HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

About integration...........................................................................................................................466
About software repositories.............................................................................................................466
About multiple system management..................................................................................................467
Accessing the Version Control Agent................................................................................................468
Logging in to the HP VCA..........................................................................................................468
Accessing the Version Control Repository Manager............................................................................468
Accessing HP VCRM from HP SIM..............................................................................................469
Accessing HP VCRM In-Place.....................................................................................................469
Version Control status icons.............................................................................................................469
Version Control status................................................................................................................469
HP Version Control Agent reports.....................................................................................................470
Running the Software and Firmware Baseline report......................................................................470
Installing Software and Firmware.....................................................................................................472
Installing software and firmware:................................................................................................472
Firmware deployment to switches................................................................................................473
Installing ROM firmware updates.....................................................................................................474
Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install....................................................................................................474
Installing a HP ProLiant Support Pack...........................................................................................475
WBEM-based tools .............................................................................................................................479
Property Pages..............................................................................................................................480
System Fault Management overview.................................................................................................480
WBEM Management Providers overview...........................................................................................481
Available MSA tools............................................................................................................................482
14 Partner applications..............................................................................483
HP Integrity Essentials plug-ins..............................................................................................................483
HP ProLiant Essentials plug-ins...............................................................................................................484
HP Storage Essentials plug-ins...............................................................................................................484
HP Infrastructure Resource Management plug-ins ....................................................................................485
HP Integrity Essentials overview.............................................................................................................486
HP Integrity Essentials for HP-UX 11i..................................................................................................486
Software deployment................................................................................................................486
Configuration management........................................................................................................486
Workload management.............................................................................................................486
Remote server management.......................................................................................................487
HP Integrity Essentials for Windows..................................................................................................487
Deployment and configuration....................................................................................................487
Remote server management.......................................................................................................487
HP Integrity servers with Linux..........................................................................................................487
Central administration...............................................................................................................487
HP Integrity Essentials for Linux........................................................................................................487
Deployment and configuration....................................................................................................487
Workload management.............................................................................................................488
Remote server management.......................................................................................................488
HP Integrity servers with OpenVMS..................................................................................................488
Central administration...............................................................................................................488
HP Integrity Essentials for OpenVMS................................................................................................488
Configuration management........................................................................................................488
Workload management.............................................................................................................488
Remote server management.......................................................................................................488
Event Monitoring Service overview...................................................................................................489
HP-UX Bastille overview..................................................................................................................489
Features and benefits................................................................................................................489
GlancePlus Pak overview.................................................................................................................489
Ignite-UX overview.........................................................................................................................490
Integrated Lights-Out overview.........................................................................................................490
Partition Manager overview.............................................................................................................490
Software Assistant overview............................................................................................................491
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