ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack Planning Guide

Reporting
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View consolidated reports showing patch installation status for all systems managed by the
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. You can view reports by systems or patches. A
search filter is also available to view the status of a particular patch on a particular system.
o To view patch reports by patch, select Diagnose>Vulnerability and Patch
Management>View Patch Installation Status>View by Patch.
o To view patch reports by system, select Diagnose>Vulnerability and Patch
Management>View Patch Installation Status>View by System.
o To view patch reports using a search filter, Diagnose>Vulnerability and Patch
Management>View Patch Installation Status>View by Search Filter.
See the “Viewing patch installation status” section in the user guide.
Notification
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Optionally, configure HP SIM notification settings to alert you when designated Vulnerability and
Patch Management Pack events occur. See the “
Setting up notifications” section in this guide for
information about setting up notifications.
Adding a new target system
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1. Configure global WBEM server credentials for the user account. Enter Windows account
credentials with administrator privileges in the Default 1 field and Linux account credentials
with administrator privileges in the Default 2 field. 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.
NOTE: If the account is in a domain different from the target system, append the domain name
to the user name.
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2. Be sure that the target system operating system is identified correctly in HP SIM.
o For ProLiant systems, install the HP Management Agents.
o For third-party systems running Windows, configure for WMI access.
o For third-party systems running Linux, install and configure SNMP.
See the “
Preparing the target environment for Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
access
” section in this guide.
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3. Apply Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack licenses to servers and client systems that
will be used with the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. See the “Licensing” chapter
in the user guide.
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4. Optionally, add new systems to scheduled vulnerability scans and validation tasks. See the
HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and User Guide.
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