Upgrading from HP SIM 4.x or later

Verify that HP SIM 4.x or later is running on the system.

Download the software, or install it from the HP Management CD.

To download the software, see http://www.hp.com/go/HP SIM, 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 \HP SIM\win_ia32\ to launch the Installer.

The Welcome to the HP Systems Insight Manager Installer window appears. HP SIM examines this system for local instances of MSDE and SQL Server 2000.

Note: Click the drop-down selection box in the upper-right corner of any dialog box to view the HP SIM Installation and Configuration Guide, Readme or Release Notes.

Click Next. The System Inspection window appears. The system is inspected for a previous version of HP SIM and/or a local database. The Database Configuration window appears.

The database information of the existing HP SIM install is pre-populated. This information cannot be edited. Provide the correct password for the account , and click Next to proceed.

When the Select Installation Type window appears, select Typical to install the included components with minimal user interaction listed under the Available Components for Install or select Custom to select the individual components under the Available Components for Install and configure them during installation.

Note: If a component is not listed as being available for installation on the CMS, then the HP SIM install shell has determined one of the following:

If the component that is present on the CMS is an older version than what is bundled with the HP SIM install shell and it supports an in-place upgrade, it appears in the component list.