topic Re: VPM Patch Repository empty in Server Management - Systems Insight Manager

VPM Patch Repository empty

Pat Wilson_1 — Wed, 11 May 2005 09:15:29 GMT

I apologize if this posting is to the wrong forum, but I'm running HP Systems Insight Manager, not Open View.

I have installed Vulnerability and Patch Management (VPM) on my CMS server in our test centre (which has no internet access).
I installed the acquisition utility on a workstation with internet access. I performed an initial acquisition last Friday (May 6 - had to leave it running through the weekend), and again Monday am to ensure I had all updates. I copied the entire C:\VPM\data structure and contents from the workstation to a USB drive, and then copied the data directory contents to E:\HPSim\VPM\radia\IntegrationServer\data.
I verified the correct settings in HPSim, and performed the Options-> VPM-> Acquire Updates.

When I go to Diagnose-> VPM-> View Patch Repository, it reports there are no patches in the repository.

I have enclosed the patch-acquire.log file from the server.

The one entry that jumps out at me is:
Error: couldn't open "E:/HPSim/VPM/radia/IntegrationServer/data/patch/hp_vpm/versions.xml": no such file or directory.
I checked on the workstation, and the file is not there either.

Any suggestions?

Re: VPM Patch Repository empty

Aravindh Rajaram — Wed, 11 May 2005 11:12:42 GMT

I'm afraid if the way you have acquired the patches is supported by VPM. The software may update/create other files apart from downloading the patches which you might have missed out.

Re: VPM Patch Repository empty

Pat Wilson_1 — Wed, 11 May 2005 11:19:25 GMT

The acquisition utility is supplied as part of the VPM, and I followed the instructions provided at the completion of the installation.

Maybe I should not have put the files directly into the E:/HPSim/VPM/radia/IntegrationServer/data directory, but when I tried to put them on a different location on the server, and change the VPM settings, I get an "Invalid network path" message (even though the location is a local drive).

Re: VPM Patch Repository empty

Pat Wilson_1 — Thu, 12 May 2005 07:46:38 GMT

Additional info:

Here is a snippet from the patch-acquire.log from the download workstation:

Error: HTTP while downloading https://www.hp.com/pub/essentials/vpm/versions.xml error : connect failed certificate signature failure
Error: Network error for https://www.hp.com/pub/essentials/vpm/versions.xml attempt 1 limit 2
Error: HTTP while downloading https://www.hp.com/pub/essentials/vpm/versions.xml error : connect failed certificate signature failure
Error: Network error for https://www.hp.com/pub/essentials/vpm/versions.xml attempt 2 limit 2
Info: Error downloading harris version file https://www.hp.com/pub/essentials/vpm/versions.xml, status code 410

I even took the acquisition utility software to my home, and installed it there. I got the same error message result about the versions.xml file.

I managed to resolve the 'invalid network path' message by directly editing the E:\HPSim\Systems Insight Manager\webadmin\webapps\ROOT\mxportal\VPM\config\settings.xml file to change the 'parameter name = acquire_path' value.