HP Integrity BL860c Instruction Manual

HP Version Control 6.2.0 Release Notes
HP Part Number: 358191-407
Published: October 2010
Edition: 1

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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 Issues and workarounds............................................................................11
VCRM.................................................................................................................................................11
VCA....................................................................................................................................................12
Support and other resources.........................................................................13
New and changed information in this edition...........................................................................................13
September 2010, Version Control 6.2.0 release...................................................................................13
March 2010, Version Control 6.1.0 release..........................................................................................13
November 2009, Version Control 6.0 release......................................................................................13
Typographic conventions........................................................................................................................13
Documentation.....................................................................................................................................14
For More Information........................................................................................................................14
Security bulletin and alert policy for non-HP owned software components.....................................................14
Subscribing to security bulletins..........................................................................................................14
Publishing history..................................................................................................................................15
HP Encourages Your Comments..............................................................................................................15
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List of Tables
1 Publishing history................................................................................................................................15
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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.
Following are the product enhancements for the HP Version Control 6.2.0 September 2010 release:
HP Version Control Agent (VCA) adds the following enhancement with the current release:
▲Support for the new option to set the Mandatory Support Pack in VCA if the custom software baseline
is selected as the Reference Support Pack.
HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) adds the following enhancements with the current release:
•Support for the new option to generate detailed reports on the VCRM system for the number of VCAs
connected to the VCRM system that provides all the report statistics
•Support for the new display option provided on the VCRM Catalog page.
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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
•Generate a report. Generate and display the overall Report Statistics of all the VCAs connected to
the VCRM.
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3 Issues and workarounds
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
•Issue: Auto update appears to complete successfully, but no files are downloaded.
Description: This situation can occur when no VCA is configured to use the VCRM and no operating
system is selected in (Download Integrity Support Packs and ProLiant Support Packs] settings page in
VCRM.
Workaround: To resolve the issue, you must configure at least one VCA to use the VCRM or use the
VCRM’s change repository and update settings option and click Next to open Download Integrity
Support Packs and ProLiant Support Packs settings page in VCRM and select any operating system
from the list to be downloaded by the auto update process.
•Issue: Selecting Support Pack selects all the components contained in that support pack.
Description: When creating a Custom Software Baseline, if you select a Support Pack, it selects all the
components contained in that Support Pack.
Workaround: You can deselect a component from the Support Pack if you do not want to include it.
•Issue: Uploading PSP or ISP from IE 5.5 SP 1 or earlier browsers produces an invalid support pack in
the catalog.
Description: 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.
Workaround: 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.
•Issue:Using the CERN proxy.
Workaround: If you are using the CERN proxy, HP recommends configuring the VCRM to use the HTTP
proxy port instead of the FTP proxy port.
•Issue: Proxy Feature Testing.
Description: 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
•Issue: The VCRM displays a single driver although two drivers are present.
Description: Both drivers are displayed in the Software version control table and are shown in the
Installed Version column in the VCA.
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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
•Issue: 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.
Workaround: Refresh the VCRM catalog page to display the proper status (green flag).
VCA
•Issue: Failed VCA installation event recorded in the Windows Event Log.
Description: 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 Windows Event Log.
Workaround: The functionality of VCA is not impacted. Restart the VCA service once the upgrade is
complete. But, for any subsequent uninstallation or reinstallation of the new VCA version, reboot the
system.
•Issue: A system running HP Insight Management Agents on a named Windows 2003 account, the VCA
upgrade does not finish successfully.
Description: The VCA is designed to be installed and running on the local system account on Windows
for performing installation tasks.
•Issue: A system installed using SmartStart 5.20 or earlier, components might display in the inventory
for the hardware that is not physically installed in your system because of a conflict between SmartStart
and the VCA for Windows.
Workaround: SmartStart 6.20 or later is recommended.
•Issue: 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.
Description: This is because of HP SIM task reporting In Progress from the VCA.
Workaround: 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.
•Issue: 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 a Warning.
•Issue: 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 Settings page.
Description: 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.
•Issue: 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.
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Support and other resources
New and changed information in this edition
The following sections list what is new for the HP Version Control releases.
September 2010, Version Control 6.2.0 release
Following are the product enhancements for the HP Version Control 6.2.0 September 2010 release:
HP Version Control Agent (VCA) adds the following enhancement with the current release:
▲Support for the new option to set the Mandatory Support Pack in VCA if the custom software baseline
is selected as the Reference Support Pack.
HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) adds the following enhancements with the current release:
•Support for the new option to generate detailed reports on the VCRM system for the number of VCAs
connected to the VCRM system that provides all the report statistics.
•Support for the new display option provided on the VCRM Catalog page.
March 2010, Version Control 6.1.0 release
Following are the product enhancements for the HP Version Control 6.1.0 March 2010 release:
HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) adds the following enhancements with the current release:
•Support for the Linux Deployment Utility (LDU) retirement.
•Support for the new changes in the Version Control GUI to match the System Management Homepage
(SMH) GUI.
November 2009, Version Control 6.0 release
Following are the product enhancements for the HP Version Control 6.0 November 2009 release:
HP Version Control Agent (VCA) adds the following enhancements with the current release:
•Native x64 (64 bit) support.
•Support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM).
HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) adds the following enhancements with the current release:
•Native x64 (64-bit) support.
•Support for a new VCRM command line interface for configuring the repository folder.
•Support for enabling the repository folder autoupdate using the command line interface.
•Support for multithreaded file download functionality.
•Support for a new GUI-based screen page for downloading Integrity Support Packs and ProLiant Support
Packs.
•Support for data migration from one repository to another.
Typographic conventions
find (1) HP-UX manpage. In this example, “find” is the manpage name and “1” is the
manpage section.
Book Title Title of a book or other document.
Linked Title Title that is a hyperlink to a book or other document.
http://www.hp.com A Web site address that is a hyperlink to the site.
Command Command name or qualified command phrase.
user input Commands and other text that you type.
computer output Text displayed by the computer.
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Enter The name of a keyboard key. Note that Return and Enter both refer to the same
key. A sequence such as Ctrl+A indicates that you must hold down the key labeled
Ctrl while pressing the Akey.
term Defined use of an important word or phrase.
variable The name of an environment variable, for example PATH or errno.
value A value that you may replace in a command or function, or information in a display
that represents several possible values.
<element> An element used in a markup language.
attrib= An attribute used in a markup language.
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
DVD 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 DVD 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.
Security bulletin and alert policy for non-HP owned software components
Open source software (such as OpenSSL) or third-party software (such as Java) are sometimes included in
HP products. HP discloses that the non-HP owned software components listed in the HP Version Control end
user license agreement (EULA) are included with HP Version Control.
To view the EULA, use a text editor to open the eula_license.xml file, and search for third-party software.
HP addresses security bulletins for the software components listed in the EULA with the same level of support
afforded HP products. HP is committed to reducing security defects and helping you mitigate the risks
associated with security defects when they do occur.
HP has a well-defined process when a security defect is found that culminates with the publication of a
security bulletin. The security bulletin provides you with a high level description of the problem and explains
how to mitigate the security defect.
Subscribing to security bulletins
To receive security information (bulletins and alerts) from HP:
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1. Open a browser to the HP home page: http://www.hp.com.
2. Click the Support and Drivers tab.
3. Click Sign up: driver, support, and security alerts, which appears under Additional Resources
in the right navigation pane.
4. Select Business and IT Professionals to open the Subscriber's Choice web page.
5. Do one of the following:
•Sign in if you are a registered customer.
•Enter your email address to sign-up now. Then, select the box next to Driver and Support alerts
and click Continue.
Publishing history
This section provides the publishing history of the document.
Table 1 Publishing history
Publication DateEdition NumberDescriptionManufacturing Part Number
October 20101Documentation for software
version 6.2.0.
358191-407
March 201019Documentation for software
version 6.1.0.
358191-406
October 200918Documentation updates for
Windows Integrity 6.5 release.
358191-405
November 200917Documentation for software
version 6.0.
358191-404
March 200916Documentation for software
version 2.2.0.
358191-403
January 200915Documentation for software
version 2.2.0.
358191-402
February 200814Documentation for software
version 2.1.10.
358191-401
February 200813Documentation for software
version 2.1.9.
358191-009
April 200712Documentation for software
version 2.1.8.
358191-008
January 200711Documentation for software
version 2.1.7.
358191-007
February 200610Documentation for software
version 2.1.4.
358191-006
August 20059Documentation for software
version 2.1.4.
358191-005
March 20058Documentation for software
version 2.0.8.
358191-004
August 20047Documentation for software
version 2.0.7.
358191-4
February 20046Documentation for software
version 2.0.6.
358191-3
December 20035Documentation for software
version 2.0.5. Original release.
358191-2
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