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About the Version Control Agent

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Cluster Monitor
»Command Line Tools
»Creating New Command Line Tools
»Custom Commands
»Configuring DMI Access
»Configuring SNMP Access
»Device Ping
»Disk Thresholds
»License Manager
»Management Processor Tools
»Managing MIBs
»Installing OpenSSH
»PMP Tools
»Removing and Restoring Tools
»Replicate Agent Settings
»RPM Package Manager
»Server Migration Pack
»System Management Homepage
»System Page
»Version Control
About the Version Control Agent
»About the Version Control Repository Manager
»About Integration
»About Software Repositories
»About Multiple System Management
»Accessing the Version Control Agent
»Accessing the Version Control Repository Manager
»Version Control Status Icons
»Installing Software and Firmware
»Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install
»Virtual Machine Management Pack
»WBEM Based Tools
»Available MSA Tools
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Additional Resources
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

The HP Version Control Agent (VCA) is an HP Insight Management Agent that is installed on a system to enable you to view the HP software and firmware that is installed on that system. The VCA can be configured to point to a repository being managed by the HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM), allowing easy version comparison and software updates from the repository to the system on which the VCA is installed.

The VCA provides version control and system update capabilities for a single HP system. The VCA determines system software status by comparing each component installed on the local system with the set of individual components or a specified ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack listed in the VCRM. You can also update individual components or an entire ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack by clicking the install icon located next to the system software status icon.

The VCRM and the VCA are integrated with the System Management Homepage (SMH), which is the standard single-server management tool in the ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack. HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), also part of the ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack, uses the VCRM and VCA to facilitate software versioning, update, and tasks related to it.

The VCA is available for Windows and Linux operating systems. The VCA is an integrated part of the System Management Homepage that is designed to display the available software inventory of the system on which it is installed. The VCA also allows the installation, comparison, and update of system software from a repository that is managed by a VCRM.

Users with administrator or operator privileges can access the VCA to maintain the software inventory of the system manually. The installation of components and configuration activities are logged to a log file at the system. The VCA logs activities, such as software installations. However, installations done outside the VCA do not appear in this log.

The VCA enables you to view the software installed on selected HP equipment, the available updates, and whether the installed software is compliant with the latest updates found in the selected repository. In addition, you can add or update HP software on the system remotely, using the browser interface of the VCA.

You can use the Replicate Agent Settings feature in HP SIM to update multiple servers with VCA settings. For more information regarding the Replicate Agent Settings feature, refer to the online HP SIM help system.

The VCA permits the following tasks:

  • Viewing the currently installed software

  • Selecting a VCRM as a reference point for obtaining software updates

  • Selecting a ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack as a managed baseline.

  • Viewing the details associated with a ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack or individual software component that is in the version control repository

  • Installing a ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack or individual software component from the version control repository

  • Printing the installed software inventory and software status

  • Managing the VCA log

In addition to maintaining the software inventory of the system, the VCA integrates with HP SIM. This integration enables administrators to take advantage of the Software Update capabilities of the agent

Additional Resources

For additional resources, go to http://www.hp.com/servers/manage.

Related Procedures

» Version Control - Installing Software and Firmware
» Version Control - Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install

Related Topics

» Tools that Extend Management - Version Control
» Version Control - About Integration
» Version Control - About Multiple System Management
» Version Control - About Software Repositories