Table of Contents
1 Product overview.............................................................................................................7
VCRM.....................................................................................................................................................7
VCA........................................................................................................................................................7
HP SIM integration.................................................................................................................................7
Basic functions of VCRM and VCA........................................................................................................8
VCRM................................................................................................................................................8
VCA...................................................................................................................................................9
HP SIM....................................................................................................................................................9
Security considerations...........................................................................................................................9
2 Migrating Version Control to the System Management Homepage.......................11
Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.1 and earlier..............................................11
Migrating Version Control with ProLiant Support Pack 7.2 and later.................................................11
Migrating the VCA and the VCRM from Management HTTP Server to SMH to use operating
system authentication......................................................................................................................11
3 Obtaining the software...............................................................................................15
Obtaining HP SIM, VCA, and VCRM ..................................................................................................15
VCA.................................................................................................................................................15
VCRM..............................................................................................................................................15
HP SIM.............................................................................................................................................15
4 Installing the VCA remotely using the HP Remote Deployment Utility....................17
Pre-configuring the VCA for Windows using the HP Remote Deployment Utility............................17
5 Installing the VCA on Windows operating systems.................................................19
VCA for Windows requirements..........................................................................................................19
System requirements.......................................................................................................................19
Supported hardware and software............................................................................................19
Client requirements.........................................................................................................................20
Hardware and software .............................................................................................................20
Installation overview............................................................................................................................20
Installing the VCA for Windows.....................................................................................................20
Configuring the VCA.................................................................................................................21
Installing the VCA for Windows silently.............................................................................................21
Installing silently using the CLI......................................................................................................21
6 Installing the VCA using the Linux Deployment Utility..............................................23
Pre-configuring the VCA component...................................................................................................23
Installing the VCA as a single component............................................................................................23
Installing the VCA without pre-configuration.....................................................................................24
7 Installing the VCA on Linux operating systems.........................................................25
VCA for Linux requirements................................................................................................................25
System requirements.......................................................................................................................25
Supported hardware and software............................................................................................25
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