HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

Related procedure

▲ Creating a Replicate Agent Settings task

Related topics

• Replicate Agent Settings

• About secure task execution

• Replicating trusted certificates

RPM Package Manager

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line-driven package management system capable

of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages. Each software

package consists of an archive of files along with information about the package like its version, a description,

and the like. There is also a related Application Program Interface (API), permitting advanced developers

to bypass shelling out to a command line and to manage such transactions from within a native coding

language. RPM has been integrated into HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) through the Deploy menu.

The following procedures are available for RPM within HP SIM:

• Install RPM. See “Installing RPM” for more information.

• Query RPM. See “Querying RPM” for more information.

• Uninstall RPM. See “Uninstalling RPM” for more information.

• Verify RPM. See “Verifying RPM” for more information.

Related procedures

• Installing RPM

• Querying RPM

• Uninstalling RPM

• Verifying RPM

Installing RPM

Use this tool to install RPM Package Manager (RPM) on multiple Linux systems.

To install RPM:

1. Select Deploy→RPM Package Manager→Install RPM.

2. Select the target systems. See “Creating a task” for more information on selecting target systems.

3. Click Next. The Step 2: Specify Parameters page appears.

4. Enter the parameter, [install-options] package-file.

5. Click Run Now to run the tool, click Previous to return to the previous screen, or click Schedule to

schedule when the task runs. See “Scheduling a task” for more information on scheduling the task.

Related procedures

• Querying RPM

• Uninstalling RPM

• Verifying RPM