HP Insight Dynamics 6.0 Release notes

Back up your existing CMS configuration before upgrading the software
The upgrade process is not reversible. If, after you begin, you decide not to complete the upgrade
to HP Insight Software 6.0, a backup copy of your pre-6.0 environment is required to restore
your CMS to the pre-upgrade state. HP recommends making a backup of the environment before
upgrading the software.
See the HP Insight Software 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide at www.hp.com/go/
insightdynamics/docs for detailed backup and restore instructions.
IMPORTANT: After the upgrade process has successfully completed, you must also perform a
backup of the upgraded 6.0 configuration to restore your environment to a known good state in
the event of a catastrophic failure. This is necessary to ensure that managed resources, if they
were changed by the 6.0 CMS, will continue to be manageable if the CMS ever needs to be restored
from backup.
Refer to the Backing up and Restoring HP Insight Software v6.0 Central Management System (Windows)
white paper at www.hp.com/go/insightsoftware/docs for instructions about backing up an HP
Insight Software DVD 6.0 Windows CMS.
User experience and application performance
HP Insight Dynamics is based on web client server technologies. Your perception of performance
can be affected by many external sources, including the central management server’s health,
network congestion and latency, and client side equipment and browser.
Every effort to balance performance and functionality has been made to the default settings to
create the best user experience under multiple browsers with different server environments.
Changing these default settings can result in adverse application responsiveness, which is more
noticeable in some browsers; for example, there are known memory issues in Internet Explorer
7 and 8 that can be exposed in large scale environments. No matter which browser you choose
to use, HP recommends using the latest release and updates to improve your user experience
and protect your environment from the latest security threats.
Post-installation configuration
For post-installation configuration instructions on HP ProLiant and non-HP servers running
Microsoft Windows, see HP Insight Software 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide.
For post-installation configuration instructions on a CMS running HP-UX, see HP Insight Dynamics
- VSE 6.0: Integrity CMS Installation and Configuration Guide.
Uninstalling the Utilization Provider from x86/x64 systems configured for agentless
collection
If you are upgrading from a previous installation (or reconfiguring an existing managed system),
the Utilization Provider is no longer needed on any x86/x64 system. HP recommends that you
uninstall the Utilization Provider from those systems.
You can uninstall the Utilization Provider at any time; it does not need to be uninstalled before
an upgrade or reconfiguration. If you leave the Utilization Provider installed and unused, the
Insight managed system setup wizard issues a warning message.
This recommendation applies to the following systems:
• x86/x64 Linux systems where the Utilization Provider has been previously installed
• x86/x64 Windows systems where the Utilization Provider has been previously installed
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