HP Vulnerability and Patch Manager 6.0 software Installation and Configuration Guide HP Part Number: 579548-001 Published: January 2010, First Edition

3 Installation and configuration
New versions of HP Vulnerability and Patch Manager are automatically installed over a previous version.
Any scheduled tasks, scan reports, and patch updates are retained.
Be sure to have the following items available before beginning the installation:
• Location and credentials for HP SIM (user name, password, and domain)
• Credentials for the Microsoft SQL Server database if an existing SQL Server database will be used
• HP SIM 5.3 or later must be installed, properly configured, and running
Installing Vulnerability and Patch Manger
1. Download the Vulnerability and Patch Manger 6.0 executable from Software depot.
2. After downloading Vulnerability and Patch Manager, double-click setup.exe to start the installation. The
Welcome screen appears.
3. Click Install. The Software selection screen appears.
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