HP Integrity BL860c Instruction Manual

HP Version Control Release Notes
HP Part Number: 358191-403
Published: March 2009
Edition: 16

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Table of Contents
1 What's New?............................................................................................7
2 Features and change notification..................................................................9
VCA features..........................................................................................................................................9
VCRM features.......................................................................................................................................9
3 Requirements...........................................................................................11
VCA for Windows requirements..............................................................................................................11
System requirements.........................................................................................................................11
Supported hardware and software................................................................................................11
Client requirements..........................................................................................................................11
Hardware and software ..............................................................................................................12
VCA for Linux requirements....................................................................................................................12
System requirements.........................................................................................................................12
Supported hardware and software................................................................................................12
Client requirements..........................................................................................................................13
Hardware and software ..............................................................................................................13
VCRM for Windows requirements............................................................................................................13
System requirements.........................................................................................................................13
Supported hardware and software ...............................................................................................13
Client requirements..........................................................................................................................14
Hardware and software requirements............................................................................................14
4 Known issues...........................................................................................17
VCRM.................................................................................................................................................17
VCA....................................................................................................................................................17
5 Documentation.........................................................................................19
For More Information.............................................................................................................................19
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1 What's New?
This chapter lists what is new for the HP Version Control Agent and HP Version Control Repository Manager
releases.
HP Version Control Agent (VCA) adds the following enhancements with the current release:
•Support for SAS and SATA disk drive firmware smart components.
•Support for selecting multiple components for deployment.
•Support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) coexistence.
•Support of VCA on the virtualized guest environment.
•Support for automatic dependency checking feature based on HPSUM availability in VCRM.
HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) adds the following enhancements with the current release:
•Support for Online System BIOS ROM flash components.
•Support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) coexistence.
•Support of VCRM on the virtualized guest environment.
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2 Features and change notification
The VCRM and the VCA are integrated with the SMH, which is the standard single-server management tool
in the ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack. HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), also part of the ProLiant
Essentials Foundation Pack, uses the VCRM and the VCA to facilitate software versioning, updates, and
related tasks.
VCA features
The VCA provides the following features:
•Monitor Software. Monitor software and firmware installed on a server
•Compare Software Versions. Provides easy version comparison from the repository to the server on
which the VCA is installed
•Install Software. Install Custom Software Baselines, ProLiant and Integrity Support Packs, or individual
or multiple software components
VCRM features
•Manage Software. Manage software from HP that is stored in a repository
•Automatic Updates. Proactively receive new HP ProLiant software as it is made available
•Upload Support Packs. Upload a Support Pack to the repository from a CD or other accessible media
•Create Custom Software Baselines. Create your own software baseline
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3 Requirements
VCA for Windows requirements
System requirements
To install the VCA on a Windows system, the system must meet the following minimum requirements.
Supported hardware and software
•Supported operating systems
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2•
•Windows Server 2003 R2
•Windows Server 2003, Service Pack 1
•Windows Server 2003 ES for 64-bit Extended Systems (starting with the ProLiant Support Pack
7.2 and later)
•Windows Server 2003 64-bit Enterprise Edition
•Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems, 64-bit
•Windows Storage Server 2003
•Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 x64 Edition
•Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 x64 Edition R2
•Windows Server 2008
•Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based systems
•Windows Server 2008 x64
•Windows Vista
•Windows XP Professional, XP 64-bit edition
•Server software
TCP/IP installed•
•SMH installed (starting with the ProLiant Support Pack 7.2 and later)
•Hardware
ProLiant Server•
•Windows Integrity Servers
•Disk space
11 MB on the Windows SystemDrive
Note: The VCA installer can require up to 12 MB of additional free space on your Windows
SystemDrive to complete the installation.
•
•70 MB for Integrity servers
•System memory
256 MB of RAM for Windows Server 2003•
•256 MB of RAM for Windows 2003 Server ES for 64-bit Extended Systems (starting with the
ProLiant Support Pack 7.2 and later)
•256 MB of RAM for Windows 2003 Server 64-bit Edition (starting with the ProLiant Support Pack
7.2 and later)
Client requirements
Requirements for client access to the VCA are outlined.
VCA for Windows requirements 11

Hardware and software
•Operating system
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2•
•Windows XP
•Windows Server 2008
•Windows Vista
•Browser
Internet Explorer 7.0•
•Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 or later
•Mozilla 1.6 or later
•Firefox 1.0 or later
•System memory
256 MB of RAM for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003•
VCA for Linux requirements
System requirements
To install the VCA on a Linux system, the system must meet the following requirements.
Supported hardware and software
•Operating systems
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) with Service Pack 2•
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86, Update 3
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T, Update 3
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86, Update 7
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T, Update 7
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 for x86, Update 9
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T (starting with the ProLiant
Support Pack 7.2 and later), Update 9
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 and AMD64/EMT64T
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86, Service Pack 2
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T, Service Pack 2
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86, Service Pack 4
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with Service Pack 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T (starting with
the ProLiant Support Pack 7.2 and later)
•Server software
SMH (hpsmh RPM) installed•
•HP Server Management Application and Agents (hpasm RPM) 7.00 or later required for software
inventory and status features to be functional
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•Hardware
ProLiant Server•
•Disk space
36 MB•
•System memory
256 MB of RAM•
•HP Server Management Drivers and Agents
hpasm RPM 7.0 or later
Note: The SNMP services must be active with at least one community string defined to allow read
access, must be configured for software inventory and status features to be functional.
•
Client requirements
Requirements for client access to the VCA from Linux operating systems are outlined.
Hardware and software
•Supported Operating Systems
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) with Service Pack 2•
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86, Update 3
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T, Update 3
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86, Update 7
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T, Update 7
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 for x86, Update 9
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T (starting with the ProLiant
Support Pack 7.2 and later), Update 9
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86, Service Pack 2
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T, Service Pack 2
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86, Service Pack 4
•SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with Service Pack 4 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T (starting with
the ProLiant Support Pack 7.2 and later)
•Browsers
Mozilla 1.7 (local or remote access) or later•
•Firefox 1.0 or later
•System memory
128 MB of RAM•
Note: You can browse to a Linux server from a Windows system using Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
VCRM for Windows requirements
System requirements
To install the VCRM, the computer must meet the minimum requirements listed.
Supported hardware and software
•Operating system
Windows Server 2003•
•Windows Server 2003 ES for 64-bit Extended Systems
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•Windows Server 2003 64-bit Enterprise Edition
•Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 x64 Edition
•Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 for x86
•Windows Server 2008
•Windows Vista
•Browser
Firefox 1.0 or later•
•Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 or later
•Server software
TCP/IP installed•
•SMH installed
•Hardware
ProLiant Server•
•HP Business Desktops
•Windows Integrity Servers
•Disk space
14-15 MB (Installation files only)•
•200 MB in the VCRM installation drive for temporary ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack extraction
•2 GB for the repository. This must be on a local, writeable drive.
•System memory
256 MB for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003•
IMPORTANT: The disk space requirements previously mentioned are specific to the installation of the VCRM.
The size of the repository depends on the files contained in the repository directory. Each ProLiant or Integrity
Support Pack executable, which is downloaded automatically if the Auto Update feature is enabled, is
approximately 100 MB in size and extracts to approximately 200 MB in size. If you are downloading
multiple ProLiant or Integrity Support Packs, then you can multiply this size by the number of ProLiant or
Integrity Support Packs you are downloading in your repository to determine how much disk space is required.
Client requirements
Minimum requirements for client access to the VCRM are outlined.
Hardware and software requirements
•Operating system
Windows Server 2003•
•Windows XP
•Windows Server 2008
•Windows Vista
•Browser
Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 or later•
•Internet Explorer 7.0
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•Mozilla 1.6 or later
•Mozilla 3.0
Note: Uploading software by way of the Mozilla browser interface is not supported.
•System memory
•256 MB of RAM for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
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4 Known issues
The VCRM and VCA undergo rigorous testing before releasing any given version of the product. From HP
test activities to date, the following items have been uncovered that you should keep in mind.
VCRM
•Auto-update appears to complete successfully, but no files are downloaded. This situation can occur
when no VCAs are configured to use the VCRM that is performing the auto-update. The VCRM uses
operating system information provided by the VCAs to decide what files to download, and reports a
successful update in the absence of this information. You must configure at least one VCA to use the
VCRM for any files to be downloaded by the auto-update process.
•You cannot copy items in a VCRM repository to the same VCRM. A red Xicon appears but no error
description is provided.
•When creating a Custom Software Baseline, if you select Support Pack, it selects all the components
contained in that Support Pack. You can deselect a component from the Support Pack if you do not
want to include it.
•If a ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack is uploaded from a system using Internet Explorer 5.5 with Service
Pack 1 or earlier, the upload window shows that the upload process is complete. However, the copied
components are corrupted, thus producing an invalid support pack in the catalog. These corrupted
components do not get replaced with any subsequent uploads, even if they are uploaded from a
supported browser. HP recommends that you stop the VCRM service, locating the repository folder,
deleting the corrupted files, and restarting the VCRM service. Perform an upload from a system with
Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 or higher.
•If you are using CERN proxy, HP recommends configuring the VCRM to use the HTTP proxy port instead
of the FTP proxy port.
•Proxy Feature Testing
The following proxy applications were used in the testing of the VCRM Automatic Update feature
using a proxy server. Most of the testing was with default proxy setups and various security settings.
However, different users can define their own site-specific security rules and configure their own proxy
servers in many different ways.
RemarkPass/FailIP Address AuthenticationUser Authentication with
Password
Proxy Application
PassYesYesMicrosoft ISA server
PassYesNoMicrosoft ISA
PassYesNAWinProxy
Uses Java AuthenticationFailYesYesWingate
•The VCRM displays a single driver although two drivers are present. Both drivers are displayed in the
Software version control table and are shown in the Installed Version column in the VCA. The
component packs that are affected include the following:
•CP003718 – Contains Cpqcissm.sys and Cpqcissme.sys drivers
•CP003746 – Contains Sysmgmt.sys and Cpqasm.sys drivers
•CP003745 – Contains Sysmgmt.sys and Cpqasm2.sys drivers
•After successfully configuring a component in the VCRM, the Catalog page displays an invalid icon
next to the Support Pack until the Catalog is automatically refreshed.
VCA
•When a VCA upgrade from previous versions of VCA is executed through VCA 2.2.820 individually
or as part of an Integrity Support Pack upgrade, a failed VCA installation event is recorded in the
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Windows Event Log. This does not impact the functionality of VCA and only requires the VCA service
to be restarted once the upgrade is complete. But, for any subsequent uninstall or reinstall of this new
VCA version, you need to reboot the system.
•If a system is running HP Insight Management Agents on a named Windows 2003 account, the VCA
upgrade does not finish successfully.
The VCA is designed to be installed and running on the local system account on Windows for performing
installation tasks.
•If a system was installed using SmartStart 5.20 or earlier, components might display in the inventory
for hardware that is not physically installed in your system because of a conflict between SmartStart
and the VCA for Windows. SmartStart 6.20 or later is recommended.
•The VCA does not accept HP SIM software update tasks if a previous software update task was
terminated because of the VCA service stopping before completion. This is because of HP SIM task
reporting In Progress from the VCA.
HP recommends:
1. Restart the VCA.
2. Stop the HP SIM task that is reporting In Progress.
3. Restart the HP SIM task. The task initiates and completes successfully.
•Should network connectivity be broken between the VCRM and the VCA immediately after a software
update is initiated and before the first download occurs, the VCA does not reconnect to the VCRM to
complete the task. This causes the software update task to terminate, and subsequent tasks are rejected
by the VCA.
•When a Windows Foundation Agent service or Linux Host agent (cmahostd) is stopped, the VCA status
and Overall System Status are displayed as green indicating Normal, even if the real status indicates
aWarning.
•When the SMH where the VCRM is installed allows Anonymous access, a VCA that is configured to
use that VCRM can be configured on the Change Agent Settings page. If the login information is
incorrect for the VCRM system, it enables the settings to be saved, and inventory data at the VCA
appears correct. However, software installations at that VCA fail because the secure login at the VCRM
is rejected because of the incorrect settings.
•The memory utilization of the VCA increases as a result of installing software. Memory is released when
the service restarts, for example, following installation of a complete ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack
upgrade.
•When attempting to save the VCA log, the following Microsoft Internet Explorer message appears,
Internet Explorer cannot download clrlogwiz&logsave=true from the local host . This error is
caused by a browser setting that is preventing you from writing to the log file.
HP recommends:
1. From Microsoft Windows Explorer, click Tools→Internet Options→Advanced.
2. Under the Security section, deselect Do not save encrypted pages to disk.
3. Click OK. The settings are saved.
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5 Documentation
For more information regarding the VCA and VCRM, refer to the following sources:
•HP Version Control Installation Guide. This document provides information about installing and getting
started using the VCA and VCRM. This guide includes an introduction to basic concepts, definitions,
and functionality associated with the VCA and VCRM. This document is available on the HP Management
CD and at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html.
•VCA and VCRM Help System. The help systems provide a complete set of documentation for using,
maintaining, and troubleshooting the VCA and the VCRM. Download the VCA or VCRM Online Help
in PDF format from http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/
documentation.html.
•HP System Management Homepage Installation Guide. The System Management Homepage Installation
Guide provides information about installing and getting started using the SMH. This guide includes an
introduction to basic concepts, definitions, and functionality associated with the VCA and VCRM. This
document is available on the HP Management CD and at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/
servers/management/agents/documentation.html.
For More Information
•ProLiant Support Pack. Download the VCRM and the latest ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack, which
contains the latest VCA and the HP Remote Deployment Utility. Download the ProLiant Support Pack at
http://www.hp.com/servers/swdrivers or the Integrity Support Pack at http://www.hp.com/support/
itaniumservers.
•Maintenance. Read about maintenance and support of HP products to include customer advisories,
knowledge bases, and more at http://itrc.hp.com.
•Subscriber's Choice. Receive proactive notification by email each day regarding new items that are
available at http://www.hp.com/go/subscribe-gate1.
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