Preparing the System

This procedure verifies that your system meets the minimum requirements and prepares your system for installation.




	NOTE: The Windows installer will fail if Internet Explorer 6.0 or later is not present. If Internet Explorer 5.x or earlier is installed, it must be upgraded to Internet Explorer 6.0 or later for the HP SIM installation to complete successfully.If installing HP SIM with a local MSDE or SQL database on a Windows XP SP2 machine that is not a member of a domain, Simple File Sharing is automatically disabled. The Simple File Sharing setting on Windows XP Professional changes the way local users are authenticated. Enabled = Guest only - Local users authenticate as Guest. Disabled = Classic - Local users authenticate as themselves. This setting is located in the Local Security Policy Editor under Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Local Security Policy. Select Security Settings>Local Policies>Security Options>Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts. This change is necessary for the database install.

To verify and prepare your system:

Verify your system meets the minimum requirements. Refer to “System requirements” for details.
Install the required Windows and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Server or MSDE Service Packs.
NOTE: The Typical install for HP SIM does not support an Oracle database.
Verify your system has at least one partition formatted for the NTFS file system, on which the HP SIM server software is to be installed.
If this requirement is not yet met, create or format an NTFS partition for use by HP SIM.
Verify that Microsoft Access Data Components (MDAC) 2.7 Service Pack 1 or higher is installed. Navigate to C: \Program Files\Common Files\System\Ado, and right-click the icon for the msado15.dll file. Select Properties, and click the Version tab to display the version number. If the file is not found in this path, use the Windows search engine to find the file. If you must download MDAC, refer to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ , and search for MDAC Service Pack.
Download the software, or install it from the HP Management CD.
To download the software, refer to http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim, and on the upper-left of the page under HP management software, click Download. The HP SIM Download Page appears. Under HP Systems Insight Manager and related components, select HP SIM-Windows>Download latest version of HP SIM - Windows for a full product install.
To install the software from the Management CD, place the CD in the CD-ROM drive. The CD has an autorun feature that launches a license agreement. Agree to the license agreement, and click the Products tab. Click Install under HP SIM to launch the Installer. Or click the Products tab, click Explore CD, and then run setup.exe located at \hpsim\win_ia32\ to launch the Installer.
Before you proceed with install if you are going to install HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack, HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack, or the System Management Homepage you need to refer to the following documents for specific username requirements for the product administrator, service account and DB administrator. For more information refer to
- HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack documentation at http://www.hp.com/products/pmp
- HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack User Guide at http://www.hp.com/servers/proliantessentials/vmm
- System Management Homepage Installation Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html
You can choose to install HP SIM with a Typical install with minimal user interaction or a Custom install to select the components you want to install.

Preparing the System

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