HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

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.
By default, the Install to: displays the location as <Windows_Volume>:\Program
Files\Hewlett-Packard\xppa, where the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent
folder (hostagent) will be installed. You can choose another folder on the default
<Windows_Volume> or a different disk volume and the folder location on your host. To
manually select a different installation location, click Change. In the Change Location
window, browse to the location where you want to install the HP XP7 Performance Advisor
host agent. You can also enter the installation location in the Folder Name text box.
◦ Check the available free space on all the disk volumes in your host.
Click Check Space to view the free space available on all the disk volumes in your host.
The Disk Space Requirements window lists the disk volumes on your host and the available
free space on each of them. The disk volumes that do not have the required free space
to accommodate the program features you select are also highlighted for your reference.
After making the required changes, click Next to proceed. The Ready to Install window
appears. For more information on the next set of steps, see “Completing the Windows host
agent installation and next steps” (page 74).
Completing the Windows host agent installation and next steps
NOTE: This section is also applicable for the upgrade process.
Click Install on the Ready to Install window for the installation wizard to proceed with the HP XP7
Performance Advisor Windows host agent installation (or upgrade), based on the settings that you
selected. The Cancel and Close buttons are unavailable when the installation is in progress. After
the installation (or upgrade) completes, a command prompt window appears displaying the
message that the host agent services have started. Press any key to close the command prompt
window and return to the final installation window, which is the Installation Complete window.
Click Finish to close the installation wizard.
HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows host agent post-installation steps
The following HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows host agent services start:
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor Hostagent
• HP XP7 Performance Advisor Realtime Server
To confirm whether the above-mentioned services have started, see “Confirming the HP XP7
Performance Advisor Windows host agent services” (page 75).
You can also verify that the PerformanceAdvisorXP log file is created. It is placed at the
following location: <Installation_Drive>:\<Installation_Directory>\hostagent\
log. The following images shows a section of the log file:
Figure 15 HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows host agent log file
74 Installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents