Minimum requirements for Windows servers

To successfully use HP SUM to deploy firmware and software to targets running a Windows® operating system, the following must be available:

• A local administrative system with 1 GB of memory
• Sufficient hard-drive space of at least twice the file size of the components to be deployed
• WMI enabled
• All remote targets must be visible by the administrative system running HP SUM.
• An account with administrator privileges on each target server

  HP recommends that the user name and password for the administrator account on each target server be the same as those on the local administrative system. If administrator privileges are not set up in this manner, you must have the user name and password available for each remote server available. Alternatively, you can use a domain account on the local administrative system that has administrator privileges on the target servers.

• The beginning and ending IP addresses entered for the range of targets must both be on the same subnet.

  NOTE: HP Smart Update Manager requires the user to be logged in using Administrator credentials. A user account elevated to “Run as administrator” in most cases does not have sufficient rights because access to protected system files and the Windows registry, which is needed to deploy most firmware and driver updates, is restricted. If the logged in account is unable to perform the net use *\\server\ADMIN$ for Microsoft Windows targets, you do not have sufficient privileges to run HP SUM to remote targets. Deployment of some software updates on a local server may still be possible in some instances, but is not recommended.

  NOTE: When attempting to use the remote deployment functionality of HP SUM on any edition of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista, you must ensure that the File and Print Services feature is enabled and that the File and Print Services exception has been enabled in the Windows firewall. Failure to do so prevents HP SUM from deploying remote Windows targets.

• Enable the network ports that HP SUM uses. For more information, see "Enabling ports in HP Smart Update Manager."

More information

HP SUM Help Contents

HP SUM Glossary

To download the HP SUM User Guide, go to the HP website.