HP Version Control Agent User Guide

installed version A particular HP software component that is installed on the server
on which the VCA is installed.
latest version The latest version of a particular HP software component that is
contained in the repository.
overall software status This section indicates whether the software on the server on which
the VCA is installed has any updates available within the
repository in which it has been configured to monitor.
HP ProLiant and Integrity
Support Pack
An ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack, or Custom Software
Baseline is a set of HP software components that have been
bundled together by HP, and verified to work with a particular
operating system. A ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack contains
driver components, agent components, and application and utility
components. All of these are verified to install together.
Reference Support Pack A baseline bundle of HP software components that the VCA can
be configured to point to in the repository. This setting enables
users to indicate that they want to keep all of their software up
to a certain Support Pack level.
repository A directory containing ProLiant and Integrity Support Packs and
Smart Components.
Red Hat Package Manager
(RPM)
The Red Hat Package Manager is a powerful package manager
that can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and
uninstall individual software packages. A package consists of an
archive of files and package information, including name, version,
and description.
Replicate Agent Settings A tool that can be used to copy Web-based agent settings to a
group of systems.
Secure Task Execution (STE) Secure execution of a task from a managed system. This feature
of HP SIM ensures that the user requesting the task has the
appropriate rights to perform the task, and encrypts the request
to protect data from snooping.
Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)
One of the management protocols supported by HP SIM.
Traditional management protocol used extensively by networking
systems and most servers. MIB-2 is the standard information
available consistently across all vendors.
single login Permission granted to an authenticated user browsing to HP SIM
to browse to any of the managed systems from within HP SIM
without re-authenticating to the managed system. HP SIM is the
initial point of authentication and browsing to another managed
system must be from within HP SIM.
software inventory A listing of the HP software installed on the system where the
VCA is installed.
support pack version A field that displays the version of a particular HP software
component that is contained in the Reference Support Pack that
the VCA has been configured to use as a baseline. There might
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