HP XP7 Performance Advisor uses Oracle as its database. When HP XP7 Performance Advisor is
installed, all the database related files are also automatically installed on the management station.
A default disk space of 3 GB is allocated from the management station's available disk space to
HP XP7 Performance Advisor database. If you upgraded from a previous version of HP XP7
Performance Advisor to the current version, the management station's available disk space is
automatically allocated to the database that is migrated during the upgrade process. You can
manage HP XP7 Performance Advisor database in the following ways:

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Configure the database size manually, where you allocate the available disk space on your
management station to HP XP7 Performance Advisor database

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Configure HP XP7 Performance Advisor to automatically determine and allocate the available
disk space on your management station to the HP XP7 Performance Advisor database (Auto
Grow)

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Purge

data that belongs to an XP or an XP7 disk array, or data older than the specified date

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Purge data automatically, where HP XP7 Performance Advisor will purge the oldest data in
its database to accommodate new data

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Archive data from HP XP7 Performance Advisor database

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Import data into HP XP7 Performance Advisor database

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Generate or schedule Export DB reports, and also view records for the Export DB files

The above-mentioned activities can be performed on the Database Manager screen.

WARNING!

The HP XP7 Performance Advisor database is a stand-alone database designed to

run only with HP XP7 Performance Advisor and not with any other application. Therefore, only
supported and documented HP XP7 Performance Advisor utilities, tools, and integrated features
such as configuring, purging, archiving, and backing up and restoring data should be used to
maintain it. Standard Oracle database management tools and facilities should not be used to
manage or monitor the database.

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