HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

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.
• Installed PA Services Status check: Verifies whether the following Performance Advisor services
are installed and are running, else displays an error message.
◦ HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database
◦ HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database Listener
◦ HP XP7 Performance Advisor Monitor
◦ HP XP7 Performance Advisor Security
◦ HP XP7 Performance Advisor Tomcat
• PA environment variables check: Verifies whether the PADB_HOME and HPSS_HOME environment
variables are created and do not contain trailing slash, else displays an error message.
• Hard disk space check: Verifies whether 64 GB free space is available in the PADB location,
8 GB free space is available Performance Advisor install location, and 1 GB in temp 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.
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