Repository, Version control, Software inventory – HP Insight Foundation Software for ProLiant User Manual
Page 36: Replicate agent settings, Support pack version, Vca log
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 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 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.
VCA log
A listing of all the software maintenance tasks completed by the VCA and reports resulting from
those tasks.
version control
Referred to as the 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that are running out-of-date system software, indicates if an upgrade is available, and provides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.
36
Glossary