Software for ProLiant Manual

1 Product overview
The HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) is a repository that stores the software and firmware
components used to support ProLiant servers on Windows and Linux platforms. By default, the VCRM is
installed on the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) central management server; however, you can specify
a custom directory or a server location.
You can use the VCRM as a central point to define software baselines and to automate the installation and
change management of HP software and firmware updates to production systems.
The VCRM catalogs system software and firmware that is stored where the VCRM is installed. The software
and firmware can be manually downloaded from http://www.hp.com/servers/swdrivers directly to the file
system, or you can use the VCRM to automatically download software or manually upload software from
any web client. Software is organized into groups by function and operating system. You can view detailed
information about each piece of software by clicking the software component name. The VCRM also enables
you to create customized groupings of software, which can then serve as a system software baseline for the
entire managed environment or a subset of your environment.
NOTE: Although it is possible to install an HP ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack or component to the
local machine using the VCRM, must use the HP Remote Deployment Utility to install the software on remote
servers unless the VCA has been installed on the remote server and the install is initiated using the VCA.
NOTE: HP Version Control Repository Manager is supported on virtual machines.
The VCRM permits:
• “Viewing a custom software baseline” - Viewing the contents in the repository, such as ProLiant and
Integrity Support Packs, Custom Software Baselines, and components.
• “Configuring auto update” - Configuring Automatic Update to proactively deliver new ProLiant software
from HP as it is made available.
• “Uploading support packs” - Uploading a support pack to the repository from a CD or other accessible
media using the Upload a Support Pack feature.
• “Creating a custom software baseline” - Creating HP ProLiant and HP Integrity Support Packs.
• “Deleting items from the repository” - Deleting HP ProLiant and HP Integrity Support Packs and
components.
• “Copying items to another repository” - Copying HP ProLiant and HP Integrity Support Packs and
components to another repository.
• “Configuring a component” - Configuring components in the repository that are flagged as requiring
configuration.
• “Updating the repository immediately” - Update from HP.com now.
• “Rescanning the repository” - Rescanning the repository and rebuilding the catalog.
• “Viewing the log” - Viewing the log.
• “Clearing the log” - Clearing the log.
• “Changing log settings” - Configuring the log to automatically delete older entries, reducing maintenance
activity for administrators.
• Installing selected components at the local (browser client) system.
• Multithreaded file download functionality: VCRM enables handling the client download requests using
multiple threads. The default thread count is 5. Four threads handle four download requests, and one
thread responds busy status to other download requests.
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