Version Control 6.3 Installation and Configuration Guide

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1 Product overview........................................................................................7
VCRM...................................................................................................................................................7
VCA......................................................................................................................................................7
HP SIM integration..................................................................................................................................7
Basic functions of VCRM and VCA............................................................................................................8
VCRM..............................................................................................................................................8
VCA................................................................................................................................................9
HP SIM..................................................................................................................................................9
Security considerations............................................................................................................................9
2 Migrating Version Control to the System Management Homepage..................11
Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.1 and earlier...........................................................11
Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.2 and later..............................................................11
Migrating the VCA and the VCRM from Management HTTP Server to SMH to use operating system
authentication..................................................................................................................................11
3 Obtaining the software.............................................................................15
Obtaining VCA, VCRM, and HP SIM.......................................................................................................15
VCA..............................................................................................................................................15
VCRM............................................................................................................................................15
HP SIM...........................................................................................................................................15
4 Installing the VCA using HP Systems Insight Manager....................................17
Pre-configuring VCA component in VCRM................................................................................................17
Installing VCA Using the Initial ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack Install Option...........................................17
Deploying VCA Using the Configure or Repair Agent option.......................................................................17
5 Installing the VCA on Windows operating systems........................................19
VCA requirements for Windows..............................................................................................................19
System requirements.........................................................................................................................19
Supported hardware and software................................................................................................19
Client requirements..........................................................................................................................20
Hardware and software ..............................................................................................................20
Installation overview..............................................................................................................................21
Installing the VCA for Windows.........................................................................................................21
Configuring the VCA...................................................................................................................21
Installing the VCA for Windows silently....................................................................................................22
Installing silently using the CLI............................................................................................................22
6 Installing the VCA on Linux operating systems...............................................23
VCA requirements for Linux....................................................................................................................23
System requirements.........................................................................................................................23
Supported hardware and software................................................................................................23
Client requirements..........................................................................................................................24
Hardware and software ..............................................................................................................24
Installing the VCA for Linux.....................................................................................................................25
Verifying the VCA service is running...................................................................................................26
Installing the VCA for Linux silently..........................................................................................................26
Installing VCA silently using the CLI....................................................................................................26
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