ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack Support Matrix

Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack

The VPM server, the server on which Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack software is installed, must meet

the following hardware and software requirements. Requirements listed for the VPM server are independent of

requirements for HP SIM and any other applications that coexist on the VPM server. For specific hardware and

software requirements for the HP SIM server, see the HP SIM User Guide.

Table 1 Hardware requirements

Component Specification

Any HP x86 server —

Memory At least 512 MB RAM

Processor 1.5 GHz or higher

1 GB for Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (150 MB in the TEMP directory for installation)

Disk space

Additional space for scan reports and patches

File structure New Technology File System (NTFS)

DVD-ROM drive —

Table 2 Software requirements

Component Specification

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server SP4

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4

Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition SP1

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP1

Operating system

(32-bit versions

only)*

Windows XP Professional SP2

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or later, installed and running**

Services

TCP/IP with DNS properly configured so that system names can be resolved to IP addresses

Database An existing Microsoft SQL Server database can be used, or Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) will be

installed on the VPM server with the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack installation. When

changing databases during an upgrade, patch data from the previous database is not migrated. A full

patch acquisition must be performed to repopulate the patch repository.

HP SIM 5.1 or later, installed and running on a Windows server with Windows Management

Instrumentation (WMI) Mapper

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0

Applications

(must be available on

the network)

Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 3.x or later (to view scan results)

* HP SIM might have additional restrictions for supported service pack levels.

** HP strongly recommends enabling HTTPS if HP SIM and Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack are installed on

separate servers. For information about configuring HTTPS service in IIS, see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324069