HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

Setting up a Linux host
Before installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent on a Linux host, ensure that the
following prerequisites are completed:
1. You must have a root or superuser access to the host.
2. Configure the root or superuser account to allow remote access via the FTP services by
completing the following steps:
a. Run the /usr/sbin/ntsysv command and enable wu-ftpd
b. Edit /etc/pam.d/ftp by commenting out the line with #: auth required
/lib/security/pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny
file=/etc/ftpusers onerr=succeed
c. Edit /etc/ftp users by removing or commenting out the line with #: root
d. Edit /etc/ftpaccess as follows:
• Change allow-uid ftp to allow-uid ftp root
• Change allow-gid ftp to allow-gid ftp root
• Run the /sbin/service xinetd restart command
Setting up a Red Hat Enterprise Linux host
Before installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux host,
ensure that the following prerequisites are completed:
1. You must have a root or superuser access to the host.
2. Install the Legacy Network Packages if the packages are not installed.
3. Edit /etc/xinetd.d/<service> to enable the service by default, where <service> is
rexec, vsftpd, etc.
4. Edit /etc/security by adding rexec, rlogin, vsftpd, and telnet.
5. Edit /etc/pam.d/login to comment out the line:
# auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
6. Edit /etc/pam.d/rexec to comment out the line:
# auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
7. Edit /etc/vsftpd.ftpusers to comment out the line:
# root
8. Edit /etc/vsftpd.user_list to comment out the line:
# root
9. Restart the service by entering /sbin/service xinetd restart.
10. Restart vsftpd by entering /sbin/service vsftpd restart. Make sure no other ftp
services are running (for example, tftp).
Creating and assigning command devices to host agents
If you are using RAID Manager (Business Copy and Continuous Access Synchronous), you already
have command devices that the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent can use. If RAID Manager
is not being used, create a command device using the Remote Web Console or the Remote Control
applications. If you are using the Command View Advanced Edition Device Manager, you must
launch the Command View AE Device Manager and then the Remote Web Console.
• “Creating a command device for the XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000 Disk Array”
(page 38).
• “Creating a command device for the XP1024/XP128 Disk Array” (page 38).
• “Creating a command device for an XP7 disk array” (page 39).
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