Version Control Installation Guide

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1 Product overview........................................................................................9

VCRM...................................................................................................................................................9

VCA......................................................................................................................................................9

HP SIM integration..................................................................................................................................9

Basic functions of VCRM and VCA..........................................................................................................10

VCRM............................................................................................................................................10

VCA..............................................................................................................................................11

HP SIM................................................................................................................................................11

Security considerations..........................................................................................................................11

2 Migrating Version Control to the System Management Homepage..................13

Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.1 and earlier...........................................................13

Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.2 and later..............................................................13

Migrating the VCA and the VCRM from Management HTTP Server to SMH to use operating system

authentication..................................................................................................................................13

3 Obtaining the software.............................................................................17

Obtaining VCA, VCRM, and HP SIM.......................................................................................................17

VCA..............................................................................................................................................17

VCRM............................................................................................................................................17

HP SIM...........................................................................................................................................17

4 Installing the VCA using HP Systems Insight Manager....................................19

Pre-configuring VCA component in VCRM................................................................................................19

Installing VCA Using the Initial ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack Install Option...........................................19

Deploying VCA Using the Configure or Repair Agent option.......................................................................19

5 Installing the VCA on Windows operating systems........................................21

VCA requirements for Windows..............................................................................................................21

System requirements.........................................................................................................................21

Supported hardware and software................................................................................................21

Client requirements..........................................................................................................................22

Hardware and software ..............................................................................................................22

Installation overview..............................................................................................................................22

Installing the VCA for Windows.........................................................................................................23

Configuring the VCA...................................................................................................................23

Installing the VCA for Windows silently....................................................................................................23

Installing silently using the CLI............................................................................................................24

6 Installing the VCA on Linux operating systems...............................................25

VCA requirements for Linux....................................................................................................................25

System requirements.........................................................................................................................25

Supported hardware and software................................................................................................25

Client requirements..........................................................................................................................26

Hardware and software ..............................................................................................................26

Installing the VCA for Linux.....................................................................................................................27

Verifying the VCA service is running...................................................................................................28

Installing the VCA for Linux silently..........................................................................................................28

Installing VCA silently using the CLI....................................................................................................28

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