Welcome
The HP Storage Sizer is a downloadable
sizing tool that helps to design a storage infrastructure that will meet your customer’s
needs!
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Simplifies the Process
of designing a storage solution
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Applies storage design
rules, licensing and services rules
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Output is a Valid,
Supported Configuration that can be imported directly into Watson / SBW for
quotation
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Provides localized
parts and pricing for Americas, APJ and EMEA
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Smart Update Technology
– brings new products or functionality to you
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Encompasses the HP Storage
family
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Updated at every New
Product launch as part of the NPI process
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New functionality
added based on user input, annual surveys and quarterly focus groups
Important
Upcoming Changes To All ESS Sizing Tools
Sizing Tool Security and Authentication Initiative
The ESS Alliances Performance and Solutions COE team
has begun the deployment of
a license-based security mechanism to protect many tools and applications used by
HP employees and certified HP Partners against unauthorized usage.
This initiative has
begun with the
SWD Sizing Tool, with other tools and solution sizers in the
organization to follow,
as applicable.
End-User Requirements
When a specific tool
requires a license for use, you will be required to make use of a new utility called
the HP Sizing Tool License Manager. This utility will allow you to apply licenses
to use (LTUs) for individual applications (or several
at one time) to your computer.
The
HP Sizing Tool License Manager will be included with any current ESS Alliances
software tool, so you will not need to download a new application if you already
have one of our tools installed.
Obtaining a License
When a particular tool
starts using the new security mechanism, you may be required to obtain and apply
a license to use that application. Some applications may not require a license,
and others may license based on the level of affiliation with HP (employee, Certified
Partner, etc.).
For the HP Storage Sizing Tool (licensed as 'SWD Sizing Tool'):
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HP
Employees
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HP Employees
will obtain their first-time LTU from our
HP Employee Page. After the initial application of their license, HP Employees
will automatically receive an extension to that license as long as they periodically
connect to the HP Intranet (office or VPN).
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HP
Certified Partners
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HP Certified
Partners will get new licenses from a page within their respective partner portals.
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Note:
Partner Portal users with a training ID will not be able to locate the
necessary page due to regional permissions. It is recommended that these users
follow the Non-Partner process instead.
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Access
your regional Partner Portal/Portal One/Smart Portal and use the navigational
paths provided below to find our page.
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Since
each geographical region manages their own Partner Portals and we publish at
the worldwide level, some regions may not publish our page due to local
restrictions including, but not limited to, language restrictions.
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Partners
who cannot find the portal page in their region are requested to use the
licensing procedure for “All Others” for more immediate service but may
alternatively send a screenshot of their Partner Portal interface, while logged
in, with their user name, portal id, and company name displayed for
verification to NSS_Sizer@hp.com .
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Region
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Navigation Path from
Home Page
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North America
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From Left-side Navigational Bar,
"Prices":
Below "Quote &
configuration tools" header
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EMEA
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From the Enterprise Storage, Servers &
Networking Page:
HP Storage Section
Below "SWD Product
Information" header
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EMEA
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From the HP Software and Solutions Page:
Below the "Relevant tools"
header
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APJ
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From Left-side Navigational Bar,
"Products" :
Server, Storage & Services
Storageworks
Division
Below the "Product
Resource" header
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APJ
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From Left-side Navigational Bar,
"Products" :
Server, Storage & Services
Technology Services
Below "Product
Resource" header
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APJ
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From Left-side Navigational Bar,
"Products" :
Server, Storage & Services
HP Software
Below "Product Resource"
header
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LA
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From Left-side Navigational Bar,
"Products and Pricing" :
Enterprise Business (EB)
Sales and Configuration Tools
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All
Others
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All other users will be required to have an HP Sales Representative act as a sponsor.
You may start a licensing request by using the “Request License” feature of the License Manager as of Version 7.5.0. After providing the necessary information,
and identifying an HP employee as a sponsor, your sponsor will be able to complete your request and send you a license directly.
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Start the
HP Sizing Tool License Manager using the Programs Menu or by right-clicking the
‘hp’ icon in your system tray and selecting ‘Open License Manager’.
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From the
menu in the License Manager, select the menu item ‘License Request’ and choose
the ‘Request A License’ item.
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On the
resultant dialog, select the tool for which you are interested in obtaining a
license (e.g. ‘SWD Sizing Tool’) and fill out the necessary form items. To
prevent delays, it is strongly recommended that you adequately fill out the
‘Reason For Request’ section with any appropriate
business justification(s).
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When
done, click ‘Submit Request to Sponsor’. This will generate an email message
that you will need to send.
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The link
and information provided to the sponsor will allow him/her to generate a
license on your behalf. After
providing the necessary information, and identifying an HP employee as a
sponsor, an email message to your selected sponsor will be generated. Upon
receipt your sponsor will be able to complete your request and send you a
license directly.
Applying a License
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To
apply a license:
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Launch
the HP Sizing Tool License Manager via:
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Start->Programs->Hewlett-Packard->HP
Sizing Tool License Manager
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or,
Right-Click the HP Icon in your system tray and select "Open License Manager"
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Select
Action->Apply New License Data
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Navigate
to the directory containing the license, and choose the license file
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For licenses
that grant access, the affected tools will have their status change to "License Installed"
(assuming you never had it installed before)
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For
licenses that increase access time, the affected tools will have their expiration
dates change accordingly
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If this
is the first license you've received for a tool, you will need to activate that
tool. Highlight the line representing the tool and press the "Install/Activate Tool"
button
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The Status Line
for the tool will change to "License Activated" and the expiration dates will display
Current Version is V9.4.0
May 14, 2012
New
for Version 9.4.0
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New Product Support
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Capacity-based Sizing of new X9000 platforms in SAW Modeler and X9000 Calculator:
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New X9320 platforms with SFF 10K Enterprise SAS Disk Drives and with 3TB LFF 7.2K MDL SAS Disk Drives
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New X9730 platforms with 140TB and 210TB Capacity Blocks (70 disks per Capacity Block)
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V400 "Enhancement" parts
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Support for DNA-Recovery Manager (RM), HP Storage replication snapshot/recovery solution
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Added P9500 MLC SSD support
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Added ISS-Solid State Drives
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New D2000 Bundles and new P2000 G3 Array Bundles
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SN8000C Director Switch
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New Functionality:
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Changes to D2D, VLS calculators
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Support for Year over Year (YoY) data growth (refer Sizer guide for D2D, VLS on these enhancements)
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Support for advanced retention with flexible configurations (retention sets)
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Enhanced de-dupe output to show more detail (Click on “YoY Growth” button)
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Changed “B6200 Options” default from 1TB disk to Mixed
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VLS product update (de-dupe performance data update, structured/unstructured data type, right click on data type for context help)
New
for Version 9.3.2
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3PAR Calculator Enhancements:
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Added two new SIZING POLICIES/METHODOLOGIES:
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"High Availability by Shelf (Green Zone)" ** this is also the new default
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"High Availability by Magazine"
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Both newer sizing methods take minimum disk AND shelf requirements for RAID/HA into consideration
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"Green Zone - Best Practices" has been renamed to "Original Sizing Tool Method"
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Added IO Size option to workload definitions (specifically for SSD drives)
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Added Virtual Volume Alignment option (specifically for SSD drives)
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Added NEW SSD Performance data, including data for the newer drives
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Any 'holes' in the data will be filled with the previous default values
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The new Alignment and IOSize parameters are used when determining actual SSD IOPS
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Added CACHE HIT percentage field (defaults to 0)
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This field should only be used if you actually know the nature of the customer's workload/application performance expectations
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Added ART ALL, or Average Response Time for ALL I/Os output to the provisioning table
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This was a field request to demonstrate the actual expectation once Read/Write ratio and cache hit prediction were put into consideration
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The lower bound for this calculation is 2.5ms
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Changed the default disk drive (was previously the 50GB SSD which is not widely used anymore)
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Modified the Node Pairs designation in the Node Configuration section to clear up some misunderstandings
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Added new comments for fields denoted with '*' or '**' to clear up misunderstandings
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Added new error detection for trying to switch to an array model after defining workloads when that array model will not support the disks count or architecture
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Added a feature to increment the FC Adapter count and Node Pair count to accommodate configurations as the user adds workloads (previously users just got a messsage saying they needed to add more)
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New Functionality:
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Updates to P6x00 Protection Algorithm (new and previous versions supported)
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Ability to set capacity preferences to be GB / GiB or TB / TiB . Currently available in the 3PAR, P9500, P6x00, and P2000 Calculators - more to come
New
for Version 9.3.1
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Minor Updates:
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Updates for Software products which are now available only under the E-Delivery option
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Update affecting P9500 Imports
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Latest PriceFiles
New
for Version 9.3.0
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New Product Support:
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SAW Modeler support for latest X5520 G2 High Availability Network Storage Systems
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New HBAs & Switches
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New D2D Tape Products
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Latest disks
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New Functionality:
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Added Power/Weight/Heat values to 3PAR results spreadsheet. Enable via the Preferences button.
New
for Version 9.2.3
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Bugfixes:
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Corrected Part Numbers for X9320 Capacity Blocks.
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Fixed P9500 calculation of Spare Disk quantities.
New
for Version 9.2.2
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Miscellaneous minor bugfixes
New
for Version 9.2.1
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P9500 Upgrade Support - Users may now perform upgrade sizing on P9500 Arrays using the HP Storage Sizing Tool. Also new is the ability to import upgrade P9500 configurations into SBW/Watson
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P9500 Upgrades using C-Track data and SBW/Watson - The Sizer now allows the import of P9500 C-Track data as a baseline for performing P9500 upgrades. Documentation is available in the HP Sizing Tool Knowledge Base in the SWD Sizing Tool section
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Updates and BugFixes
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A SAW Modeler error that resulted in the need for more than one 3PAR array has been corrected; users should now get the appropriate number of drives on all arrays created as a result of the sizing.
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Fixed a bug that caused SFPs to appear on the BOM as "See third party vendor" when they should not.This also affected the ordering of certain switch blades.
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The 900GB P6x00 drive is now correctly listed as 10K instead of 15K speed.
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D2D Calculators: Fixed D2D replication target reporting retention capacity as zero.
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Enterprise Backup Solution: Default of 20% is set for differential backup when no input is entered.
New
for Version 9.2.0
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Support for P4900 6.4TB SSD SAN and P4900 3.2TB SSD Storage System
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Updated support for X9320 Network Storage Systems
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New MDS600 disk bundles
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P6000 EVA updates
New
for Version 9.1.0
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Support for B6200 StoreOnce Multi-Node Backup System (New Product Introduction)
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Updates and BugFixes
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Fixed bug in D2D replication link sizing for case where job copies are involved
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Removed obsolete switches and tape products
New
for Version 9.0.0
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Software updates
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New 900 GB drive for P9500
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HP 3PAR V400 Rack-mount option
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HP 3PAR 10G iSCSI offering
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New P2000 bundles
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MAS Virtual Nodes added
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Release Note for MAS calculator: When choosing Single Site + DR, if the user changes the node layout to add in the use of the Virtual Node on one site, that change must also manually be made on the other site as well to make sure pairing rules are obeyed. The Sizer will automatically pair the Virtual Node in a single site configuration, though this ONLY applies to Single Site + DR.
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Support for new X5000 (High-Availability) Network Storage Systems (SAW Modeler)
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Added P4000 support for new P4800 140TB MDL SAS BladeSystem SAN
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Fixes and Change Requests
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ESL G3 calculator – fixed a problem while adding slots with 0 drives/span>
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Added SBW export for D2D systems
Installation Note related to HP Data Protector Software Sizing Tool
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The Data Protector Software Sizing Tool requires .NET Framework v3.0 for Windows, which will already be present on most user PCs. If .NET v3.0 is not found on your PC, you will not be able to start the HP Data Protector Software Sizing Tool and an Error Report may result.
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.NET Framework v3.0 for Windows may be installed using Windows Update. For Windows XP, .NET v3.0 is located in the "Optional Components" section of Windows Update.
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HP Employees can install .NET v3.0 by invoking the CM Application Self Service Manager; select and install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (which includes v3.0).
Note
for Previous Users
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Major
Change to Kit and Folder Structure in Version 6.0.0
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With
V6.0.0, a number of changes have been made to both the installation procedure and
the installed folder structure. The new installation procedure is "Windows Vista
Friendly" and the default installation location has been moved to "C:\Hewlett-Packard\ESS
Sizers\". This change eliminates a number of installation failures due to file access
problems under Windows Vista.
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The
installation will create three folders beneath "ESS Sizers": "SWD Sizing Tool",
"Smart Update Process", and "Profile Manager". The functions of the SWD Sizing Tool
have been broken into three modules. This new arrangement creates a building block
for future enhancements and for integration with the world of "Application Solution
Sizers".
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We regret
that these changes are not backwards compatible with previous releases and that
the V6.0.0 kit cannot be installed "seamlessly" over an existing SWD Sizer installation.
Users who receive V6.0.0 via the smart update process do not need to re-install
at this time and can continue with the previous directory structure. However, to
take advantage of the future integration with the Application Sizers, we recommend
that users remove and reinstall using V6.0.0. Users desiring to retain their previous
claimchecks can copy the contents of the old "Gen" folder into the new "Gen" folder.
Localized Parts and Pricing
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The United States,
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
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Chile, China, Columbia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France,
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Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,
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Middle East Region,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore,
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South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom,
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Venezuela, and Vietnam.
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HP GSA Pricing for
"US Federal Government" and other agencies
