System Management Homepage 7.3 Update 1 Release Notes

NOTE: This error is applicable for Windows x86_64 platform for SMH 6.0 only.
Workaround: HP recommends that you use the following procedure to manually downgrade
SMH to 6.0:
1. Extract the SMH 6.0 component cp010944.exe to a folder say C:\abc.
2. Navigate to the folder C:\abc in the command prompt. Execute the following command:
setup.exe /s /removeonly /f1 C:\abc. This removes the currently installed
version of HP SMH.
3. Proceed normally to install the SMH 6.0 using the following exe file: cp010944.exe.
• Issue: HP SMH 6.0 onwards supports the following:
SSLv2
Note: SSLv2 is disabled by default and it cannot be enabled in 7.2 onwards.
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◦ SSLv3
◦ TLSv1
Workaround: To enable the use of SSLv2 in the HP SMH:
1. As a precautionary measure, copy the existing smhpd.xml file into a different directory.
2. Manually add the tag:
Note: To set this configuration on a group of servers, this setting is included in those
affected by the Replicate Agent Settings feature in HP SIM. The source server must be
configured manually using the following steps and then the setting can be installed
simultaneously to other systems using HP SIM.
a. Open the smhpd.xml in the \hp\hpsmh\conf directory on the boot drive with a text
editor.
b. Add the following line between the <system-management-homepage> and
</system-management-homepage> tags:
<disable-sslv2>False</disable-sslv2>
c. Save the file.
3. Restart the HP SMH service.
• For Windows systems only:
Issue: When a system is running near the limit of the number of threads or processes its
resources can support, HP SMH may not be able to start.
Description: HP SMH 6.0 provides a way for users to reduce the number of threads required
to avoid this issue. Modifying this setting might affect HP SMH response time and throughput.
Workaround: To modify this setting, use smhconfig command to set the maximum threads
value:
1. Execute the following command to set the maximum thread value on the HP SMH.
smhconfig max-threads=value where, max-threads value range is 64-512.
12 Issues and workarounds