HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Manager Software - Manual (Page 9)

Introduction 9
Infrastructure
A server environment using Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack consists of the
following components:
• Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
• HP SIM
• Target systems
• VPM Acquisition Utility (installed on a separate system, optional)
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack and HP SIM can be installed together on a single server
(referred to as a shared configuration), or each component can be installed on a separate server
(referred to as a distributed configuration).
IMPORTANT: For this release, both Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack and HP SIM must be
operating on a Microsoft® Windows® server.
Shared server configuration
In a shared server configuration, Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack and HP SIM are installed
on the same server. The following figure depicts a shared server configuration, in which the VPM
server has Internet access to obtain patch and vulnerability updates.