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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Software Status Polling

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»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
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Events
»Examples of Event Tasks
»Status Polling
Software Status Polling
»Hardware Status Polling
»WMI Mapper Proxy
»Protocols
»Data Collection
»System Properties
»Version Control Repository
»PMP Administrative Options
»Setting Up Managed Systems
»Managing SSH Keys
»Backing Up and Restoring the Database
»Configuring SSH Bypass Properties
»Audit Log
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Related Procedure
» Related Topics

The following example describes how to set up a Software Version Status Polling Task that determines whether managed systems have software that is out of date. This task uses the All Servers list as the default list.

One instance of this task is created by default when HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is installed. It runs on a weekly basis. Create this task only if it has been deleted.

To create a Software Status Polling Task:

  1. Select OptionsStatus PollingSoftware Status Polling.

  2. Select target systems from the All Systems collection. The default selected is All Systems. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Creating a Task for more information.

  3. Click [Schedule] to schedule the task, or click [Run Now] to run the task immediately. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Scheduling a Task for more information on scheduling the task.

Related Procedure

» Status Polling - Hardware Status Polling

Related Topics

» Administering Systems and Events - Status Polling
» Managing with Tasks - About Default Polling Tasks