HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

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. For more information, see “Upgrade checklist for HP XP7
Performance Advisor” (page 99).
NOTE: For more information on the CLUI, HP XPWatch, and HP XPSketch, see the respective
documents.
Confirming the HP XP7 Performance Advisor services
To confirm whether the HP XP7 Performance Advisor services have started after installation:
1. Select Start+Run, type services.msc, and press the Enter key.
The Services window appears.
2. If HP XP7 Performance Advisor is installed, the status of the following services are in the Started
mode.
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database Listener
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor Security
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor Tomcat
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor Monitor
NOTE: The HP XP7 Performance Advisor Database Job Scheduler and HP XP7 Performance
Advisor Database VSS Writer Service are shipped with Oracle, but they are not necessary to
use for HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
3. Close the Services dialog box.
After confirming that the major services have started, configure any pre-launch settings, as applicable
on your management station or the system from where you want to launch HP XP7 Performance
Advisor. For more information, see “Configuring HP XP7 Performance Advisor related settings”
(page 63) and “Launching HP XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 64).
Verifying installed JRE version
HP XP7 Performance Advisor automatically installs the compatible JRE version on your management
station. Navigate to %HPSS_HOME%\jre\bin to determine the supported JRE version. The
%HPSS_HOME% environment variable must already be configured to point to the HPSS folder
location on your management station.
Only 32-bit (X86) JRE version is supported on both the 32-bit (X86) and 64-bit (X64) Windows
platforms.
For the list of supported JRE versions, see HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix.
Download this document from the HP Manuals site for HP XP7 Performance Advisor, following is
the URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?lang=en&
cc=us&taskId=101&prodClassId=-1&contentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=64180&
prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=64823.
The recommended version is also available on HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation disk 2.
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