Version Control 7.1 Installation and Configuration Guide

Contents
1 Product overview........................................................................................5
HP VCRM................................................................................................................................5
HP VCA..................................................................................................................................5
HP SIM integration....................................................................................................................6
Basic functions of HP VCRM and HP VCA....................................................................................6
HP VCRM...........................................................................................................................7
HP VCA..............................................................................................................................7
HP SIM...................................................................................................................................7
Security considerations..............................................................................................................7
2 Migrating Version Control to the System Management Homepage....................9
Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.1 and earlier...............................................9
Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.2 and later.................................................9
Migrating the HP VCA and the HP VCRM from Management HTTP Server to HP SMH to use
operating system authentication.............................................................................................9
3 Obtaining the software.............................................................................12
Obtaining HP VCA, HP VCRM, and HP SIM..............................................................................12
HP VCA............................................................................................................................12
HP VCRM.........................................................................................................................12
HP SIM.............................................................................................................................13
4 Installing the HP VCA using HP Systems Insight Manager...............................14
Pre-configuring VCA component in VCRM..................................................................................14
Installing VCA Using the Initial ProLiant and Integrity Support Pack Install Option............................15
Deploying VCA Using the Configure or Repair Agent option........................................................15
5 Installing the HP VCA on Windows operating systems...................................16
HP VCA requirements for Windows...........................................................................................16
System requirements...........................................................................................................16
Supported hardware and software..................................................................................16
Client requirements............................................................................................................17
Hardware and software ................................................................................................18
Installation overview................................................................................................................18
Installing the HP VCA for Windows......................................................................................19
Configuring the HP VCA................................................................................................19
SSO functioning between HP VCA and HP VCRM.............................................................20
Installing the HP VCA for Windows silently................................................................................20
Installing silently using the CLI..............................................................................................20
6 Installing the HP VCA on Linux operating systems..........................................22
HP VCA requirements for Linux.................................................................................................22
System requirements...........................................................................................................22
Supported hardware and software..................................................................................22
Client requirements............................................................................................................23
Hardware and software ................................................................................................23
Installing the HP VCA for Linux.................................................................................................24
Verifying the HP VCA service is running................................................................................25
Installing the HP VCA for Linux silently.......................................................................................25
Installing VCA silently using the CLI......................................................................................25
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
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