HP Storage Essentials Performance Pack Installation Manual
HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource
Management Report Optimizer Software 6.0
Installation Guide
Third edition: October 2008
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HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer Software Installation Guide
Contents
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
HP-authorized reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Helpful web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Contents
Installing SRM Report Optimizer on Microsoft Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing SRM Report Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Oracle Client Deployment Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Updating the tnsnames.ora File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Disabling Services that are not Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Disabling Browser Access to Desktop Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing a Permanent License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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About this guide
This guide provides instructions for installing and configuring HP Storage Essentials Storage
Resource Management Report Optimizer software on Microsoft Windows.
Intended audience
This guide is intended for:
• Storage Administrators
• System Administrators
Prerequisites
Prerequisite knowledge for using this product includes:
• Networking
• Storage Area Networks (SANs)
Related documentation
SRM Report Optimizer ships with the following additional documentation:
Table 1 Additional Documentation
Document Description
HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource
Management Report Optimizer
Software Quick Start Guide
HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource
Management Report Optimizer
Software InfoView User’s Guide.
Provides a basic overview of several common SRM Report
Optimizer tasks, and provides references to other documents for
more detailed information.
Provides information about using InfoView, the corporate business
intelligence portal. This guide shows you how to view, schedule,
and organize reports over the web using InfoView. It also
describes the different report viewers and shows you how to
publish reports to the system.
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Table 1 Additional Documentation
Document Description
Performing On-Report Analysis with
Web Intelligence.
Building Reports Using the Web
Intelligence Java Report Panel
Contexts Guide Provides information about the contexts that are defined in SRM
Provides information about viewing, analyzing, and enhancing
Web Intelligence reports interactively on the web. This guide
includes information on filtering and sorting report data, adding
calculations, and modifying the formatting and data content of
reports (all without needing to launch a Web Intelligence report
panel).
Provides information about using the Web Intelligence Java Report
Panel for reporting and analysis. This guide includes detailed
explanations of power features, such as including advanced filters
and formulas.
Report Optimizer. Contexts show the relationships between objects
in a report.
Document conventions and symbols
Table 2 Document conventions
Convention Element
Medium blue text: Figure 1 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses
Medium blue, underlined text
(http://www.hp.com)
Web site addresses
Bold font • Key names
• Text typed into a GUI element, such as into a box
• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and
list items, buttons, and check boxes
Italics font Text emphasis
Monospace font • File and directory names
• System output
• Code
• Text typed at the command-line
Monospace, italic font • Code variables
• Command-line variables
Monospace, bold font Emphasis of file and directory names, system output, code, and
text typed at the command line
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HP technical support
Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support web site:
http://www.hp.com/support/
Collect the following information before calling:
• Technical support registration number (if applicable)
• Product serial numbers
• Product model names and numbers
• Applicable error messages
• Operating system type and revision level
• Detailed, specific questions
For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.
HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber's choice web site at
http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates
• Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product enhancements,
newest versions of drivers, and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to
numerous other product resources.
• After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then
Storage under Product Category.
HP-authorized reseller
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For the name of your nearest HP-authorized reseller:
• In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518.
• Elsewhere, visit the HP web site: http://www.hp.com
and telephone numbers.
Helpful web sites
For third-party product information, see the following HP web sites:
• http://www.hp.com
• http://www.hp.com/go/storage
• http://www.hp.com/support/
. Then click Contact HP to find locations
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