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Page 6 of 13 HP Client Manager 6.1 SP1 Release Notes
Note: Systems supported in previous versions of HPCM and are not listed in current version of
Supported HP system list are probably retired in the current version.
2.4 List of computers that require BIOS upgrade to become HPCM Embedded
Security Manageable
The following models are currently not manageable by HPCM due to partial support for remote
management of Embedded Security [TPM]:
• nw9440
• nc8430
• nw8440
• nc6320
• nc6400
• nc4400
• tc4400
• nc2400
These notebook PCs require an upgrade to the system BIOS to fully support remote
management of Embedded Security chip [TPM]. Until the BIOS upgrades are available, these
systems will be unsupported by HP Client Manager.
It is expected that the BIOS updates will be available for these systems in the summer of
2006. When available, the BIOS upgrades can be automatically deployed to these systems,
thus enabling them to fully support remote management of Embedded Security.
3 Installation and Licensing
Installation and licensing information is provided in the HPCM documentation, the Readme –
Quick Install.PDF file (included in the solution .ZIP file downloaded from the Altiris Web site),
the Altiris Getting Started Guide, and the Altiris® Notification Server™ Reference Guide.
3.1 Upgrading to HPCM 6.1 SP1
3.1.1 Upgrade Recommendations
If you currently have HPCM 6.1 installed, we recommend upgrading to HPCM 6.1 SP1 rather
than uninstalling HPCM 6.1 and then installing HPCM 6.1 SP1. If you uninstall HPCM 6.1, your
existing data and custom packages, collections, and so forth will be lost. To upgrade from
HPCM 6.1 to HPCM 6.1 SP1, simply install HPCM 6.1 SP1 over the existing HPCM 6.1.
Important: While upgrading to HPCM 6.1 SP1, you should not have any HPCM 6.1 tasks
running or scheduled to run. Disable all events that are scheduled to run ASAP or during the
next hour or so until the upgrade completes. If the HPCM 6.1 server or HPCM 6.1 clients are in
the process of executing a task, the upgrade to HPCM 6.1 SP1 may not complete successfully.
3.1.2 Notification Policies
During an upgrade from HPCM 6.0 or 6.1 to HPCM 6.1 SP1, any modified Notification Policy
actions that are part of the standard set of installed Notification Policies and their settings are
not upgraded. Any customer created Notification Policies are saved. However, due to changes
in the way HPCM detects health of client computers, custom Notification Policies that were
created in HPCM 6.0 or 6.1 may not be applicable in HPCM 6.1 SP1. You will have to re-create
these policies in HPCM 6.1 SP1.