HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.6.1-00 Administrator Guide (Web Version)

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• You can also download the Host Data Collector installer from the Device Manager GUI.
• If version 7.4.1 or earlier of Host Data Collector is installed on a drive other than the system drive,
if you upgrade install to version 7.5.0 or later, a temp folder is created directly under the Host
Data Collector installation drive. If you do not need this folder, delete it.
NOTE:
If you performed an upgrade installation, you need to restart the services of the P9000 Command
View AE Suite product on the management server.
Related topics
• “Starting services” on page 195
• “Stopping services” on page 196
• Prerequisites for installing Host Data Collector , page 265
• Registering a Host Data Collector computer on the management server, page 269
Installing Host Data Collector (Linux)
Install Host Data Collector from the integrated installation media.
Operations to complete in advance
• Check server requirements and prerequisite programs.
For details, see HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software System Requirements.
• Check the versions of Host Data Collector and P9000 Command View AE Suite products on the
management server:
• To use Host Data Collector for Device Manager to manage hosts, the version of Host Data
Collector must be equal to or later than the version of the Device Manager server installed on
the management server. Note that if the version of Host Data Collector is 7.5.0 or later, the
version of the Device Manager server must also be 7.5.0 or later.
• To use Host Data Collector on multiple computers, the same version of Host Data Collector
must be installed on all the computers.
• Log in as a root user.
Information to collect in advance
• Installation path (for a new installation)
• Port number used by Host Data Collector (for a new installation)
To install Host Data Collector in a Linux environment:
1. Insert the integrated installation media.
If the media is not mounted automatically, manually mount it onto the /mnt/dvdrom directory.
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