HP Version Control Agent 7.2 User Guide

Glossary
available software A listing of the software components available in the repository that the HP VCA has been
configured to point to. When browsing directly into a HP VCA, these additional components can
be selected for installation.
component A component is a single, self-describing, installable (interactive or silent) binary file containing a
single piece of software, such as firmware image, driver, agent, or utility, that is supported by
the management and update tools.
Custom Software
Baseline
A set of HP software components that have been bundled together as a baseline by the customer.
Modifying the contents of an existing Support Pack provides customers with the flexibility to define
their own baselines for their environment.
graphical user
interface
A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make the
program easier to use. HP SIM's GUI is Web-enabled and displays in a web browser.
HP Insight
Management
Advisor
A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's
immediate presence.
HP Service Pack
for ProLiant
An HP Service Pack for ProLiant or Custom Software Baseline is a set of HP software components
that have been bundled together by HP, and verified to work with a particular operating system.
A HP Service Pack for ProLiant contains driver components, agent components, and application
and utility components. All of these are verified to install together.
HP System
Management
Homepage
An integrated piece of software used by the HP suite of HP Web-enabled System Management
Software to communicate over HTTP and HTTPS. It provides a uniform set of functionality and
security to HP Web-enabled System Management Software.
HP Systems Insight
Manager
The system management software that is capable of managing a wide variety of systems, including
HP systems, clusters, desktops, workstations, and portables.
HP SIM combines the strengths of Insight Management 7, HP Toptools, and HP Servicecontrol
Manager to deliver a single tool for managing HP ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 systems
running Windows, Linux, and HP-UX. The core HP SIM software delivers the essential capabilities
required to manage all HP server platforms. HP SIM can also be extended to deliver unparalleled
breadth of system management with plug-ins for HP storage, power, client, and printer products.
Plug-ins for rapid deployment, performance management, and workload management enable
systems administrators to pick the value added software required to deliver complete lifecycle
management of their hardware assets.
HP VCA Log A listing of all the software maintenance tasks completed by the HP VCA and reports resulting
from those tasks.
HP Version Control
Agent
An Insight Management Agent that is installed on a server to enable the customer to see the HP
software that is installed on that server. The HP VCA can be configured to point to a repository
being managed by the HP VCRM, enabling easy version comparison and software deployment
from the repository to the server that the HP VCA is installed upon.
HP Version Control
Repository
Manager
An Insight Management Agent that enables a customer to manage software from HP that is stored
in a directory/repository known as the Version Control Repository.
HP Web-enabled
System
Management
Software
The software that manages HP Web-enabled products.
installed version A particular HP software component that is installed on the server on which the HP VCA is installed.
latest version The latest version of a particular HP software component that is contained in the repository.
overall software
status
This section indicates whether the software on the server on which the HP VCA is installed has
any updates available within the repository in which it has been configured to monitor.
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