HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent prerequisites
This section describes the following host agent prerequisites that you must complete before installing
the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents:
• “Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents” (page 35)
• “Configuring settings on Windows and UNIX hosts” (page 36)
• “Creating and assigning command devices to host agents” (page 37)
• “Mapping command devices” (page 40)
• “Verifying host agent connectivity to a command device” (page 42)
For more information on installing HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents, see “Installing XP7
Performance Advisor host agents” (page 69).
Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents
To install the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents, verify that you have the supported
configurations in the following categories:
• “Hardware” (page 35)
• “Software” (page 35)
Hardware
Your Windows or UNIX hosts must include the following respective hardware requirements:
• Microsoft Windows host:
DVD drive◦
◦ 1 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 (1 GB)–
– Sun Solaris (1 GB)
– IBM AIX (1 GB)
– Linux (1 GB)
– OpenVMS Integrity Server (IA-64) (1 GB)
◦ Ethernet LAN card connected to the network
Software
For the list of supported Windows, UNIX, and OpenVMS operating platforms, see the HP XP7
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 XP7 Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix. Download this
document from the HP Manuals site for HP XP7 Performance Advisor, following is the URL: http://
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