HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

Contents
1 Overview of HP XP7 Performance Advisor......................................................6
HP XP7 Performance Advisor resources........................................................................................6
Installation work flow................................................................................................................7
Upgrade work flow.................................................................................................................10
2 Understanding the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation prerequisites.........12
Performing checks using the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Installation Assistant...............................12
Pre installation scenario......................................................................................................13
Post installation scenario.....................................................................................................13
Pre upgrade scenario.........................................................................................................15
Post upgrade scenario........................................................................................................16
Post uninstallation scenario..................................................................................................17
Installation checklist for HP XP7 Performance Advisor...................................................................18
Initial HP XP7 Performance Advisor setup prerequisites.................................................................21
Designing the infrastructure.................................................................................................21
Determining the coexistence with other storage products.........................................................25
Management station prerequisites.............................................................................................26
Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP7 Performance Advisor....................................26
Getting the fully qualified domain name or IP address of your management station....................28
Determining the authentication type for HP XP7 Performance Advisor........................................28
Allocating 1 GB free disk space in the TEMP folder................................................................31
Configuring a Loopback Adapter or static IP address..............................................................31
Assigning ports for HP XP7 Performance Advisor on the management station.............................32
Increasing the virtual memory on your management station.....................................................34
Configuring the web browser proxy server settings.................................................................34
HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent prerequisites..................................................................35
Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents....................35
Configuring settings on Windows and UNIX hosts..................................................................36
Creating and assigning command devices to host agents........................................................37
Mapping command devices................................................................................................40
Verifying host agent connectivity to a command device...........................................................42
3 Installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor........................................................43
Beginning the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation................................................................43
Launching the HP XP7 Performance Advisor checklist...................................................................45
Complying with the End User License Agreement........................................................................48
Retaining or selecting a different database location.....................................................................48
Enabling IPv6 and configuring HTTP port for the management station............................................49
Configuring RMI server port.....................................................................................................49
Implementing the authentication method....................................................................................49
HP XP7 Performance Advisor Native Authentication................................................................50
Windows System Authentication...........................................................................................50
Windows Domain based Authentication...............................................................................51
LDAP Authentication...........................................................................................................51
Configuring the LDAP server and connection settings.........................................................51
Configuring the LDAP user search and filter, and group settings...........................................53
RADIUS Authentication.......................................................................................................55
Selecting complete or custom installation method........................................................................57
Selecting components to install (custom installation)................................................................58
Completing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation and next steps.........................................60
HP XP7 Performance Advisor post-installation steps.................................................................61
Confirming the HP XP7 Performance Advisor services..............................................................62
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