HP Storage Mirroring V4.5 Software - Manual (Page 18)

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Navigating the user
interface
The Application Manager interface is designed to guide you through the process of configuring
protection for your servers. The default configuration parameters have been selected to be
appropriate for most configurations; however, you may need to modify them for your specific
environment. Any changes you make to non-machine specific configuration settings (such as Missed
Packets) will become the default the next time you run the Application Manager.
When you launch the Application Manager and select an application to protect, you will see the main
Application Manager window. The Setup tab of the Application Manager window leads you through
the steps to configure protection for a server using standard Windows-style controls. Enter
information in fields, select options from drop-down menus, click buttons, and use menu options to
configure protection.
After protection has been set up, use the Monitor tab to view information about the current
source/target pair. Based on the current protection status and/or failover state, the Failover,
Monitoring, and Protection button text on the Monitor tab will be updated to display the available
command. If the Application Manager is not in a state that will allow any of these options to be
executed, the corresponding button(s) will be grayed out (disabled).
The interface provides tooltip-style online help. When you place the pointer over a field in the
Application Manager, a tooltip will appear to provide additional information about the field.
Install the Application Manager
If you have not done so already, install the Application Manager by running the Application Manager
installation file downloaded from the Hewlett-Packard support website or from your installation
media. If you install .NET during the Application Manager installation, you may be required to reboot
your system prior to the installation of Application Manager. After the reboot, the installation should
continue.
When the installation autorun file is launched, the Application Manager will detect the platform that
the server is running on (that is, whether it is on 32-bit or 64-bit). When you select Install
Application Manager, the correct version of Application Manager will be installed automatically.
For the initial setup, the Application Manager only needs to be installed on one system. For managing
failover and failback, the Application Manager should be run from either the target server or an
administrative workstation.
NOTE: On 32-bit systems, if Storage Mirroring is installed before the Application Manager is
installed, then the Application Manager will be installed to the same location as Storage
Mirroring. If the Application Manager is installed before Storage Mirroring, then the
Application Manager will be installed to the \Application Manager directory that is created.
On 64-bit systems, Storage Mirroring is installed to the Program Files directory (not
\Program Files ). When the Application Manager is installed, the Application
Manager will be installed to the \Program Files folder where Storage Mirroring resides. If
the Application Manager is installed before Storage Mirroring, then the Application
Manager will be installed to \Program Files\Application Manager. If Storage Mirroring is
subsequently installed, it will be in a separate directory (that is, the Application Manager
will be installed to \Program Files\Application Manager and Storage Mirroring will be
installed to \Program Files\Storage Mirroring).