Requesting host agent updates – HP XP Performance Advisor Software User Manual
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Related Topics
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“Collecting configuration data” (page 52)
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“Scheduling configuration data collection” (page 54)
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Requesting host agent updates
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
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Ensure that the version of the host agent installed on the host matches with the version of HP
XP7 Performance Advisor installed on the management station.
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Ensure that the command devices are already created on the XP and the XP7 disk arrays
connected to your host, and configured to communicate with the host. If not already created,
the corresponding RAID Manager Library version is not displayed when you request for a host
update. In such cases, do the following:
1.
Create
command devices on the XP and the XP7 disk arrays. For more information on
creating
command devices, refer to the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software
Installation
Guide
2.
Associate the command device with your host agents.
3.
Request an update on your host agents.
To request an update on your host agent:
1.
Click Monitoring+Array View in the left pane.
The Array View screen appears.
2.
Click the Host Information tab. The details for the HP XP7 Performance Advisor host agents
appear in the Host Information table:
Description
Screen elements
Displays the system name of the host.
Host
Displays the operating system installed on the host and
its current version.
OS
Displays the version of the host agent installed on the
host.
HA Version
Displays the RMLIB version installed on the host.
RMLib Version
Displays the status of the host update request as either
Requested or Received.
Status
Displays the status of the host information request.
Request Status
Displays the date and time stamp when the configuration
device file was sent to the management station.
Updated
3.
Select the host agents whose configuration details you want to update in HP XP7 Performance
Advisor.
Communicating with host agents
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