HP Storage Mirroring Software - Manual (Page 7)

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Installing Storage
Mirroring Reporting
Center
Review the server requirements. When your servers meet the required conditions, continue with the
installation instructions.
Requirements
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center requires the following minimum system configuration:
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Operating system—Storage Mirroring Reporting Center can be installed on any of the following
operating systems.
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Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 Standard or Advanced server with Service Pack 4
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Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard or Enterprise server with Service Pack 1 or later
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A licensed copy of SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, or SQL Server 2005 with Service
Pack 2 or later.
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A licensed copy of Storage Mirroring version 4.4.2.1 or later
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A copy of Storage Mirroring Reporting Center
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The server should meet the following minimum hardware requirements:
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At least 1 GB of physical memory
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At least 10 GB of free hard disk space
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Intel P4-compatible CPU running at 1.2 GHz or higher
NOTE: The Storage Mirroring GUI may optionally be installed on a Windows XP machine as
well as a server.
NOTE: If you do not have SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005, you can install Microsoft SQL
Server Express, Service Pack 2, during the Storage Mirroring Reporting Center
installation.
Before you install Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005, ensure that you have already
installed the following on your machine:
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.NET Framework version 2.0 or later
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Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version 2.8 with Service Pack 1 or
later
NOTE:
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Storage Mirroring only needs to be installed on the servers for which you want to
collect data.
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The collection server should NOT be running Storage Mirroring Application
Manager or Storage Mirroring Server Recovery Option. If one of these applications
is inadvertently installed on top of Storage Mirroring. See the Storage Mirroring
Reporting Center readme file for a workaround.