HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v6.0 Install Guide

9 Upgrading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host
agents
This chapter describes upgrading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Windows and UNIX host
agents. The upgrade process is described in the following topics:
• “Downloading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents and HP XP P9000Info
software” (page 71)
• “Verifying if the host agents appear in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor” (page 81)
Downloading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents and HP
XP P9000Info software
For more information, see “Downloading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents and
HP XP P9000Info software” (page 71).
Upgrading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents
To upgrade the current host agent version to v6.0, you must have v5.4, v5.4.1, v5.5, or v5.5.1
installed on your host. To upgrade to v5.4 or v5.5, see the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor
Software Installation Guide provided on installation disk 2 in the respective software bundles. To
upgrade to v5.4.1 or v5.5.1, see the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software Release Notes
provided in the respective patch bundles. You can upgrade to v5.4.1 and v5.5.1 only from v5.4
and v5.5 respectively.
Alternatively, you can remove the existing host agent version and install the v6.0 host agent.
IMPORTANT:
• By default, port 80 is reserved on the management station for the HP XP P9000 Performance
advisor and host agent communication during the host agent upgrade. So, you might
experience connectivity issues in scenarios where you installed HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor and upgraded the UNIX host agent. The connectivity issue can arise only if you
specified a port number other than port 80 when installing HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor
installation. To resolve port conflict issues, see the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software
Troubleshooting and FAQs Guide. For document download information, see “Related
information” (page 116).
• If you want to upgrade the Windows host agent installed in a location other than the following
default installation location, <Installation_Drive>:\Program Files\
Hewlett-Packard\xppa, remove the existing version and then install the v6.0 host agent.
For more information, see the Notes section in the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Release
Notes. For document download location, see “Related information” (page 116).
• If you are upgrading a HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor LINUX host agent, you have to
remove the existing version of the host agent and install the latest version. For more information,
see “Removing a UNIX host agent” (page 111).
Windows host agent upgrade
To upgrade the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Windows host agent:
1. Unzip the host agent .tar file (XPPA_HA_WINDOWS_32.tar) using the WinZip or the WinRAR
tool.
2. Run the setup.exe file.
The Welcome screen appears.
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