Systems Insight Manager 6.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for MS Windows

Installation Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/
documentation.html.
Custom upgrade
Procedure 6-4 Custom upgrade
1. Click Next, the Software Selection window appears. This window displays the complete list of the
available components with a checkbox next to each one. If the checkbox is selected and disabled, the
component is deemed a mandatory component and cannot be cleared. The amount of required disk
space is also listed for each component. Select the components you want to install.
2. Click Next to verify that enough disk space exists for the selected components. If enough space exists,
the Service Account Credentials window appears. The Domain and User name fields will default to
the installing account credentials. Enter the password for this account. You can also provide the credentials
for a different administrative account.
3. Click Next. The Summary window appears.
NOTE: This user account is used to run the HP Systems Insight Manager service.
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, 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>.
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