Initial PSP installs via setupc.exe, VCA issue?

[Dana Swanson]

Hi All,

I was planning to run my initial PSP installs for our Windows 2000/2003 servers via setupc.exe

I copied the directories from "PSP for Windows 2000 Version 7.60A" and "PSP for Windows 2003 Version 7.60A" into one directory called Deploy. I configured the configurable components for the agents to work.

Should I keep the directories sepperate and only upgrade one OS at a time?

I tested setupc.exe like so e:\deploy\setupc.exe /use-latest /t:server-name /r

setupc.exe ran and upgraded most of the components that were outdated from PSP 7.50 and the server rebooted like it was set to.

The components that were not installed I figured they needed a bios update or were not supported.

The one issue I ran into was the VCA agent on the target server lost it's password where it was configured fine before. Has anyone run into this before?

Thanks!

Dana

[Rich Purvis]

Was the password the only thing that you lost in its configuration? If so, how are you determining that it was lost?

-Rich

[Dana Swanson]

Hi Rich,

I had the VCA agent setup and working running PSP Windows for 2000 Server 7.51A. By setup and working, I mean if I went to the servers VCA configuration and then change agent settings I would see the fields Computer Name, Login Account and Password pre-filled out from setting them up. I could see what drivers had updates available via the VCA.

After upgrading to PSP Windows for 2000 Server 7.60A via "deploy\setupc.exe /use-latest /t:server-name /r" the update ran good. I noticed the software status had a question mark next to it in the hpsim console after the upgrade. I went into the VCA config for the server upgraded and the password was no longer filled out even though in the RDU the VCA configuration was pre-setup with the account and password for the VCA.

Thanks,

Dana

[Dana Swanson]

I'm going to try the initial deploy support pack option. Right now it's saying "There are no Support Packs in this repository." where I have 3 PSP's uploaded to the Repository.

I'm going to type up another post to see if my rollout plans sound good or not.

Thanks,