view the important licensing information on HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
After accessing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor, do one of the following based on whether you have performed an installation or upgrade: • Return to the installation checklist to complete the remaining prerequisites and checklist items for installing the host agents. For more information, see “Installation checklist for HP XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 18). • Return to the upgrade checklist to complete the remaining prerequisites and checklist items for upgrading the host agents.
Configuring HP XP7 Performance Advisor related settings Configure the following settings as appropriate on your web client or management station after installing or upgrading HP XP7 Performance Advisor. It includes creating and adding users as administrators, or users for the different authentication types. Configuring the web browser web proxy server settings If not already done, configure the IE browser's web proxy server settings on your system from where you want to access HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
NOTE: You cannot add other local groups that reside on your management station to the HP Storage Admin or the HP Storage Users groups. After the above-mentioned settings are configured, launch HP XP7 Performance Advisor. For more information, see “Launching HP XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 64). Launching HP XP7 Performance Advisor IMPORTANT: • Ensure that Adobe Flash Player and Flash Player Plugin, v10.1.85.
2. Enter your user name and password. HP XP7 Performance Advisor authenticates your credentials based on the authentication type you selected while installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor. Your site or system administrator will have information on the authentication type configured on the management station. For more information on authentication types, see “Implementing the authentication method” (page 49).
• Additional PA LTU that you purchased • Internal raw disk capacity or usable capacity that the LTU supports IMPORTANT: • The internal raw disk capacity is applicable only for the XP disk arrays. It refers to the total capacity of all the RAID groups created on your XP disk array and excludes the disk capacity occupied by the external RAID groups and pool volumes, such as the ThP pools and the VVols.
9. Add the Permanent license to HP XP7 Performance Advisor: a. Log on to HP XP7 Performance Advisor. For more information, see “Launching HP XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 64). b. In the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Home screen, click PA and DB Settings+License in the left pane. The License screen appears. c. d. e. Click Browse in the Add New License File section. Navigate to the folder where the license (.dat) file is stored. Select the license that you want to add and click Open.
License management in installation and upgrade scenarios “License management during installation or upgrade” (page 68) provides the different license management scenarios. Table 11 License management during installation or upgrade Installation or upgrade License management When you install HP XP7 Performance Advisor v6.1 for the first time You are provided an Instant-on license, which is automatically enabled after installation.
4 Installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents This chapter describes the process to install HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows and UNIX host agents.
8. Install or upgrade the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents on the respective operating system hosts.
Enabling IPv6 and configuring HTTP port for the Windows host agent Enable your HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows host agent to use IPv6 as the communication protocol, if the HP XP7 Performance Advisor is also enabled for IPv6. Ensure that both the HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents communicate using the same protocol, either IPv4 or IPv6. Also, configure the HTTP port that the host agent should use to communicate with HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
NOTE: These verification tests only help you to verify if the details provided are accurate. Even if the tests are not successful, the host agent installation does not stop. You can rectify the errors and proceed with the installation, or complete the installation and then resolve the validity and connectivity issues. For more information on resolving errors later, see “Resolving validity, connectivity, and GUID configuration errors after installation” (page 72).
2. 3. host system. If it is a custom install location, the file is available in the :\\hostagent\config folder. Edit the following fields based on which one has an incorrect entry: ◦ ManagementStation.Hostname=, where you provide a valid DNS or IP address. ◦ http.port, where you provide the port number of the management station with which your Windows host agent should communicate.
In addition to the above-mentioned, you can also do the following: ◦ View the description for each program feature that you want to install. Clicking a program feature displays a brief description and the amount of disk space required to install it, in the Feature Description frame. ◦ Choose a location on your host to install the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent.
Based on whether you have performed an installation or upgrade, do one of the following: • Return to the installation checklist to complete the remaining checklist items. For more information, see “HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents installation checklist” (page 19). • Return to the upgrade checklist to complete the remaining checklist items. For more information, see “HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents upgrade checklist” (page 100).
3. Untar the host agent .tar file: tar -xvf XPPA_HA_.tar 4. Run the installation script: unix_local_install.sh The installation script, for UNIX hosts, displays a series of prompts. Respond to these prompts as appropriate for your environment. 5. Click Y to continue. Enabling the UNIX host agent to use IPv6 Enable your HP XP7 Performance Advisor UNIX host agent to use IPv6 as the communication protocol, if the HP XP7 Performance Advisor is also enabled for IPv6.
You can also verify that the host agent log file is created, by typing the following command at the prompt: /opt/xppa/hostagent/log/ The name of the log file is prefixed with the date and time, that is yyyy-MM-dd_hh-mm-ss_PerformanceAdvisorXP.log. For example, 2009-09-16_09-22-08_PerformanceAdvisorXP.log Based on whether you have performed an installation or upgrade, do one of the following: • Return to the installation checklist to complete the remaining checklist items.
Executing the OpenVMS Integrity Server host agent installer IMPORTANT: • Before you begin the installation, use HP XPInfo to verify that the connectivity to the command device is established. For more information, see “Verifying host agent connectivity to a command device” (page 42). • Ensure that the TCP/IP services are running on the OpenVMS host. • The JRE v1.6.0–2.p1 is bundled along with the OpenVMS Integrity Server host agent software.
NOTE: The PerformanceAdvisorXP.log file cannot be opened when the host agent and realtime services are active on an OpenVMS Integrity Server (IA-64) host. To view the log file, stop the services, navigate to the hostagent/log/ folder, and then open the PerformanceAdvisorXP.log file. For more information on stopping the host agent and realtime services, see “Starting, stopping, and restarting host agent services” (page 121).
3. Click the Host Information tab on the Array View screen. The HP XP7 Performance Advisor host-specific details appear in the Host Information table: Screen elements Description Host Displays the system name of the host. OS Displays the operating system installed on the host and its current version. HA Version Displays the version of the host agent installed on the host. RMLib Version Displays the RAID Manager Library version installed on the host.
d. e. f. g. h. Log on to the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group. Open the Computer Management console by clicking Start+Run+compmgmt.msc, and press the Enter key. Under Storage in the left pane, select Disk Management. In the right pane, select a command device from the list of command devices displayed by the HP XPInfo command (see “XPInfo –i command” (page 80)). Right-click the command device and select New Partition.
6. 7. In the Array View screen, select the host agent record in the Host Information table, and click Request Info. After the Status column displays Received for the selected host agent record, click the Configuration Collection or Performance Collection tab. The text GUID is appended to the file names of those command devices on which the GUIDs are created. The HP XP7 Performance Advisor configuration and performance data collection through such command device files uses \\?\Volume {GUID}.
5 Configuring SSL settings for HP XP7 Performance Advisor You can configure SSL settings for HP XP7 Performance Advisor using the unsigned or the signed approach. Unsigned approach You can generate unsigned SSL certificates on the server and add them to the JRE's trusted list of certificates to enable SSL on a HP XP7 Performance Advisor. The advantage with this method is that it does not need a Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificate.
NOTE: JavaC is required to compile the InstallCert program on the host agent server. When you compile the program, ensure that it is named as InstallCert. 2. Compile the downloaded java file using the following command: <%JAVA_HOME%>\bin\javaC InstallCert.java NOTE: During compilation, if the following exception is displayed at the command prompt UnsupportedOperationException, perform the following steps: a. Open the installCert.java file. b.
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1056) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1040) at InstallCert.main(InstallCert.java:87) Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:285) at sun.security.validator.
5. Move the keystore created in the previous step to the following location <%JAVA_HOME%>/ bin/jre/lib/security using the # mv jssecacerts /opt/java6/jre/lib/security/ command. • The default locations for windows and non windows are listed below: 6. • C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\xppa\jre\lib\security • /opt/java6/jre/lib/security/ Use the InstallCert program to verify if the new trusted site is working properly. # /opt/java6/bin/java InstallCert abc.domain.company.
Management Station To configure SSL settings in your management station perform the following steps: NOTE: As an example we have provided the below mentioned procedure, where the vendor is verisign. Hence, the procedure might change based on the vendor's discretion. 1. From the management station generate the private key: Navigate to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_33\bin C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.
Where ever the password is prompted the password provided is “changeit” Enter keystore password: Owner: CN=VeriSign Trial Secure Server Root CA - G2, OU="For Test Purposes Only. No assurances.", O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US Issuer: CN=VeriSign Trial Secure Server Root CA - G2, OU="For Test Purposes Only . No assurances.", O="VeriSign, Inc.
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NOTE: The alias name in this command must be the same as the alias name used during the generation of the private key and CSR. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_33\bin> keytool -import -alias tomcat -keystore c:\hpss\pa\tomcat\conf\keystore -trustcacerts -file c:\HPSS\pa\tomcat\conf\sslcert.cer Where ever the password is prompted the password provided is “changeit” Enter keystore password: Certificate rely was installed in keystore C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.
> Comment out the following: d. Start the Performance Advisor services. Host Agent For information on configuring SSL using the signed approach for host agent, see “Host Agent” (page 83).
6 Using HP XP7 Performance Advisor After installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor and the host agents, start collecting the configuration and the performance data for the XP and the XP7 disk arrays. You can initiate configuration data collection for only one XP or XP7 disk array at a time, and select only one command device through which you can collect data for the XP or the XP7 disk array.
Collecting configuration data You can create a one-time configuration data collection or schedule it on a periodic basis. The procedure described here is for scheduling a configuration data collection. IMPORTANT: • Select only one command device from an XP, P9000 or an XP7 disk array to perform the configuration data collection for that array. • When a configuration data collection is in progress for an XP, P9000 or an XP7 disk array, do not initiate another configuration data collection for that array.
Figure 19 Configuration Data Collection 5. 6. Select the Collection Schedule as hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. By default, the collection is scheduled weekly, every sunday at 00:00 hours. If you selected an XP disk array and outband mode of configuration data collection: • Manually enter the SVP IP address in the SVP IP Address text box and proceed to next step to initiate the configuration data collection.
enable the associated performance data collection schedules to automatically collect data for the new components (RAID groups and ports). IMPORTANT: If the configuration data collection fails due to an error, the Collection Status displays . The reason for the error is displayed as a tool tip. After completing the configuration data collection, start collecting the performance data for the XP or the XP7 disk array. For more information, see “Collecting performance data” (page 95).
existing set of records are automatically sorted to display the records for the selected XP or the XP7 disk array at the beginning of the Performance Collection table. The records for the selected XP, P9000 or XP7 disk array are highlighted for your reference. 3. 4. 5. In the Performance Collection table, select the XP, P9000 or the XP7 disk array, for which you want to schedule performance data. Click Create.
SNAP Group(s) Displays the snapshot volumes. CA Journal Group(s) Displays the continuous access journal volumes. External RG(s) Displays the external RAID groups connected to the selected XP, P9000 or the XP7 disk array. NOTE: • Selecting a ThP, snapshot, or a continuous access journal volume also provides the respective volume pool information.
immediately, and the next collection is 15 minutes later, at 10.27 a.m. The subsequent collection take place every 15 minutes after that. The Stagger Schedule ensures that the load on the management server is balanced, because the data collection occurs for all the XP, P9000 and the XP7 disk arrays at varied points of time in the day and not every 15 minutes of the hour. 10.
7 Understanding the HP XP7 Performance Advisor upgrade prerequisites This chapter describes the prerequisites to upgrade the HP XP7 Performance Advisor software and the host agents, and explains the upgrade checklist. For more information, see “HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents upgrade checklist” (page 100). To install HP XP7 Performance Advisor, see “HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents installation checklist” (page 19).
• Upgrading HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents: This section directs you to the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents upgrade procedures for the host agents you want to upgrade. • After installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents: This section lists the post-upgrade tasks and prerequisites that you must complete to login, and configure data collections in HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
Table 12 HP XP7 Performance Advisor and host agents upgrade checklist (continued) Reconfigure the email and alarm notification settings on the management station to receive alarms, reports, and data collection failure notifications. For more information, see “Reconfigure the email and alarm settings on your management station” (page 104). Based on the host agents you want to install, download the respective host agent files to the respective hosts.
IMPORTANT: Ensure that the following prerequisites are completed before you begin the upgrade: • Adequate free disk space (at least double the size of the existing database) is available on the , where you intend to perform the upgrade. For example, if HP XP7 Performance Advisor is installed on the C:\ drive, ensure that adequate free disk space is available on C:\ before proceeding with the upgrade.
8 Upgrading HP XP7 Performance Advisor This chapter describes upgrading the current version of HP XP7 Performance Advisor to its latest version.
IMPORTANT: • If the upgrade does not complete, the installation wizard will automatically perform a roll-back of HP XP7 Performance Advisor to the earlier version, from where you had initiated the upgrade. • The HP XP7 Performance Advisor v6.1 installer log details are available in the PA_Install.log file in the :\XP7_PA_Install_Log path, where refers to the drive on which the operating system is installed. For the PA_Install.log to open, Windows Installer v4.
9 Upgrading the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents This chapter describes upgrading the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows and UNIX host agents.
The Setup Completed Successfully screen appears, indicating the completion of the upgrade process. After the upgrade, verify that the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows host agent services have started. Additionally, you must complete the remaining post-installation prerequisites and tasks for using HP XP7 Performance Advisor. For more information, see “HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows host agent post-installation steps” (page 74).
10 Modifying or repairing HP XP7 Performance Advisor After installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor or the host agents, modify the settings that you selected during the installation.
Modifying HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows host agent program features You can select the real-time component and install it for your HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent, or remove the already installed real-time component on your host. To modify the current HP XP7 Performance Advisor program features for your Windows host agent: 1. Run the setup.exe installation script. For more information, see “Executing the Windows host agent installer” (page 70). The Welcome installation window appears. 2.
11 Removing HP XP7 Performance Advisor To remove HP XP7 Performance Advisor, you must first remove the host agent from each host, and then remove HP XP7 Performance Advisor from the management station. IMPORTANT: • Ensure that the following are completed before you proceed: No other user is accessing the folders in the \HPSS (%HPSS_HOME%) folder on the management station and the \ Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\XPPA\hostagent folder on the respective hosts.
4. Click Yes to remove the RAID Manager Library. If the RAID Manager Library functions are being shared by some other application, click No to retain it. Removing a UNIX host agent To remove the host agent from hosts other than Windows, complete the following steps: 1. Telnet to the remote host as root. 2. Navigate to the tmp directory. 3. Untar the host agent .tar file by entering: tar -xvf hostagent_.tar 4. Run the uninstall script by entering: unix_local_uninstall.
NOTE: • Ensure that 1 GB free space is available in the management station’s TEMP folder. (TEMP folder here refers to the folder defined by the user or system environment variable named TEMP). • During the un-installation process, the installation wizard stops and starts the Distributed Transaction Coordinator service, which is a Windows-based service. To remove the HP XP7 Performance Advisor management station: 1. From the Control Panel in Windows, click Add/Remove Programs. 2.
12 Installing Oracle patches and security updates This section describes the Oracle patch installation procedure to apply the latest patches and security features for the Oracle instance that is installed with HP XP7 Performance Advisor. It is not mandatory to install the patches. It is required only if you want to meet the security compliance standards of Oracle within your organization.
4. Ensure that the following services are stopped: • Distributed Transaction Coordinator • HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database • HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database Job Scheduler By default, this service is disabled. • HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database Listener • HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database VSS Writer • HP XP7 Performance Advisor Monitor • HP XP7 Performance Advisor Security • HP XP7 Performance Advisor Tomcat To stop the above mentioned services, do the following: a.
NOTE: Re-running the Oracle patch installer when it is already installed displays the following error message: The Oracle patch application process for HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software failed. For more information, inspect the __OraclePatch.log and opatch.log located under . The installation wizard will exit now. You can ignore the above error.
13 Support and other resources Contacting HP HP technical support For world wide technical support information, see the HP support website: http://www.hp.
Websites • HP.com http://www.hp.com • HP Storage http://www.hp.com/go/storage • HP Manuals http://www.hp.com/support/manuals • HP download drivers and software http://www.hp.com/support/downloads • HP Software Depot http://www.software.hp.
Typographic conventions Table 13 Document conventions Convention Element Blue text: Table 13 (page 117) Cross-reference links and email addresses Blue, underlined text: http://www.hp.
A Installing a Loopback Adapter IMPORTANT: The procedures provided here for installing the Loopback Adapter on different Windows versions are directly taken from the Oracle documentation. For the latest information on Loopback Adapter, see the Oracle website: http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/B10130_02/ reqs.htm. When you install a Loopback Adapter, it assigns a local IP address for your computer.
8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. In the Select Network Adapter window, do the following: a. Manufacturers: Select Microsoft. b. Network Adapter: Select Microsoft Loopback Adapter. c. Click Next. In The wizard is ready to install your hardware window, click Next. In the Completing the Add Hardware Wizard window, click Finish. If you are using Windows 2003, restart your computer. Right-click My Network Places on the desktop and select Properties.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Open the Windows Control Panel. Double-click Add Hardware to start the Add Hardware wizard. In the Welcome window, click Next. In The wizard can help you install other hardware window, select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list, and click Next. From the list of hardware types, select the type of hardware you are installing window, select Network adapters, and click Next. In the Select Network Adapter window, do the following: a. Manufacturers: Select Microsoft.
B Starting, stopping, and restarting host agent services This section describes the procedures to start, stop, or restart Windows, UNIX, and OpenVMS Integrity Server (IA–64) host agent and real-time services: IMPORTANT: • When a Windows host agent service is started, stopped, or restarted using the Start+Programs+HP XP7 Performance Advisor+HP XP7 Performance Advisor Host Agent menu, the real-time service is also automatically started, stopped, or restarted.
To stop the UNIX host agent and real-time services: • To stop the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Hostagent service, type /opt/xppa/hostagent/sbin/xppa stop in the command prompt window. • To stop the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Realtime Server service, type /opt/xppa/realtime/xpparealtime stop in the command prompt window. IMPORTANT: To fasten the process of stopping the UNIX host agent services, do the following before executing the above-mentioned commands: 1. Open the XPPA file in the VI editor.
Glossary A Array Control Processor (ACP) ACP is used in the XP disk arrays prior to the XP24000 Disk Array. With the introduction of the XP24000 Disk Array, the DKA has replaced ACP. The DKA is also applicable for the XP7 disk arrays. ACP handles the transfer of data between the cache and the physical drives held in the DKUs. The ACPs work in pairs, providing a total of eight SCSI buses. Each SCSI bus associated with one ACP is paired with a SCSI bus on the other ACP pair element.
D DASD Fast Write (DFW) The DFW is the function of a storage controller that allows caching of active write data without exposure of data loss. This is achieved by journaling of the active write data in the NVS. Device Special File (DSF) In the non windows systems, the DSF is an interface for a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. In the Windows systems, the DSF allows the software to interact with a device driver using the standard input or the output system calls.
LDAP is used for centralized authentication, where the LDAP server authenticates and authorizes HP XP7 Performance Advisor users. LDEV Logical device. An LDEV is created when a RAID group is carved into pieces according to the selected host emulation mode (that is, OPEN-3, OPEN-8, OPEN-9). The number of resulting LDEVs depends on the selected emulation mode. The term LDEV is also known as term volume. LUN Logical unit number.
RAID Manager Library (RML, RMLIB) The RAID Manager Library is an API library that enables third-party software products to directly operate some of the functions on the XP7 and XP disk arrays. Read/Write (R/W) Read-write access. Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) The RADIUS authentication is a networking protocol that provides centralized authentication, where the RADIUS server authenticates and authorizes the HP XP7 Performance Advisor users.
on predefined set of volumes to another set of volumes with the same characteristics. For more information, see the manuals set provided for Tiered Storage Manager on the HP Manuals page. trap A type of SNMP message used to signal that an event has occurred. (SNIA) U User Access Code (UAC) The UAC controls the installation and the removal of programs and prevents programs from being added to the registry on a Windows Vista system.
Index management station, 109 post install instructions, 109 C conventions document, 117 text symbols, 117 D Disk space requirements, 23 document conventions, 117 prerequisites, 115 related documentation, 115 documentation providing feedback, 115 F feedback documentation, 115 H help obtaining, 115 Host agent Windows, Linux, UNIX, , 43 HP technical support, 115 HP XP7 Performance Advisor Browser requirements, 43 Coexistence, 43 Firmware requirements, 43 License entitlement, 43 I Installing HP XP7 Perfor
