HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.5 Install Guide (T1789-96339, February 2013)

Figure 1 HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor setup
Additionally, the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor also provides HP XP P9000Watch, HP XP
P9000Sketch, and HP XP P9000Info. For a brief description of these tools, see “HP XP P9000
Performance Advisor utilities” (page 9).
Installation work flow
In a typical installation, you need to install HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor on the management
station followed by the host agents on the respective hosts. To install HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor and the host agents, complete the following steps:
1. Complete the prerequisites to install HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor.
2. Install HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor on a management station.
3. Verify that HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor services have started and you are able to login
using your credentials.
4. Verify that you have received the license entitlement certificate, generate, and add license in
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor.
5. Complete the prerequisites to install the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents.
6. Install the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents on the respective hosts.
7. Verify that the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agent services have started and you
are able to view the host agent details in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor GUI.
8. Verify that you are able to perform configuration and performance data collections.
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor provides a checklist that guides you through installation, initial
configuration and performance data collection. Before proceeding with the installation, ensure
that you have completed the appropriate prerequisites and tasks mentioned in the checklist. For
more information, see “Installation checklist for HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor” (page 19).
“Installation work flow” (page 7) illustrates the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor installation
work flow.
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