HP Insight Software 6.1 Support Matrix

The maximum addressable memory space of a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or 2008 x86 OS is 4 GB.
For editions that support it, the Physical Address Extension (PAE) needs to be enabled to support minimum
and recommended memory on x86 systems:
• On a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition OS, edit the boot.ini file and add /PAE
on a new line in the file and then reboot the CMS.
• On a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition OS, run the bcdedit.exe /set PAE
ForceEnable command and then reboot the CMS.
Disk space requirements
Table 2-3 lists the amount of available disk space on the CMS that is required to install or upgrade Insight
software. The amount of available disk space depends on the software products you select as well as the
type of installation that is being performed (that is, a new installation of a product, an upgrade of an existing
product, or reusing the same version of an existing installed product).
If you are installing Insight software on an alternate drive (that is, not the system drive where the OS is
installed), the HP Insight Software Installer needs 8 GB of temp space. The Installer looks in the User temp
location, so if 8 GB is not available, change the User temp variable to point to another location that has 8
GB of available space. However, when you are installing on an alternate drive, the system drive still needs
at least 1 GB of available disk space.
IMPORTANT: For an upgrade, the required disk space must be available on the original installation drive.
Please be sure to check requirements before beginning an upgrade, because you might need to expand the
available space.
Table 2-3 CMS disk space requirements
Required disk spaceInstallation scenario
10 GBUpgrade or reuse of all currently installed Insight software
15 GBUpgrade or reuse of Systems Insight Manager and Insight Control server deployment in combination with
new installations or upgrades of other products
18 GBNew installation of Systems Insight Manager or new installation of Insight Control server deployment (but
not simultaneously) in combination with new installations or upgrades of other products
20 GBAny other installation scenario
Table 2-4 lists additional disk space considerations.
Table 2-4 Additional disk space requirements
Disk space requirementSoftware component
Additional disk space is required for each workload to collect and preserve a maximum of
four years of data for use by Capacity Advisor:
On a Microsoft Windows CMS, allot 64.5 MB for each workload on each Windows or
Linux managed system to support agentless data collection. Allot 34.7 MB for each workload
on each HP-UX managed system.
HP Insight Capacity Advisor
Requires at least 1 GB of disk space.
If you intend to keep historical data, HP recommends allowing 4 GB for every 100 workloads
managed by the HP Insight Global Workload Manager.
If you are not interested in historical data, use the gwlm history --truncate command
to trim the historical database.
This space will be allocated on the Microsoft SQL Database server (or local to the CMS, if
Microsoft SQL Express is used).
HP Insight Global Workload Manager
The recommended disk space listed in Table 2-3 accounts for three OSs to copy. If you
want to copy more than three OSs, each additional OS needs 4 GB of disk space.
HP Insight Control server deployment
14 Central Management Server requirements