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HP ProLiant Essentials

Vulnerability and Patch

Management Pack

Installation Instructions

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Part number: 367561-006

Sixth edition: March 2007

Overview

HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management (VPM)

Pack extends the functionality of HP Systems Insight

Manager (HP SIM) to provide vulnerability and patch management

for target systems.

This document provides basic information about installing and using

Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. Vulnerability and Patch

Management Pack and HP SIM can be installed together on a single

server (a shared configuration), or each component can be installed

on a separate server (a distributed configuration).

For detailed infrastructure, installation, configuration, and usage

information, see the HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch

Management Pack User Guide.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites must be met to properly install

Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack.

VPM server requirements

The VPM server, the server on which the Vulnerability and Patch

Management Pack software is installed, must meet the following

hardware and software requirements. Requirements listed for the

VPM server are independent of requirements for HP Systems Insight

Manager (HP SIM) and any other applications that coexist on the

VPM server. For specific hardware and software requirements for the

HP SIM server, see the HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and

User Guide.

• A supported operating system:

• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server SP4

• Windows Server™ 2003 SP1

• Windows XP Professional SP2

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or later,

installed and running

IMPORTANT: HP strongly recommends enabling HTTPS if

HP SIM and Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack are

installed on separate servers. To configure HTTPS service,

see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324069

• TCP/IP, with DNS properly configured so that system names

can be resolved to IP addresses

• The following applications available either on the VPM server

or on the network:

• HP SIM 5.1 or later, installed and running on a Windows

server with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Mapper

• Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or

7.0

• Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 3.x or later (to view

scan results)

• Any HP ProLiant server with:

• At least 512 MB RAM

• 1.5-GHz or higher processor

• 1 GB available disk space for Vulnerability and Patch

Management Pack (150 MB in the TEMP directory for

installation)

• Additional disk space for scan reports and patches

Summary of content (4 pages)

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HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack Overview Installation Instructions This document provides basic information about installing and using Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack and HP SIM can be installed together on a single server (a shared configuration), or each component can be installed on a separate server (a distributed configuration).
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• New Technology File System (NTFS) • DVD-ROM drive HP Systems Insight Manager HP SIM 5.1 or later must be installed and running in the server environment to properly install and use Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. HP SIM must be installed on a Windows server. If you are not currently running HP SIM 5.1 or later, select one of the following migration paths depending on your server environment. For server environments currently using: • Systems Insight Manager 4.2—Install HP SIM 5.1 or later.
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f. NOTE: An administrator can add new users and set up existing users to access Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. For instructions, see the HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and User Guide. 1. Log in to HP SIM from an account with administrator privileges. 2. Configure global Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) credentials to enable access to target systems. g. Exit the rhn_register application without applying any patches to the system. h.
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• On the VPM server, create a directory named “data” at C:\Program Files\HP\VPM\Radia\IntegrationServer. You can use a network share if the VPM server has read access to the share. • Copy downloaded files from the VPM Acquisition Utility server destination directory to the VPM server data directory. • From HP SIM, configure your import setting by selecting Options>Vulnerability and Patch Management>Settings.