HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Related procedures

• Installing Software and Firmware

• Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install

• HP Version Control Agent reports

Related topics

• Version Control

• About integration

• About the Version Control Agent

• About the Version Control Repository Manager

About multiple system management

The Software Update capabilities of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) includes the following features:

• Initial HP ProLiant Support Pack Install. This feature enables you to install the latest desired HP ProLiant

Support Pack from the specified VCRM. It is for use only on target systems not running the HP Version

Control Agent. This feature is only available on Windows systems. If the VCA is already installed on

managed systems, you can use the Install Software and Firmware task to update.

• Install Software and Firmware. This feature enables you to automatically update HP ProLiant Support

Packs and components on HP systems managed by HP SIM. The target systems must have the VCA

installed.

• Searching by systems with Software/Firmware. This search criterion enables you to quickly create and

display a list of systems with specific software or firmware versions. For example, a user with

administrative rights

might want to locate and display all HP systems with HP Insight Management

Agent earlier than a defined version. The search can then be used with the Install Software and Firmware

Task to update the systems to the current version of Insight Management Agent.

• Software Version Status Polling. Software and firmware upgrade statuses are retrieved from the VCA

on target systems. Software and firmware inventories are also retrieved from those systems during this

task.

• Replicate Agent Settings. This feature allows HP SIM to retrieve Web Agent configuration settings from

a source device and distribute that configuration to one or more target devices through their Web

Agents.

All of these system software management enhancements rely on the tight integration of HP SIM with the HP

Version Control Repository Manager and the HP Version Control Agent.

Related procedures

• Installing Software and Firmware

• Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install

• HP Version Control Agent reports