HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v6.0 Install Guide

8 Upgrading HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor
This chapter describes upgrading the current version of HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor to its
latest version. The upgrade process is described in the following topics:
• “Beginning the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor upgrade” (page 104)
• “Launching the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor upgrade checklist” (page 104)
• “Upgrading HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor” (page 104)
• “Completing upgrade and next steps” (page 104)
Beginning the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor upgrade
For more information, see “Beginning the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor installation” (page 45).
Launching the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor upgrade checklist
For more information, see “Launching the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor checklist” (page 47).
Configuring RMI server port
For more information, see “Configuring RMI server port” (page 51).
Upgrading HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor
The installation progress window appears and displays the status on the upgrade. When prompted
for the second disk, insert the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor installation disk 2 into the DVD
drive, and click OK to continue.
IMPORTANT:
• Do not perform HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor upgrade when either a scheduled or a
manual configuration collection for an array is in progress.
• By default, port 80 is reserved on the management station for the P9000 Performance advisor
and host agents communication during the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor upgrade or
the host agents upgrade. So, you might experience connectivity issues in scenarios where you
installed HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor and upgraded the host agent, or vice versa. The
connectivity issue can arise only if you specified a port number other than port 80 when
installing HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor. To resolve connectivity issues, see the HP XP
P9000 Performance Advisor Software Troubleshooting and FAQs Guide. For document
download information, see “Related information” (page 116).
• HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor v6.0 does not support the inband mode of configuration
data collection. Schedules that are created using the inband mode of configuration data
collection are deleted when you upgrade from any previous version to v6.0. To continue with
the upgrade, click Yes on the confirmation message that is displayed during the upgrade.
The Installation Complete window appears. For more information on the next set of steps, see
“Completing upgrade and next steps” (page 104).
Completing upgrade and next steps
Click Finish on the Installation Complete window. Complete the steps listed under the “HP XP P9000
Performance Advisor post-installation steps” (page 63).
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