HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

HP Version Control Repository Manager
HP VCRM is an HP Insight Management Agent that manages a directory of HP software and firmware
components. You can use HP VCRM without HP VCA to provide a listing of available software and firmware
to load on the local machine. HP VCRM is part of the HP Foundation Pack.
HP VCRM is designed to be used in a one-to-many configuration with a HP VCA installed on each managed
HP system to manage installed HP software and firmware. In conjunction with HP SIM, HP VCRM, and HP
VCA provides enterprise management of HP software and firmware on HP ProLiant and Integrity systems.
Alone, HP VCRM can catalog and manage a repository of ProLiant and Integrity Support Packs and software
and firmware for HP ProLiant and Integrity systems.
NOTE: Although you can install an HP ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack or component to the local
machine using HP VCRM, you cannot install the software on remote servers unless HP VCA is installed on
the remote server and using HP VCA.
Related topics
• Version Control
• About the Version Control Agent
• About the Version Control Repository Manager
Related procedures
• Setting protocols and credentials for a system or groups of systems
• Setting protocols for a single system
• Setting global protocols
Related topics
• Global protocols
• Configuring or repairing agents
Learn more: Configuring WBEM/WMI
Configuring WBEM enables you to configure the target Linux, Windows, or HP-UX system to send WBEM
indications or events to HP SIM.
You can add and remove subscriptions to WBEM indication events through the GUI. You can also add and
remove subscriptions to WBEM indication events using the CLI. If you do not subscribe to WBEM indication
events for a system that supports them, any WBEM events that occur do not appear on the event table view
page.
Related topic
▲ WBEM indications
Learn more: Configuring a nonadministrative account for HP SIM to access WMI
data
Configure a nonadministrative account for HP SIM to access WMI data This option applies to Windows
systems with HP WBEM providers. The configuration of the managed system updates to allow the specified
user to access WMI information over the network. HP SIM uses this user to read inventory and configuration
information from the system and is configured as the WBEM user in the System Credentials. If HP SIM is
configured with a user with administration rights, this configuration step is not necessary . HP SIM does not
create this user. The user already exists as either a domain user or one local to the managed system.
The user is added to the DCOM Users group on the managed system and has read-only access to WMI
information, and read-write permissions to the HPQ name space. This user does not need to be an
administrator of the managed system or have sign-in rights. The domain administrator should create a special
domain account.
Related topics
320 Tools that extend management