- available software
A listing of the software components available in the repository
that the HP VCA has been configured to point to. When browsing
directly into a HP VCA, these additional components can be selected
for installation.
- component
A component is a single, self-describing, installable (interactive
or silent) binary file containing a single piece of software, such
as firmware image, driver, agent, or utility, that is supported by
the management and update tools.
- Custom Software Baseline
A set of HP software components that have been bundled together
as a baseline by the customer. Modifying the contents of an existing
Support Pack provides customers with the flexibility to define their
own baselines for their environment.
- graphical user interface
(GUI)
A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics
capabilities to make the program easier to use. HP SIM's GUI
is Web-enabled and displays in a web browser.
- HP Insight Management Agent
A program that regularly gathers information or performs some
other service without the user's immediate presence.
- HP Service Pack for ProLiant
HP Service Pack for ProLiant is an enhanced, re-packaging of
ProLiant systems software and firmware products. It is based on the
rich legacy of Windows and Linux ProLiant Support Packs (PSPs) and
HP Smart Update Firmware DVD, found in the Insight Foundation suite
for ProLiant. It is a comprehensive systems software and firmware
release, which is offered as a tested solution on all ProLiant and
BladeSystem servers.
- HP Systems Insight Manager
The system management software that is capable of managing a
wide variety of systems, including HP systems, clusters, desktops,
workstations, and portables.
HP SIM combines the strengths of Insight Management 7, HP
Toptools, and HP Servicecontrol Manager to deliver a single tool for
managing HP ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 systems running Windows,
Linux, and HP-UX. The core HP SIM software delivers the essential
capabilities required to manage all HP server platforms. HP SIM can
also be extended to deliver unparalleled breadth of system management
with plug-ins for HP storage, power, client, and printer products.
Plug-ins for rapid deployment, performance management, and workload
management enable systems administrators to pick the value added software
required to deliver complete lifecycle management of their hardware
assets.
- HP VCA log
A listing of all the software maintenance tasks completed by
the HP VCA and reports resulting from those tasks.
- HP Version Control Agent
An Insight Management Agent that is installed on a server to enable
the customer to see the HP software that is installed on that server.
The HP VCA can be configured to point to a repository being
managed by the HP VCRM, enabling easy version comparison and
software deployment from the repository to the server that the HP VCA is
installed upon.
- HP Version Control Repository Manager
An Insight Management Agent that enables a customer to manage software
from HP that is stored in a directory/repository known as the Version
Control Repository.
- HP Web-enabled System Management Software
The software that manages HP Web-enabled products.
- installed version
A particular HP software component that is installed on the
server on which the HP VCA is installed.
- latest version
The latest version of a particular HP software component that
is contained in the repository.
- overall software status
This section indicates whether the software on the server on
which the HP VCA is installed has any updates available within
the repository in which it has been configured to monitor.
- ProLiant and Integrity Support Packs
An ProLiant and Integrity Support Packs, or Custom Software Baseline is a
set of HP software components that have been bundled together by HP,
and verified to work with a particular operating system. A ProLiant and Integrity Support Packs contain
driver components, agent components, and application and utility components.
All of these are verified to install together.
- Red Hat Package Manager
(RPM)
The Red Hat Package Manager is a powerful package manager that
can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and uninstall
individual software packages. A package consists of an archive of
files and package information, including name, version, and description.
- Reference Support Pack
A baseline bundle of HP software components that the HP VCA can
be configured to point to in the repository. This setting enables
users to indicate that they want to keep all of their software up
to a certain Support Pack level.
- Replicate Agent Settings
A tool that can be used to copy Web-based agent settings to
a group of systems.
- repository
A directory containing ProLiant and Integrity Support Packs and Smart Components.
- Secure Task Execution
(STE)
The secure execution of a task from a managed system. This feature
of HP SIM ensures that the user requesting the task has the
appropriate rights to perform the task, and encrypts the request to
protect data from snooping.
- Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)
One of the management protocols supported by HP SIM. Traditional
management protocol used extensively by networking systems and most
servers. MIB-2 is the standard information available consistently
across all vendors.
- single login
Permission granted to an authenticated user browsing to HP SIM to
browse to any of the managed systems from within HP SIM without
re-authenticating to the managed system. HP SIM is the initial
point of authentication and browsing to another managed system must
be from within HP SIM.
- software inventory
A listing of the HP software installed on the system where the HP VCA is
installed.
- support pack version
A field that displays the version of a particular HP software
component that is contained in the Reference Support Pack that the HP VCA has
been configured to use as a baseline. There might be a later version
than this available in the repository, but this is the latest version
of this particular component in the Reference Support Pack.
- System Management Homepage
An integrated piece of software used by the HP suite of HP Web-enabled System Management Software to
communicate over HTTP and HTTPS. It provides a uniform set of functionality
and security to HP Web-enabled System Management Software.
- version control
Referred to as the HP VCRM installed on a Windows system
for Windows and Linux ProLiant systems, and Software Distributor on
HP-UX operating systems. Provides an overview of the software status
for all managed ProLiant or Integrity systems and can update system
software and firmware on those systems programmatically using predetermined
criteria. Version control identifies systems that are running out-of-date
system software, indicates if an upgrade is available, and provides
reasons for upgrading. For HP-UX systems, Software Distributor can
be launched from an HP SIM CMS against one or more
installed HP-UX systems.