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

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 MU2 release,
upgrade the CLI to version 3.1.3. You do not have to reinstall the optional database or Apache
web server. You only need to reinstall the System Reporter Tools as described in
“Installing or
Upgrading the System Reporter Tools” (page 44) . 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 MU2 automatically converts the earlier release database tables as per the
required format. 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