HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09.14 Release Notes (5900-2444, September 2012)

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1 HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09.14 Release Notes....................................4
Announcement.........................................................................................................................4
What is in this version?.............................................................................................................4
Security ..................................................................................................................................6
Security considerations.........................................................................................................7
SSL support.........................................................................................................................7
Local user authentication.......................................................................................................7
Remote user authentication....................................................................................................7
Using HTTP Basic Authentication.......................................................................................8
Using Certificate Based Authentication...............................................................................9
Certificate verification...........................................................................................................9
CIM Client.....................................................................................................................9
Using wbemexec command..............................................................................................9
Managing certificates......................................................................................................9
Importing server certificates to trust store......................................................................10
Standard conformance............................................................................................................10
Compatibility information........................................................................................................11
Compatibility for WBEM providers.......................................................................................11
Additional compatibility information.....................................................................................12
Installation information............................................................................................................13
Prerequisites for installing HP WBEM Services.......................................................................13
Installing HP WBEM Services..............................................................................................14
Running the CIM Server......................................................................................................16
Removing HP WBEM Services.............................................................................................17
Patches and fixes in this version................................................................................................17
Required and recommended patches ...................................................................................17
Fixes in this release............................................................................................................17
Known problems and workarounds.......................................................................................20
Users and groups of HP WBEM Services conflict with users and groups of NIS, LDAP and other
network services............................................................................................................20
Failure to configure WBEM-CORE fileset (Updating from A.02.00.08 and earlier to A.02.05
and later).....................................................................................................................21
Related documentation............................................................................................................22
Localized version of the software..............................................................................................22
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