HP Systems Insight Manager 7.1 Installation and Configuration Guide for MS Windows

4. Click Install to initiate the upgrade process. This process installs all the products listed in the
Selected Components table. The Status window appears. As you install each component, it
states "In Progress" beside the component's name. After the component has installed, it states
Installed Successfully.
If you are upgrading the WMI Mapper:
• On Windows Vista
• On Windows 2008
• Where Windows installer 4.0 is installed
A dialog box appears stopping the "Pegauss WMI Mapper" and "Pegasus WMI Mapper
Indications" service. You must click either Ignore to continue the installation or stop the services
and retry the installation.
NOTE: When installing HP Systems Insight Manager, a CMS host name that exceeds 15 characters
is truncated, and the truncated name must be used to complete the installation. After the install,
two administrator accounts are created. One account includes the original host name\administrator
and the other account includes the truncated host name\administrator. To log in, use the original
host name in the Domain field on the Sign in page.
Silent upgrade
Upgrading HP Systems Insight Manager from the command line with an .xml file.
A silent.xml file resides in the same directory as setup.exe. This text file can be edited with
any text editor. If upgrading HP Systems Insight Manager from the DVD, copy the silent.xml to
a location where the file can be edited. If upgrading HP Systems Insight Manager from the web,
then after extracting the installation program, edit the silent.xml file and launch the setup in
Silent mode. The silent.xml file contains the parameters for the upgrade process.
The option to perform a Silent upgrade is available through a command line installation. A silent
install occurs when setup.exe is launched with the command line options for a Silent install.
Execute:
setup.exe —s <path to silent file> —svcpw <service password> —dbpw
database password
NOTE: In the Upgrade mode, the svcpw and dbpw passwords provided should be that of the
existing installs HP Systems Insight Manager server account and database account respectively.
The install takes the existing installation locations of HP Systems Insight Manager and partner
components.
Database information: Set <installSQLEXPR>.
In the upgrade mode this option is ignored; the installer does not install SQL Express on the local
server even if set true. The database information of the existing install is used.
NOTE: HP Systems Insight Manager automatically upgrades MSDE to SQL Express 2005 SP3
even if the <installSQLEXPR> tag is set to True or False.
<dbUserName>
Provide the database user account information from the existing HP Systems Insight Manager install.
<dbDomain>
Provide the domain for the user account.
<dbHost>
Provide the database server name or IP address of the existing HP Systems Insight Manager install.
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