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Release Notes Altiris® HP Client Manager 6.1 SP1 Page 7 of 13
3.1.3 Collections
All collections are retained during the upgrade from HPCM 6.0 or 6.1 to HPCM 6.1 SP1.
However, during an upgrade from HPCM 6.1 to HPCM 6.1 SP1, any collection that uses NT 4.0
or Windows 98 is not valid in 6.1 SP1 because NT 4.0 and Windows 98 are not supported.
HPCM installations that upgrade to HPCM 6.1 SP1 may retain the collection, “Windows 2000
Servers”. This collection should not be used in HPCM 6.1 SP1 for client systems because it is
not a client OS. Windows 2000 Server is a supported OS for the Notification Server.
3.1.4 Custom Reports
During an upgrade from HPCM 6.0 to 6.1 SP1, or from HPCM 6.1 to 6.1 SP1, custom reports
may not be retained. If you want to retain custom reports, we recommend exporting the
reports to a safe location and then importing them after the upgrade. However, because the
inventory and diagnostics tables change after the upgrade, the reports will not contain updated
historical data.
3.1.5 SoftPaq and BIOS Administration Policies/Packages
Existing SoftPaq policies/packages and BIOS administration policies/packages created in HPCM
6.0 are retained in HPCM 6.1 SP1. However, both the policies and the packages are listed
under the respective Tasks folder. For example, a SoftPaq policy/package created in HPCM 6.0
is retained in HPCM 6.1 SP1, but it is listed under HP SoftPaq Delivery\HP SoftPaq Delivery
Tasks folder. In HPCM 6.1 SP1 all new SoftPaq and BIOS changes have their respective policies
and tasks displayed in separate folders.
3.1.6 Health Monitoring Settings
During an upgrade from HPCM 6.0 or 6.1 to HPCM 6.1 SP1, health monitoring settings retain
only the global enable/disable setting. Individual selections of enable/disable for specific
hardware items are not retained due to changes in Health monitoring in 6.1 SP1.
3.1.7 Non-default HP SoftPaq Filestore Path must be reconfigured
The HP SoftPaq Filestore has the following default path:
C:\Program Files\Altiris\Notification Server\NSCap\Bin\Win32\X86\HPCMS\Filestore
If you are using a non-default path, you must reconfigure your custom path after you perform
the upgrade. For information on how to configure the HP SoftPaq Filestore path, refer to the
HPCM Product Guide.
3.1.8 Issues when upgrading from HPCMS 5.6 SP1 to HPCM 6.1 SP1
Notification Server 5.5 should be upgraded to Notification Server 6.0 SP3 before you install
HPCM 6.1 SP1. To ensure that HPCM 6.1 SP1 works properly, all Notification Server clients
should be upgraded to the Notification Server 6.0 SP3 Altiris Agent prior to HPCM 6.0 being
installed. HPCM 6.1 SP1 should not be installed on Notification Server 5.5 because HPCM is not
supported on Notification Server 5.5.
4 New Features in this Release
4.1 Manage Embedded Security
HPCM 6.1 SP1 provides various features to manage Embedded Security on client computers.
These include archiving the Embedded Security credentials and settings, and managing the
state of Embedded Security. These features are provided with the help of HP Embedded
Security Tasks and an Embedded Security Wizard.
Note: Before using the Embedded Security (TPM) features in HPCM, we recommend that you
read the HP ProtectTools Security Manager Guide to gain an understanding of how Embedded