HP Version Control 7.0 Installation and Configuration Guide

Contents
1 Product overview........................................................................................6
HP VCRM................................................................................................................................6
HP VCA..................................................................................................................................6
HP SIM integration....................................................................................................................7
Basic functions of HP VCRM and HP VCA....................................................................................7
HP VCRM...........................................................................................................................8
HP VCA..............................................................................................................................8
HP SIM...................................................................................................................................8
Security considerations..............................................................................................................8
2 Migrating Version Control to the System Management Homepage..................10
Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.1 and earlier.............................................10
Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.2 and later...............................................10
Migrating the HP VCA and the HP VCRM from Management HTTP Server to HP SMH to use
operating system authentication...........................................................................................10
3 Obtaining the software.............................................................................14
Obtaining HP VCA, HP VCRM, and HP SIM..............................................................................14
HP VCA............................................................................................................................14
HP VCRM.........................................................................................................................14
HP SIM.............................................................................................................................15
4 Installing the HP VCA using HP Systems Insight Manager...............................16
Pre-configuring VCA component in VCRM..................................................................................16
Installing VCA Using the Initial ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack Install Option............................16
Deploying VCA Using the Configure or Repair Agent option........................................................17
5 Installing the HP VCA on Windows operating systems...................................18
HP VCA requirements for Windows...........................................................................................18
System requirements...........................................................................................................18
Supported hardware and software..................................................................................18
Client requirements............................................................................................................19
Hardware and software ................................................................................................19
Installation overview................................................................................................................20
Installing the HP VCA for Windows......................................................................................20
Configuring the HP VCA................................................................................................20
Installing the HP VCA for Windows silently................................................................................21
Installing silently using the CLI..............................................................................................21
6 Installing the HP VCA on Linux operating systems..........................................23
HP VCA requirements for Linux.................................................................................................23
System requirements...........................................................................................................23
Supported hardware and software..................................................................................23
Client requirements............................................................................................................24
Hardware and software ................................................................................................24
Installing the HP VCA for Linux.................................................................................................25
Verifying the HP VCA service is running................................................................................26
Installing the HP VCA for Linux silently.......................................................................................26
Installing VCA silently using the CLI......................................................................................26
7 Installing the HP VCA using the HP Smart Update Manager...........................27
Pre-configuring and installing the Linux HP VCA component using the HP Smart Update Manager....27
Pre-configuring and installing the Windows HP VCA component using HP Smart Update Manager....28
Installing the HP VCA without pre-configuration..........................................................................28
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