Hp systems insight manager – HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager Software User Manual
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Table 3
Software requirements
Component Specification
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard Edition SP1
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP1
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition SP1
Operating
system (32-bit
versions only)*
Windows® XP Professional SP2
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or later, installed and running**
Services
TCP/IP, with DNS properly configured so that system names can be resolved to IP addresses
Database
An existing Microsoft SQL Server database can be used, or Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) will
be installed on the VPM server with the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack installation.
When changing databases during an upgrade, patch data from the previous database is not
migrated. A full patch acquisition must be performed to repopulate the patch repository.
HP SIM 5.1 or later, installed on a Windows server with Windows Management Interface
(WMI) Mapper
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0
Applications
(must be
available on
the network)
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 3.x or later (to view scan results)
*HP SIM might have additional restrictions for supported service pack levels.
**HP strongly recommends enabling HTTPS if HP SIM and Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack are
installed on separate servers. For information about configuring HTTPS service in IIS, see
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP SIM 5.1 or later must be installed on a Windows server. This release of Vulnerability and Patch
Management Pack does not support an HP SIM console operating with a Linux or HP-UX operating
system.