HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager Software - Manual (Page 15)

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Requirements
This section lists the hardware and software required for each component in the Vulnerability and
Patch Management Pack environment.
A Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack environment consists of the following components:
• Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
• HP SIM
• VPM Acquisition Utility (optional)
• Target systems
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack and HP SIM can each be installed on a separate server or
together on one server, if the following requirements are met for the server on which each component
resides.
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
The VPM server, the server on which the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack software is
installed, must meet the following hardware and software requirements. Requirements listed for the
VPM server are independent of requirements for HP SIM and any other applications that coexist on
the VPM server. For specific hardware and software requirements for the HP SIM server, see the HP
Systems Insight Manager Installation and Configuration Guide.
Table 2 Hardware requirements
Component Specification
Any HP x86
server —
Memory At least 512 MB RAM
Processor 1.5 GHz or higher
1 GB for Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack (150 MB in the TEMP directory for
installation)
Disk space
Additional space for scan reports and patches
File structure New Technology File System (NTFS)
DVD-ROM drive —