Administrator's Guide

Install the HP SAM Web Server and SQL Software
The installation package installs the HP SAM server application and/or HP SAM database (HP SAM-xx
##.EXE where xx is the language code, and ## is the version of the software you want to install.
Language codes include: EN for English, JP for Japanese, FR for French, DE for German, KO for
Korean, ZH-CN for Simplified Chinese). You must install both the Web server and the SQL components
during the installation. The language selected is meant for the installation wizard only. Once the
application is installed, the Web application detects the browser language, and the user interface is
shown in that same language, if the application supports that language. If it does not, the user interface
is in English.
NOTE: HP SAM can have one or more HP SAM Web servers pointing to a single database. All HP
SAM Web servers contain the same feature set. You can set up HP SAM such that the servers load-
balance each other and act as failover servers. Additionally, each server can independently run an
automated task, such as synchronizing the computing resources or deleting HP SAM system log data
from the HP SAM database. See
Administration on page 51 for more details on these scheduled
events.
If you attempt to install the HP SAM Web Administration Package on a MS SQL Server that has collation
of the SQL Server set to case-sensitive, the installation will fail.
The HP SAM Web Administration package can be installed on a Domain Controller for demonstration
or pilot situations, but this is strongly discouraged in production installations.
To install HP SAM Web server and SQL software:
1. Log in to the server using an account with administrative rights.
2. Run the HP SAM-xx ##.EXE install file (where ## is the software version number). Replace xx
with EN for English, JP for Japanese, FR for French, DE for German, ZH-CN for Simplified
Chinese, KO for Korean.
3. Click Next on the welcome screen.
4. For HP SAM Web server installation, the installer asks for a user account. The user account is the
owner (known as the HP SAM service account) of the HP SAM Web site and the HP SAM server
service. The permissions required for this account are:
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Administrative rights on all computing resources (such as blade PCs)
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Administrative rights on the HP SAM Web server
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Domain user—not a local administrator
NOTE: HP highly recommends that you type a name and password from a service account, not
from a personal account. You should change this account name and password as infrequently as
possible to minimize interruptions to HP SAM.
In order to install the HP SAM Web Administrator component, the Service Account name used
must match the name listed in Active Directory, including the localized characters in that name,
such as ö, ä or é.
Use the HP SAM Configuration Utility found in the Start Menu on the HP SAM Server to change
the service account password for HP SAM if the password of the service account has been updated.
5. You have the choice to install the HP SAM Web application only, the HP SAM SQL database only,
or both. Both are required for HP SAM to operate. The default is both. Click on the pull-down arrow
next to HP SAM Web Site or HP SAM Database to see the list of options.
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