7.27 What causes "Unable to initialize MI" when running Glance?

This error can occur for many different reasons but it indicates that the
glance program had trouble starting the midaemon process.  Further details
are available in ~/glance.err and/or /usr/perf/log/`hostname`/midaemon.err.
See man midaemon(1).

Older revisions of HP GlancePlus (prior to B.09.00 for series 700/800
systems and prior to A.09.07 for series 300/400 systems) had a Known
Problem in which it was occasionally necessary to issue the following
command when the above error occurred:

rm /usr/perf/databases/`hostname`/*.data

Do NOT remove other files in the directory /usr/perf/databases/`hostname`/
because they may be required for other performance tools such as HP PerfRX
or HP PerfView.

This problem has been fixed in the current release of HP GlancePlus (versions
B.09.00 or greater for s700/800).

Please contact your HP Support Representative when you experience problems
with HP software products.  Your HP support contact will know how to obtain
additional information to characterize your specific problem.  Please
note the product version (ie: "what /usr/perf/bin/glance") when reporting
problems.

(thanks to Doug Grumann <dougg@hpptc3.rose.hp.com>)