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HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager Software User Manual

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Introduction 13

The Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack

interface

Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack vulnerability information appears in the VPM column of the
HP SIM console, shown circled in the following figure. Initially, the icon depicted in the column

displays Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack eligibility information for the target system in the

specific row. After target servers are licensed and a vulnerability scan is performed, the column

displays the combined status of the last vulnerability scan on the target system (patch status does not

appear in the column). Click the icon to display detailed information about the system status with
regard to Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack.

The VPM column displays one of the following color-coded icons.

Table 1

Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack icons

Icon Status

Risk assessment

Critical vulnerabilities have been detected.

High

Major vulnerabilities have been detected.

Medium

Minor vulnerabilities have been detected.

Low and warning

No vulnerabilities have been detected.

None

The Unknown icon might appear for the following reasons:

Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack cannot access the system because

proper authentication information was not provided.

The system is either not supported or connected.

Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack cannot access the system registry or

file system.

Unknown