HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

HP Version Control Repository Manager
HP VCRM is an Insight Management Advisor that manages a directory of HP software and firmware
components. You can use HP VCRM without HP VCA to provide a listing of available software
and firmware to load on the local machine. HP VCRM is part of the HP Foundation Pack.
HP VCRM is designed to be used in a one-to-many configuration with a HP VCA installed on each
managed HP system to manage installed HP software and firmware. In conjunction with HP SIM,
HP VCRM, and HP VCA provides enterprise management of HP software and firmware on HP
ProLiant and Integrity systems. Alone, HP VCRM can catalog and manage a repository of ProLiant
Support Pack and software and firmware for HP ProLiant and Integrity systems.
NOTE: Although you can install a component to the local machine using HP VCRM, you cannot
install the software on remote servers unless HP VCA is installed on the remote server and using
HP VCA.
Configuring VCA
Configure HP Version Control Agent
Select this option to configure the VCA to point to the HP Version Control Repository Manager,
where the repository of software and firmware is located, enabling version comparison and software
updates. This option is available for Windows and Linux systems.
Configuring a non-administrative account for HP SIM to access WMI data
Configure a nonadministrative account for Systems Insight Manager to access WMI data
This option applies to Windows systems with HP WBEM providers. The configuration of the managed
system updates to allow the specified user to access WMI information over the network. Systems
Insight Manager uses this user to read inventory and configuration information from the system
and is configured as the WBEM user in the System Credentials. If Systems Insight Manager is
configured with a user with administration rights, this configuration step is not necessary. Systems
Insight Manager does not create this user. The user already exists as either a domain user or one
local to the managed system.
The user is added to the DCOM Users group on the managed system and has read-only access
to WMI information, and read-write permissions to the HPQ name space. This user does not need
to be an administrator of the managed system or have sign-in rights. The domain administrator
should create a special domain account.
Configuring SSH
If you select Configure secure shell (SSH) access, you must select one of the following:
• Host based authentication for SSH
NOTE: For this option to work, the user name and password provided in Step 4: Enter
credentials must be an administrative level account. For Linux or HP-UX targets, it must be the
root account and password.
• Each user has to be authenticated on the managed system
NOTE: If you do not want all users that have sign-in access to Systems Insight Manager to
run the tool and you would like to control which users need to have access, this option is more
secure.
NOTE: You can configure SSH only if the OpenSSH service is running on the managed
systems. You can install OpenSSH on Windows systems by running the Install Open SSH or
by selecting the tool under Deploy→Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Agents→Install Open SSH.
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