ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack Planning Guide

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9. Optionally, sign up for e-mail notifications of vulnerability definition updates or Vulnerability
and Patch Management Pack updates at
http://www.hp.com/go/swupdate.
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10. Determine the appropriate time and frequency to perform scans and deploy patches, and the
number of systems to include in each scan based on your needs. See the “
Vulnerability
scanning
” and “Patching” sections in this guide for information.
Installing the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
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1. Install the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack from the HP installation media or the
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack download website. See the “Installation and
configuration” chapter in the user guide for instructions.
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2. Optionally, if the VPM Acquisition Utility will be used to obtain patch updates, install the VPM
Acquisition Utility. See the “Installation and configuration” chapter in the user guide
for instructions.
Configuration
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1. Access the HP SIM console. See the HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and User Guide
for information about accessing and using HP SIM.
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2. Perform a discovery to locate and identify target systems in the network that can be used with
the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. See the HP Systems Insight Manager
Installation and User Guide.
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3. Configure the default Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) settings of each target
system with credentials that allow privileged access for scanning and patching.
o Select Options>Protocol Settings and either Global Protocol Settings or System
Protocol Settings from the HP SIM toolbar.
o Verify that the Enable WBEM checkbox is selected.
o VPM uses the Default WBEM settings differently for each operating system. In
the Default 1 field, enter Windows account credentials with administrator
privileges.
o In the Default 2 field, enter Linux account credentials with administrator
privileges.
o To configure individual node settings on a per-node basis, credentials are only
required in the first field. See the “Installation and configuration” chapter in the
user guide.
WBEM settings might be effected by:
o The global protocol settings
o The individual target system protocol settings
o The manual discovery protocol settings
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