HP 3PAR System Reporter Software - Manual (Page 30)

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Web server components. The HP 3PAR System Reporter Web server has customized scripts
that access the database to generate reports to standard browsers as clients, enabling users
to access the reports and configure System Reporter without installing any additional software.
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Excel client. The customized HP 3PAR System Reporter Excel client has built-in Web queries
to the Web server. Use of the Excel client is optional, but offers you additional options. You
must have Microsoft® Excel® in order to use the HP 3PAR System Reporter Excel client.
Installing the System Reporter Components
Required Components
To begin using HP 3PAR System Reporter, you must install the following components which are
supplied on the installation CD:
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CLI for InForm OS
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Web server (Apache HTTP Server)
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System Reporter tools (sampler, default SQLite database, and web server tools for generating
reports)
◦ Windows
◦ installer.exe
◦ Linux
◦ sysrptwebsrv-2.9-1.i386.rpm
◦ sampleloop-2.9-1.i386.rpm
NOTE: To install and use System Reporter, you must have a valid license. If you plan use Adaptive
Optimization, you must also have an additional license to take advantage of the storage optimization
capabilities offered by this optional component.
Optional Components
Installation of the following components are optional:
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Excel client (optional). While the necessary Excel sheet is automatically included, Microsoft
Excel is required by the machine accessing the Excel sheet from the System Reporter server.
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The Microsoft SQL, MySQL or Oracle database (optional). Except for the SQLite database
which is supplied with System Reporter, any other choice of database must be obtained from
the respective vendor.
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Adaptive Optimization (Offered by HP as an option and requires a separate license)
NOTE: If you are upgrading an existing System Reporter installation to the 2.9 release, you do
not need to re-install the CLI, optional MySQL database or Apache web server. You only need to
re-install the System Reporter Tools as described in
“Installing or Upgrading the System Reporter
Tools” (page 43) . If you wish to keep the previously collected data, you must specify the same
database during the installation process. The System Reporter installer for Microsoft Windows will
automatically detect previous settings and offer the option to upgrade the existing installation.
System Reporter 2.9 will automatically convert the earlier release database tables into the format
that it needs. If you wish to retain the tables in an earlier format, you must make a backup copy
of the database before upgrading.
All table updates are logged in the Sampleloop.log. Contact your customer service representative
if any tables fail to update properly.
The following flowchart ( Figure 3 (page 31) ) provides a visual representation of the installation
process for a new installation that is described in detail in the following sections.
30 Installation, Configuration, Update, and Removal