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

Registering a Host Data Collector computer on the management server

If Host Data Collector is installed on a computer other than the management server, you need to add

the information for that computer to the properties in the hostdatacollectors.properties file

on the Device Manager server.

When the information for the Host Data Collector computer is registered on the management server,

you can register hosts and check the volume usage on each host.

Operations to complete in advance

• Log in as a user with Administrator permissions (for Windows) or as a root user (for Linux).

• Install P9000 Command View AE Suite on the management server.

• Install Host Data Collector on a host.

• Set up name resolution (setting up the DNS server or hosts file) for the Host Data Collector

computer, if the OS of the Host Data Collector computer is Linux.

Information to collect in advance

• Information for the computer where Host Data Collector is installed

• IP address or host name

• Port number of the RMI registry

You can check this value by using the hdc.common.rmi.registryPort or hdc.com-

mon.rmi.ssl.registryPort properties in the hdcbase.properties file.

• Port number of the RMI server

You can check this value by using the hdc.common.rmi.serverPort or hdc.com-

mon.rmi.ssl.serverPort properties in the hdcbase.properties file.

• Port number of the class loader

You can check this value by using the hdc.common.http.serverPort or hdc.common.ht-

tps.serverPort properties of the hdcbase.properties file.

To register a Host Data Collector computer on the management server:

1. Stop the services of P9000 Command View AE Suite product.

2. Add the information for the computer where Host Data Collector is installed to the following

properties in the hostdatacollectors.properties file on the Device Manager server:

hdc.rmiregistry

hdc.rmiserver

hdc.classloader

3. Start the services of P9000 Command View AE Suite product.