HP XC System 3.x Software - Manual (Page 3)

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About This Document.......................................................................................................13
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................13
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................13
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................13
Related Information..............................................................................................................................14
Publishing History................................................................................................................................14
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................15
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................17
HPCPI...................................................................................................................................................17
HPCPI Components........................................................................................................................17
HPCPI Sampling Characteristics..........................................................................................................18
Xtools....................................................................................................................................................20
xclus and xcxclus.......................................................................................................................20
xperf and xcxperf.......................................................................................................................21
2 Installing HPCPI and Xtools.........................................................................................25
Installation Requirements.....................................................................................................................25
Patch Requirements.........................................................................................................................25
Product Dependencies.....................................................................................................................25
Hardware Requirements.................................................................................................................25
Firmware Requirements..................................................................................................................25
Operating System Requirements.....................................................................................................25
Software Requirements ...................................................................................................................25
Memory Requirements ...................................................................................................................25
I/O Requirements.............................................................................................................................25
Disk Space Requirements................................................................................................................25
RPM Packages.......................................................................................................................................25
Installing the Software..........................................................................................................................26
Before Installing the Software..........................................................................................................26
Installing HPCPI or Xtools on Systems with Existing Versions......................................................27
Installing the Software on Standalone Systems...............................................................................27
Installing the Software on HP XC Clusters.....................................................................................27
Using the Full Imaging Installation Procedure..........................................................................28
Using the Imaging Installation Procedure with Manual Propagation......................................28
Using cexec to Run RPM on the Clients..................................................................................29
Verifying the Installation .....................................................................................................................30
Removing the Software.........................................................................................................................30
3 Getting Started with HPCPI.........................................................................................31
Simple HPCPI Session..........................................................................................................................31
Step 1: Loading the HPCPI Environment.............................................................................................31
Step 2: Setting the HPCPI Database Environment Variable (HPCPIDB)..............................................31
Step 3: Creating the HPCPI Database Directory...................................................................................32
Step 4: Starting the HPCPI Daemon.....................................................................................................32
Step 5: Running the Code You Want to Analyze..................................................................................32
Step 6: Flushing the HPCPI Data to Disk.............................................................................................32
Step 7: Viewing Per Image Statistics for the System.............................................................................32
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