Installation Manual

Installing the Management Server on Microsoft Windows16
Storage Essentials Installation Wizard Options
This release of the HP Storage Essentials management server for Windows provides the following
options for installing the Storage Essentials management server:
IMPORTANT: The server must meet or exceed the minimum requirements listed in the support
matrix for your edition.
• Integrated with Storage Essentials and HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) on separate
servers (recommended)
As a best practice HP recommends installing the integrated product on separate servers. This
installation option provides hardware and software health status polling, monitoring, and event
management for storage, servers, switches, infrastructure, and other elements on your network
such as enclosures, racks, clients and printers. In addition, HP SIM provides standards-based
support for HP and other third-party management frameworks.
See Installing Storage Essentials and HP Systems Insight Manager for Windows on Separate
Servers, page 17 for steps on installing with this option.
• Integrated with HP Storage Essentials and HP Systems Insight Manager on the same server
Installing Storage Essentials and HP SIM on the same server provides the same benefits
provided with the recommended installation option, except that all of the components are
installed on one server. This option has greater minimum system requirements. See the support
matrix for details.
See Installing Storage Essentials and HP SIM for Windows on the Same Server, page 27 for
steps on installing with this option.
• Standalone Option: HP Storage Essentials only installation
HP Storage Essentials is installed on a single server without the HP SIM and other integrated
components. (This option is supported, but not recommended because it does not provide the
full feature set provided by the integrated installation options.)
See ”Installing the Standalone Version of Storage Essentials for Windows” on page 34 for
steps on installing with this option.
The Storage Essentials installation wizard checks your system to verify that it meets the basic system
requirements and it automatically installs the required Oracle database instance and the following
software: HP Storage Essentials, the HP SIM Connector, and HP Systems Insight Manager (note that
the separate server installation option requires the manual installation of HP SIM on the designated
HP SIM server).