HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

4 Installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents
This chapter describes the process to install HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows and UNIX host
agents. The installation process is described in the following topics:
• “Downloading the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents and HP XPInfo software” (page 69)
• “Installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Windows host agents” (page 70)
• “Installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor UNIX host agents” (page 75)
• “Installing the HP XP7 Performance Advisor OpenVMS Integrity Server host agents” (page 77)
• “Verifying if the host agents appear in HP XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 79)
Downloading the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents and HP XPInfo
software
NOTE: This section is common for both the installation and upgrade procedures.
To download the host agent file and HP XPInfo software:
1. Log on to HP XP7 Performance Advisor. For more information, see “Launching HP XP7
Performance Advisor” (page 64).
2. In the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Home screen, click Support in the title pane.
3. Navigate to the Host Agents section. A list of host agents for supported operating platforms
is provided.
4. Click the link for the host agent you want to select and download the host agent file to your
host.
5. Navigate to the HP XPInfo section and download the HP XPInfo software.
6. FTP both the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agent file and the HP XPInfo software to the
tmp directory, or to a location of your choice on the remote host.
If required, you can also download and install the CLUI software, HP XPWatch, and HP
XPSketch. For more information on downloading and installing the above-mentioned utilities,
see the respective product documentation. For the documentation download details, see
“Related information” (page 115).
7. If not already done, install HP XPInfo on your host to verify that the connectivity to the command
device is established. For more information, see “Verifying host agent connectivity to a
command device” (page 42).
IMPORTANT: You must create and assign a command device from an XP or an XP7 disk
array to your host agent. If not yet created, the corresponding RAID Manager Library version
will not be displayed in the Host Information table when you request for a host agent update
after the installation. For more information on communicating with host agents, see the HP
XP7 Performance Advisor Software User Guide.
Downloading the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents and HP XPInfo software 69