HP dc73 Service Reference Guide - HP Compaq dc7800 Business PC - Page 40
HP OpenView PC Configuration Management Solution, HP Client Catalog for SMS
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HP OpenView PC Configuration Management Solution NOTE: HP OpenView PC Configuration Management Solution is not currently available for Windows Vista. HP OpenView PC Configuration Management Solution is a policy-based solution that enables administrators to inventory, deploy, patch, and continuously manage software and content across heterogeneous client platforms. With the HP OpenView PC Configuration Management Solution, the IT professional can: ● Automate the entire lifecycle management process from discovery, deployment, and ongoing management through migration and retirement ● Automatically deploy and continuously manage an entire software stack (operating systems, applications, patches, settings, and content) to a desired state ● Manage software on virtually any device, including desktops, workstations, and notebooks, in a heterogeneous or standalone infrastructure ● Manage software on most operating systems With continuous configuration management, HP customers report dramatic savings in IT costs, accelerated time-to-market for software and content, and increased user productivity and satisfaction. For more information on HP OpenView PC Configuration Management Solution, visit http://h20229.www2.hp.com/solutions/ascm/index.html. HP Client Catalog for SMS Update management is an important function of maintaining any set of computers, from a single PC to an enterprise datacenter. The ability to identify which updates exist-and selectively deploy those updates in a timely and automated manner-can help maintain security and productivity for the managed organization. HP now offers a mechanism to streamline updates for HP systems within a Microsoft System Management Server management infrastructure. The HP Client Catalog for SMS contains software driver and patch information for desktop, mobile and workstation platforms. With SMS 2003 R2 and Inventory Tool for Custom Updates, organizations can integrate and deploy HP software updates quickly and easily, based on detailed platform characteristics that the HP Client Catalog for SMS provides to target appropriate client systems within the managed enterprise. For more information on HP Client Catalog for SMS, visit http://www/hp/com/go/easydeploy/. HP Backup and Recovery Manager The HP Backup and Recovery Manager is an easy-to-use, versatile application that allows you to back up and recover the primary hard drive on the PC. The application works within Windows to create backups of Windows, all applications, and all data files. Backups can be scheduled to occur automatically at designated intervals, or they can be initiated manually. Important files can be archived separately from regular backups. HP Backup and Recovery Manager is preinstalled on the hard drive's Recovery Partition and allows you to: ● create Recovery Points to back up the entire system incrementally ● back up the entire system in a single archive ● back up individual files and folders 28 Chapter 4 Desktop Management