HP 3PAR System Reporter Software - Manual (Page 27)

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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 HP 3PAR 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-3.1-2.i386.rpm or sysrptwebsrv-3.1-2.x86_64.rpm
◦ sampleloop-3.1-2.i386.rpm or sampleloop-3.1-2.x86_64.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; requires a separate license for HP 3PAR
OS 2.3.1 and 3.1.1 only.)
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