Installation and configuration, Installation location, Installing vulnerability and patch management pack – HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager Software User Manual
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Installation and configuration
This section provides detailed instructions to perform a first-time installation of Vulnerability and Patch
Management Pack and the initial configuration steps necessary for use.
Installation location
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack is installed by default in the C:/Program Files/HP/VPM
directory. During the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack installation, you can either accept this
default directory or designate another installation location.
Configuring Microsoft Internet Information Services
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or later must be installed on the intended VPM server
to successfully install and use Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. HP strongly recommends
enabling HTTPS if HP SIM and VPM are installed on separate servers.
For information about configuring HTTPS service in IIS, see
Installing Vulnerability and Patch Management
Pack
These instructions assume that all hardware and software requirements have been met. Before
attempting to install Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack, see the “
verify that all requirements have been met.
HP SIM will be restarted after the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack installation.
NOTE:
This installation might take up to 7 minutes depending on the speed of the server.
Before installing Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack, the following components must be
installed, properly configured, and running:
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IIS 5.0 or later
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HP SIM 5.1 or later with WMI Mapper
Be sure to have the following items available before beginning the Vulnerability and Patch
Management Pack installation.
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Location and credentials for HP SIM (user name, password, and domain)
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Credentials for the local server, if installing on other than HP SIM server
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Credentials for the Microsoft SQL Server database, if an existing SQL Server database will be
used