HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

• Software status
The SW column indicates both the availability of software updates and if they are critical. For
more information on the software status types, see the HP Systems Insight Manager User Guide,
at http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/docs.
If you click the software status, HP SIM displays the Track Software and Firmware versions
page.
• HP Insight Control performance management
If performance management is installed, this column (indicated by PF) displays the cumulative
performance status of all monitored subsystems for the system. By clicking the status icon in
this column, the performance management page for the selected system appears, providing
more detailed performance information.
The status is considered Unknown if one of the following conditions are met:
◦ performance management is not licensed.
◦ performance management is licensed but is not monitoring a server.
◦ If licensing and monitoring are started, but there are insufficient samples.
If you click the status link, performance management displays a page with information about
purchasing a license to monitor that system or shows notification that performance management
monitoring is not supported on that system.
NOTE: For the PF column, status appears for all systems from the All Servers list. If the status
cannot be determined for some reason, the status appears as Unknown.
• HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager software
If installed, HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager software vulnerability information
appears in the VPM column of the HP SIM console. Initially, the icon in the column indicates
HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager software eligibility information for the target
system in the row. After target servers are licensed and a vulnerability scan is performed, the
column displays the combined status of the last vulnerability scan on the target system (patch
status does not appear in the column). Click the icon to display detailed information about
the system status about HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager software. Clicking the
Normal, Minor, or Major icons opens a new informational page from which you can access
the last scan results for the system. You can also launch a new scan from this page. Clicking
the Unknown icon for a system displays an explanatory page listing possible reasons why HP
Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager software is inaccessible and offers possible solutions
to correct the problem.
NOTE: If the HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager software is not installed on the HP
SIM system, the Informational icon appears in the VPM column on the system table view page.
Clicking this icon displays information about installing the HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch
Manager software and purchase licenses.
If the system is not licensed, or has not yet been scanned by the HP Insight Vulnerability and
Patch Manager software, the Informational icon appears in the VPM column. Clicking this
icon displays details about licensing the target system, a link to the HP SIM License Manager
or information about vulnerability scanning, and a link to scan for patch vulnerabilities on the
target system.
• HP Insight Control virtual machine management
If virt is installed, the VM status column displays the cumulative status of all virtual machine
hosts and virtual machine guests. Clicking the status icon on the VM status column displays in
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