ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack Planning Guide

Vulnerability scanning
Scanning virtual machines
Virtual machines can be scanned and patched using the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack.
However, extra time might be required, and there is no coordination when the virtual hosts and virtual
machines are patched and rebooted, when necessary. HP recommends monitoring your virtual
environment when applying patches.
Scanning client systems
Vulnerability scans and patch deployments complete at a much faster rate on client systems than when
performed on servers or virtual machines. In normal circumstances, Vulnerability and Patch
Management Pack tasks can be performed on many client systems at once without causing bandwidth
issues.
Maintaining vulnerability scan results
Vulnerability scan report data is located at C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager\
hpwebadmin\webapps\ROOT\mxportal\home\STATScanner. Back up your scan reports and patch
entitlement data regularly to preserve scan and patch history.
Based on your individual needs and disk drive availability, determine how long you will retain your
scan reports. When scan reports are no longer needed, they can be deleted by selecting
Diagnose>Vulnerability and Patch Management>Scan and selecting either View Results by Scan
Name or View Results by System from the HP SIM toolbar. Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
scan results can be deleted for a specified scan or an individual system.
NOTE: Removing scan results will break the links to the results in the events list and the systems list.
Run another scan to create new results for the system.
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