HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

Logging in to the HP VCA
Procedure 298 Logging in to the HP VCA
1. Navigate to https://hostname:2381. The Login page appears if Anonymous Access is
disabled. If Anonymous Access is enabled, the HP System Management Homepage page
appears.
2. After you log in, browse to the HP VCA by entering https://hostname:2381/vcagent
in the browser address field. You can also open it in a new browser window by clicking the
HP VCA link from the HP System Management Homepage under Integrated Agents or in the
Version Control status box on the Home tab. The HP VCA page appears.
NOTE: You can also access HP VCA from the HP SMH.
Accessing the Version Control Repository Manager
You can access an HP Version Control Repository Manager through one of the following methods:
• Accessing a HP VCRM from HP SIM
• Accessing a HP VCRM directly
Accessing HP VCRM from HP SIM
Procedure 299 Accessing HP VCRM from HP SIM
1. Select Tools→System Information→System Management Homepage.
2. Select the target system, and then click Run Now. The HP System Management Homepage
appears.
3. From HP SMH, Click the HP Version Control Repository Manager link. The HP VCRM Home
page appears.
Accessing HP VCRM In-Place
On the system that has the HP VCRM installed, navigate to
https://hostname:2381/vcrepository. The HP VCRM Home page appears.
NOTE: You can also access HP VCRM from the HP SMH.
Managing Software/Firmware Baselines
A baseline is a set of software or firmware that has been tested by HP to work together on the
hardware platforms that it is designed for. From this page, you can assign systems to baselines.
HP SIM then compares the level of software installed on those systems to versions in the baseline,
and indicates differences. Baselines displayed in HP SIM depends on the HP VCRM contents.
A software status is generated, which is an aggregate of these differences and is displayed in the
SW column of the Known Software/Firmware Baselines section of the page. This status depends
on the settings in the Options→Software/Firmware→Global Settings page.
NOTE: To receive a correct software status for all systems, you must add the systems to the
baseline, and then run the software status polling task. Be sure to include the IP address of each
system added to the status polling task. Refer to the Software status polling for additional information
on running the software status polling task.
IMPORTANT: HP VCA is no longer involved in updating the software status in HP SIM.
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