HP Systems Insight Manager 7.3 Update 1 User Guide

NOTE: HP SIM no longer requires the VCA to be installed on target systems. The new SW/FW
Baselines feature performs this task.
NOTE: SIM 7.3.1 users cannot deploy agent online by using custom baseline with VCRM 7.2.2
and its prior versions. Users must upgrade to VCRM 7.3.0 for the same. The compatibility matrix
for online deployment of agents using custom baseline is as follows:
Table 17 Compatibility matrix
VCRM versionHP SUM version (bundled within SIM)SIM version
7.36.27.3.1
7.36.0.17.3.1
7.2.2 and prior5.3.5 and priorVersions prior to 7.3
To take full advantage of the software update capabilities of HP SIM, verify that the following
conditions are met:
• Every managed target server on the network has the HP VCA installed and is configured to
use a repository.
• Every repository that is to be used has the HP VCRM installed.
• You can optionally use the automatic update feature of the HP VCRM to automatically update
all repositories with the latest software from HP.
About software repositories
Updating ProLiant Support Packs and components using HP VCRM from a single or multiple
repositories saves time and is key to standardizing software maintenance and update procedures
on distributed systems.
For maximum manageability and flexibility across operating system platforms, each repository you
create must conform to the following conditions:
• It must be located on a local drive with write access.
• It must be updated automatically by the HP VCRM.
• It must be managed by HP VCRM.
After a repository is created, it must be populated with ProLiant Support Packs and components
before being updated on target HP systems. Although it is optional, the easiest and most efficient
way to update a repository is by using the Automatic Update feature of HP VCRM. This feature
enables you to schedule an automatic population of the repository. However, the repository can
be updated in one or more of the following ways:
• By using the Automatic Update feature of HP VCRM
• By using the Upload ProLiant Support Pack feature of HP VCRM, which enables users to easily
copy ProLiant Support Packs from a SmartStart CD or other accessible media
• By manually downloading the software into the repository from http://www.hp.com/go/
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