AdventNet HBA agents for Windows, Linux, SUN Solaris, HP-UX and IBM AIX servers
Heterogeneous management tool for storage area networks
AdventNet HBA Agent is vendor neutral and is built on SNIA Common HBA API specification. The agent is capable of working with SNIA compliant HBAs such as QLogic, Emulex, JNI, and HP Tachyon.
HBA agents available for following OS
Windows
Linux
SUN Solaris
HP-UX
Note:
AdventNet HBA agents will work only on SNIA compliant HBA drivers.
Steps to check whether HBA driver is SNIA compliant
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Windows: Check for the registry key under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> SOFTWARE --> SNIA --> HBA
Linux /Solaris /HP-UX: Check for the file /etc/hba.conf
If entries not present then first install SNIA compliant HBA driver before installing AdventNet HBA agent
You can download the HBA agent for the corresponding Host server from here
Unzip the HBA agent service zip ( jhbaservice.zip).
This will create a set of files under the directory hbaservice.
Go to directory hbaservice/
Open wrapper.conf
JRE is present in Windows servers under C:\Program Files\Java directory.
Set the path of java bundled as part of JRE to the wrapper.java.command property.
For example, if the path is C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2\bin\java then set the property value as follows
wrapper.java.command=C:\Progra~1\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\bin\java
Note :
a. Specify JRE 1.4.2 and higher versions
b. In the above, "Program Files" is to be abbreviated as Progra~1
Save this wrapper.conf with the above changes.
Run HBAService.bat -i to install and register the HBA agent as a windows service.
Run HBAService.bat -t to start the HBA agent service
Steps to run HBA agents on Windows NT / Windows 2000 / Windows XP
Download the AdventNet HBA Agent in the host server
Ensure that the Port 8001 is free
Copy the AdventNetHbaAgent-Windows.exe to C:\Program Files\
Open a command prompt
Go to C:\Program Files\ directory
Type the following in the command prompt, AdventNetHbaAgent-Windows.exe i to install the agent
To start this service select Control Panel --> Services.
Right-click AdventNetHBAAgent service and select start options
Steps to run HBA agents Linux / Solaris / HP-UX / IBM AIX servers
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