HP Version Control Agent 6.2 User Guide

Viewing overall software status
The Overall Software Status icon is not displayed until an HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM)
has been configured using the Change Settings link. After a repository has been configured, the Overall
Software Status icon is based on a comparison between the installed software or firmware versions and
newest component s available from the configured VCRM. The overall software status that appears depends
on the configuration defined using the Change Settings link. You can configure the Overall Software
Status to display a Major status if the server software version does not match the Reference Support Pack
version. When both a repository and Reference Support Pack have been configured, the Overall Software
Status icon is based on a comparison between the installed software or firmware versions and the software
or firmware versions in the Reference Support Pack.
For more information regarding the Software Status icons, refer to “Viewing overall software status icons”.
NOTE: If any custom software baseline is set as the reference support pack and the complete software in
the custom software baseline is not available in the Installed Software list, then the uninstalled softwares will
be listed in Not Installed list, and the overall status changes to Major only when the When checked, force
VCA to consider all the components in reference support for software status calculation and report
items that are not installed checkbox is selected when configuring a custom software baseline as reference
support pack.
IMPORTANT: Software status is based on a comparison of installed software against what is available in
the repository. You can configure software status to display Major when the server software version does
not match the Reference Support Pack version using the Change Settings link. If there are no comparable
items in the repository, the status is considered current .
To view overall software status, click the Home tab. The Home page appears.
Related procedures
• Changing settings
• Updating software
Related topics
• Viewing overall software status icons
• Navigating the software
Viewing overall software status icons
NOTE: Click a Software Status icon to access the HP Version Control Agent (VCA). If the VCA cannot
be accessed, help displays describing how to configure the VCA or trust relationship on that system.
NOTE: There is a Software Status icon for every system except HP-UX.
The status is based on comparing the installed versions against versions in the repository .
StatusIcon
There are different reasons why an Unknown status icon might
display:
• The VCA does not have an HP Version Control Repository
Manager (VCRM) configured.
• The configured VCRM is not reachable or does not respond
to HTTP requests, for example, the system or service is down
or the password has been changed.
• A VCA cannot be detected on the system or cannot
communicate with the VCA.
Status Values When no Reference Support Pack is Set
Note: The status is that of the latest version of the component in the configured repository.
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