Getting started with HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 in a smaller Windows environment

White paper | HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2
12 | March, 2013
Note:
You cannot install the Altiris Notification Server and the HP Client Manager Software on a system
running the Vulnerability and Patch Manager due to conflicting IIS settings. The Altiris Notification
Server and the Vulnerability and Patch Manager can be installed on systems other than the
Systems Insight Manager system. For more information, see HP Client Management Solutions.
Managing systems running
HP-UX or Linux
For information about HP-UX management capabilities and Integrity systems, see
http://www.hp.com/go/integrity/.
For information about HP-UX CMS and managed system software for Virtual Server Environment
technologies, see http://hp.com/go/vse.
For information on the Linux agents for managed systems, see
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/linux/ProLiant-value-add.html.
Additional Systems Insight
Manager capabilities
Systems Insight Manager provides a rich set of functionality to enhance management of your IT
environment. After you have completed the basic setup described in this document, you can
implement additional capabilities. For more information, see the HP Systems Insight Manager User
Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/docs.
Version Control
Version Control can save time and support costs by ensuring the consistency of your server
system software. Systems Insight Manager catalogs HP system software such as BIOS, system
drivers, Insight Management Agents, HP utilities, and firmware on managed systems, and it
compares them to the latest available from HP or with a standard baseline set that you define.
The system software and the baseline definitions are stored in a Version Control Repository on the
CMS. You can configure the HP Version Control Repository Manager (HP VCRM) to automatically
retrieve the latest software and firmware from http://www.hp.com. You can also configure
systems to compare installed software with those in a selected baseline set. Systems Insight
Manager alerts you of discrepancies so that you can use Systems Insight Manager to schedule an
update of a system or groups of systems. For more information, see the HP Systems Insight
Manager User Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/docs. For more