HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v6.0 Install Guide

Table 2 HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor and host agents installation checklist (continued)
IMPORTANT: If you are currently using the RAID Manager (Business Copy and Continuous Access Synchronous),
you already have command devices that can be used by an HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agent.
Map the command devices to the guest operating platforms, if these operating platforms are residing on the
virtual servers.
For more information, see “Mapping command devices” (page 41).
Installing HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor
Install HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor on your management station.
At this point, return to the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Installation Wizard Welcome window to proceed
with the installation. For more information, see “Installing the P9000 Performance Advisor” (page 45).
IMPORTANT: After installing HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor, return to this checklist to complete the
remaining prerequisites and tasks for downloading and installing the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host
agents.
After installing HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor
For Windows System Authentication, add users, administrators, and grant them privileges on your management
station.
For more information, see “Configuring HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor related settings” (page 65).
Verify if the JAVA path is pointing to the installed JRE location on your management station.
For more information, see “Verifying installed JRE version” (page 64).
Launch HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor and log in using your credentials.
IMPORTANT: Install Adobe Flash Player on the system from where you will access HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor. Download Adobe Flash Player and Flash Player Plugin, v10.1.85.3 or later from the following location:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/.
For more information, see “Launching HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor” (page 66).
Add users and grant them the administrator, or user privileges, if you have implemented Performance Advisor
Native Authentication.
For more information, see “Configuring HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor related settings” (page 65).
Download the HP XP P9000Info software and the host agent files (.tar) to the Windows and UNIX hosts from
the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Support screen.
For more information, see “Downloading the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents and HP XP
P9000Info software” (page 71).
Verify connectivity from the Windows and UNIX host agents to the respective command devices using the HP
XP P9000Info software.
For more information, see “Verifying host agent connectivity to a command device” (page 43).
Configure your web browser to not use any web proxy servers.
For more information, see For more information, see “Configuring the web browser proxy server settings”
(page 35).
Installing the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents
Install the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents.
At this point, return to the respective HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents installation procedures for
the host agents you want to install. For more information, see “Installing P9000 Performance Advisor host
agents” (page 71).
IMPORTANT: After installing the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents, return to this checklist to
complete the remaining prerequisites and tasks to use HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor.
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