HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09.12 Release Notes (5900-2121, March 2012)

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1 HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09.12 Release Notes....................................4
Announcement.........................................................................................................................4
What is in this version?.............................................................................................................4
Security ..................................................................................................................................6
Security considerations.........................................................................................................6
SSL support.........................................................................................................................6
Local user authentication.......................................................................................................7
Remote user authentication....................................................................................................7
Using HTTP Basic Authentication.......................................................................................7
Using Certificate Based Authentication...............................................................................8
Certificate verification...........................................................................................................8
CIM Client.....................................................................................................................8
Using wbemexec command..............................................................................................8
Managing certificates......................................................................................................9
Importing server certificates to trust store......................................................................10
Standard conformance............................................................................................................10
Compatibility information........................................................................................................10
Compatibility for WBEM providers.......................................................................................10
Additional compatibility information.....................................................................................11
Installation information............................................................................................................12
Prerequisites for installing HP WBEM Services.......................................................................12
Installing HP WBEM Services..............................................................................................13
Running the CIM Server......................................................................................................15
Removing HP WBEM Services.............................................................................................16
Patches and fixes in this version................................................................................................16
Required and recommended patches ...................................................................................16
Fixes in this release............................................................................................................16
Known problems and workarounds.......................................................................................19
Users and groups of HP WBEM Services conflict with users and groups of NIS, LDAP and other
network services............................................................................................................19
Failure to configure WBEM-CORE fileset (Updating from A.02.00.08 and earlier to A.02.05
and later).....................................................................................................................20
Related documentation............................................................................................................20
Localized version of the software..............................................................................................20
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