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1 Product overview Today's distributed enterprise networks are some of the most complex ever constructed. As companies deploy more business-critical applications, these networks continue to rapidly expand, becoming more sophisticated and requiring servers that support the latest technological innovations. In this fast-changing environment, any loss of availability translates into a loss of time and money, and manageability has become the leading success criterion for today's highly competitive businesses. HP systems provide maximum uptime with minimal maintenance. HP has developed advanced server management technologies, such as the HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM), HP Version Control Agent (VCA), and HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). The tight integration of these advanced technologies reduces server management efforts, enabling administrators to work issues, resolve problems, and install server software from remote locations by means of a standard web browser. VCRM The 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 SIM central management server, however you can specify a custom directory or 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. VCA The VCA is an Insight Management Agent that is installed on a server to enable you to view the HP software and firmware that is installed on that server. The VCA can be configured to point to a repository being managed by the VCRM, enabling easy version comparison and software update from the repository to the server on which the VCA is installed. The VCA provides version control and system update capabilities for a single HP system. The VCA determines server software status by comparing each component installed on the local system with the set of individual components or a specified ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack listed in the VCRM. You can also update individual components or entire ProLiant or Integrity Support Packs by clicking the install icon located next to the system software status icon. The installation of single software components on an individual system can be initiated from the VCA, which retrieves the software from the VCRM. To install multiple components or custom baselines to one or more systems, you can use the installation options in HP SIM to install the software from the VCRM. HP SIM integration For software versioning and updating, HP SIM relies on the VCRM and the VCA. By using these applications, HP SIM provides a single view of the software status for all managed ProLiant or Integrity servers, plus the capability to update software and firmware on those servers through its powerful query and task features. Updates can be scheduled and applied to specific sets of VCRM 7

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1 Product overview
Today’s distributed enterprise networks are some of the most complex ever constructed. As
companies deploy more business-critical applications, these networks continue to rapidly expand,
becoming more sophisticated and requiring servers that support the latest technological
innovations. In this fast-changing environment, any loss of availability translates into a loss of
time and money, and manageability has become the leading success criterion for today’s highly
competitive businesses.
HP systems provide maximum uptime with minimal maintenance. HP has developed advanced
server management technologies, such as the
HP Version Control Repository Manager
(VCRM),
HP Version Control Agent
(VCA), and
HP Systems Insight Manager
(HP SIM). The tight integration
of these advanced technologies reduces server management efforts, enabling administrators to
work issues, resolve problems, and install server software from remote locations by means of a
standard web browser.
VCRM
The 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
SIM central management server, however you can specify a custom directory or 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/serv
ers/
swdriv
ers
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.
VCA
The VCA is an Insight Management Agent that is installed on a server to enable you to view the
HP software and firmware that is installed on that server. The VCA can be configured to point
to a repository being managed by the VCRM, enabling easy version comparison and software
update from the repository to the server on which the VCA is installed.
The VCA provides version control and system update capabilities for a single HP system. The
VCA determines server software status by comparing each component installed on the local
system with the set of individual components or a specified ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack
listed in the VCRM. You can also update individual components or entire ProLiant or Integrity
Support Packs by clicking the
install
icon located next to the system software status icon.
The installation of single software components on an individual system can be initiated from
the VCA, which retrieves the software from the VCRM. To install multiple components or custom
baselines to one or more systems, you can use the installation options in HP SIM to install the
software from the VCRM.
HP SIM integration
For software versioning and updating, HP SIM relies on the VCRM and the VCA. By using these
applications, HP SIM provides a single view of the software status for all managed ProLiant or
Integrity servers, plus the capability to update software and firmware on those servers through
its powerful query and task features. Updates can be scheduled and applied to specific sets of
VCRM
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