HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.3 Install Guide (T1789-96323, August 2011)

• Microsoft Windows host:
• DVD drive
• 2.5 GB free space on hard drive (NTFS)
• Ethernet LAN card connected to the network
• HP-UX, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, or Linux host:
• DVD drive/CD-ROM (read-only DVD drive is preferable)
• Disk space:
• HP-UX (250 MB)
• Sun Solaris (150 MB)
• IBM AIX (72.5 MB)
• Linux (250 MB)
• Ethernet LAN card connected to the network
Software
For the list of supported Windows and UNIX operating platforms, see the HP StorageWorks P9000
Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix. This document also specifies the supported JRE
versions for the Windows and UNIX host agents, and the Windows operating systems that are
supported as guest operating platforms on the VMware ESX, and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual servers.
For more details, see HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix.
Download this document from the HP Manuals site for P9000 Performance Advisor, following is the
URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&
taskId=101&prodClassId=-1&contentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=64180&prodTypeId=18964&
prodSeriesId=64823.
Before installing the host agents, ensure that you install the supported JRE version on your Unix hosts.
Also, the Path environment variable on your host must point to the installed JRE location. To set the
Java PATH, enter the following command in the command prompt window:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/java1.5/bin
The PATH variable is set for the current session.
To determine the JRE version installed on your host, see the procedure under Software on page 25.
IMPORTANT:
• Only 32-bit (X86) JRE version is supported on both the 32-bit (X86) and 64-bit (X64) host agent
platforms.
• Only IA64-bit JRE version is supported on the IA64-bit host agent platforms.
• For a Linux host agent, the JRE must be installed using its .rpm package. It ensures that the JRE
gets registered with the RPM database.
Configuring settings on Windows and UNIX hosts
You must configure the following settings on your Windows and UNIX hosts prior to installing the
respective host agents:
• Getting administrator privileges on a Windows or UNIX host on page 35
• Setting up the HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX hosts on page 35
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