P9000Watch and P9000Sketch Reference guide for HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor v5.3 (T1789-96325, August 2011)

2 Installing P9000Watch
This section describes installing and removing P9000Watch. It also describes the various components
of P9000Watch.
Prerequisites
The following are the prerequisites to install P9000Watch:
• The P9000 Performance Advisor host agent (v5.2 and above) must be installed on your host system.
• The host must have a command device connected to the XP or P9000 disk arrays array to collect
information from that array.
• You need to enable Logical Unit Number (LUN) security on the port of the required XP or P9000
disk arrays to determine the Host Group paths in P9000Watch.
• You should have selected P9000Watch bits during P9000 Performance Advisor installation. For
more information, see the HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Installation Guide.
Installing P9000Watch
To install P9000Watch, perform the following steps:
1. Open a web browser.
2. In the browser address line, enter your server name followed by /pa. For example, http(s):/
/[server name]/pa.
You can also access P9000 Performance Advisor over a secure connection: https://[server
name].[domain name]/pa.
If the DNS server cannot locate the management station and open P9000 Performance Advisor,
type http(s)://[IP address]/pa.
NOTE:
The P9000 Performance Advisor URL is case-sensitive.
The P9000 Performance Advisor logon screen appears.
Figure 2 shows the P9000 Performance Advisor logon screen.
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