HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage - Manual (Page 28)

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.)
NOTE: If you are upgrading an existing System Reporter installation to the 3.1 release, upgrade
the CLI to version 3.1.2. You do not need to re-install the 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 42) . 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 3.1 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 29) ) provides a visual representation of the installation
process for a new installation that is described in detail in the following sections.
28 Installation, Configuration, Update, and Removal