Preparing the System

This procedure verifies that your system meets the minimum requirements and prepares your system for installation.




	NOTE: This release of HP Systems Insight Manager supports upgrading from Compaq Insight Manager 7 Service Pack 2.3. Refer to Chapter 6 “Upgrading from Compaq Insight Manager 7 Service Pack 2.3 to HP Systems Insight Manager 4.2” for details. The Windows installer will fail if Internet Explorer 6.0 or later is not present. If Internet Explorer 5.x or earlier is installed, it must be upgraded to Internet Explorer 6.0 or later for the HP Systems Insight Manager install to complete successfully.

To verify and prepare your system:

Verify your system meets the minimum requirements. Refer to the HP Systems Insight Manager Release Notes for details.
Install the required Windows and SQL/MSDE Service Packs, if necessary.
Verify your system has at least one partition formatted for the NTFS file system, on which the HP Systems Insight Manager server software is to be installed.
If this requirement is not yet met, create or format an NTFS partition for use by HP Systems Insight Manager.
Download the software or locate a copy of the HP Management CD.
To download the software, go to http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim, and select Download.

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