Drivers & software

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Improved SLES15 component grouping.
• When browsing in Chinese language, Home page does not load properly.

Service Pack for ProLiant version 2019.12.0

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Service Pack for ProLiant version 2019.09.0
• Enabled managed node support for
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Service Pack for ProLiant version 2019.03.0
• Enabled managed node support for
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Service Pack for ProLiant version 2018.09.0
• Service Pack for ProLiant version 2018.11.0
• Enabled managed node support for
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• HPE Version Control Repository Manager(VCRM) displays the Service Pack for ProLiant(SPP) as invalid after an auto-update
• "Unknown error:12057" and "File not found in location 404" display in VCRM log page, if component is not found in secure repository and in download.hpe.com when initiate the auto-update.
• HPE Version Control Repository Manager(VCRM) shows "Invalid Support Pack" for SPP 2018.06.0

• Service Pack for ProLiant version 2018.06.0
• Enabled support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Improved Security fixes

Latest Service Pack for ProLiant support

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Improved Security fixes

• Service Pack for ProLiant version 2017.07.0

• Enabled support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 OS

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Security fixes

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• HPE rebranding
• Patched to address Missing CRL sanity check CVE-2016-7052 (https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160926.txt)

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HPE requires users update to this version immediately.

Auto update to download Service Pack for ProLiant/individual components from HPE repository (downloads.hpe.com)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Patched to address cross-protocol attack on TLS using SSLv2 (DROWN) (CVE-2016-0800) (https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 operating system
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 operating system

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Support Service Pack for ProLiant and/or components download using secured (Intellectual Capital Management) location.

• Updated openSSL version to openssl-1.0.2d.

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Improved security features

• Updated openSSL version to openssl-1.0.2a
• Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 operating system

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Support to return files larger than 4GB from VCRM

Support following operating systems

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately.

Patched to address SSL/TLS MITM Vulnerability CVE-2014-3566 (https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20141015.txt)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Digital signature verification for HP windows smart components
• Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately.

Patched to address SSL/TLS MITM Vulnerability CVE-2014-0224 (http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140605.txt)

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Firmware upgrade for a system running Linux fails when using HP System Insight Manager

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately.

Provides fix for CVE-2014-0160.

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• VMware components.
• Google Chrome version 30.0.1599.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 server.
• HP Smart Update Manager 6.2.

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Invalid software status for “Insight Diagnostics Online Edition Utility” version 9.50.1009.0.
• VCA running in Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 operating system now use all supported components. Previous version only included limited component.
• Corrects meta data for rpm components, to prevent components listing under unsupported operating systems

• HP Smart Update Manager 6.0.
• Simplified Chinese localization.

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Prevents VCRM from restarting when e1000-5.2.16b-1.src.rpm is place in repository folder without e1000-5.2.16b-1.src.xml
Updated OpenSSL version to 1.0.1.5

Changed Archive Wizard to start archive process immediately for archive task based on version or year
Improved VCRM to handle renamed components in repository folder
Support for HP Smart Update Manager available in RPM file format

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

VCRM version 7.2 resolved issues, which exist in the previous version, to provide the following functionality:

• Prevents ‘Gateway Timeout’ errors by performing archive task in background
• Retains pre-configured components during an auto-update task
• Prevents duplicate downloads of Service Packs for ProLiant (SPP) and ProLiant Support Packs (PSP)  during an auto-update task
• Prevents wrong Software status calculation when mandatory reference bundle option is selected in Version Control Agent

VCRM version 7.2 provides the following new features and enhancements to existing features:

• VCRM now captures user ID of the logged-in user in the details section of log messages under Log Tab for all user initiated tasks
• The privilege to clear logs is only allowed for the Administrators
• delete and refresh options are now provided in the report page
• Improvements to existing features include the following:
  • RPM component support
    •  Shows HP Network Interface Card Drivers in Version Control Agent for Linux
    •  Prevents “No Data Available” message in HP System Insight Manager (HP SIM) for rpm components
  • SCEXE file processing for faster catalog validation

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• Initiate catalog validation after restore task

• Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating system
• Optimized CPU utilization during catalog validation

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Updated OpenSSL to recent and stable version 1.0.0g
Enhanced support to filter applicable components in Version Control Agent inventory
Improved extraction of ISO files placed in repository subfolders

Added Support to deploy Service Pack for ProLiant offline from System Insight Manager
Version Control Agent systems Model Number added in Report page

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Added the following support:

• HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP)
• Auto-download SPP from hp.com
  Previous releases of VCRM can download SPPs, but are not able to populate the VCRM catalog with the Smart Components included in the SPP. If using a previous VCRM release, then the SPP Smart Components can be added to the catalog by doing one of the following actions:                       
  • Manually extract the Smart Components from the SPP, copy them to the repository, and then rescan the repository.
  • Or, ideally, upgrade to Version Control 7.0.0 where SPP support is available. 
    VCRM 7.0.0 or older, does not auto-delete or auto-archive downloaded SPP images. It is advisable to delete the un-used SPP images manually, to save disk space.
• Offline firmware components
  VCRM now supports offline components to be available in the catalog.  Although offline components cannot be deployed through Version Control Agent, they can be deployed using HP System Insight Manager Version 7.0.
• Certificate-based authentication

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• VCRM ceases to function when certain unsupported rpm packages are downloaded to the respository.

• New feature: Enhanced hardware detection to more reliably install software when hardware is present
• New feature: Archive, delete and manage components and support packs in the repository folder

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HP recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

• VCRM ceases  to function when bonding-1-.x.src.rpms are present in the Repository
• VCRM does not automatically add  new support packs with new Linux operating systems

• New : Added support for  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 clients

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HPE requires users update to this version immediately.

During a status polling task, VCRM ceases to perform on systems with multiple CPUs

• During a status polling task, VCRM ceases to perform on systems with multiple CPUs.
• "clear the log" button not visible

• New Reports feature: VCRM can generate, display and save the status of the systems that are connected to it
• New option to organize  catalog view based on  Operating system, Catagory and Release date

Upgrade Requirement:
Critical - HP requires users update to this version immediately.

Users of Proliant Support Pack version 8.40 should upgrade to Version Control version 6.1 to avail the support for native RPM deployment and management.

• Supports SmartStart 8.40 and independent installation of native RPMs
• Automatic dependency resolution of RPM packages.
• New and improved user interface.

• Fixed the issue of VCRM terminating unexpectedly during automatic update from hp.com
• Fixed the issue of VCRM repeatedly processing certain files in a loop, making it busy.
• Fixed the internal server error when VCRM password contains special characters
• Fixed an internal server error when  automatic update is enabled through UI
• Built with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (8.0.50727.4053)

• Supports native binary on 64-bit HP ProLiant servers
• Improved performance for servicing large number of version control agents for simultaneous deployment of support packs.
• Improved performance in retrieving components from repository

• Fixed the issue of VCRM terminating unexpectedly during automatic update from hp.com
• Fixed the issue of VCRM repeatedly processing certain files in a loop, making it busy.
• Fixed the internal server error when VCRM password contains special characters
• Fixed an internal server error when  automatic update is enabled through UI
• Built with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package (8.0.50727.4053)

• Support for Linux RPM files

- Catalog components of same product  but different versions are arranged in Version sorted order.

- When primary node is down in clustered VCRM, PSP deployment on VCA fails.

- Support for IPv6 networks

- Support for linux firmware components (SCEXE format) for Proliant in VCRM catalog

Fixed the installation failure on Windows virtual machines running on ESX servers.

Supports Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

Enhanced return status to HPSIM while VCRM is busy re-building the catalog.

Added support for Windows  Server code named longhorn.

Added support for storage specific components.

Integrated new cpqsetup file.

• Autodownload feature to support both active and passive FTP connections.
  
• Log aging set to default value of 90 days.

Addressed an issue with Linux Support Pack showing as an Invalid Support Pack.

• Issue with searching in the Japanese online help.


• Several issues with creating custom support packs.


• Issue where incompatible OpenSSL libraries in the system32 directory would cause the Version Control Repository Manager service to fail on startup.

• Cataloging Linux software packages that are distributed in compressed archive (tar.gz) format.


• Automatic downloading HP Integrity Support Packs and components.

Updated to use the newly released System Management Homepage.

• The proxy server settings for the automatic download feature can now be specified during the install.


• The connection with the HP download site is tested when the auto-download feature is configured.


• Version 5.94 of the System Management Homepage HTTP Server is included in this release.

• ProLiant Support Packs for Linux operating systems.


• Silent installation, allowing the Version Control Repository Manager to be remotely installed using the Version Control Agent or Remote Deployment Utility.

• Security vulnerability which had the potential to allow Denial of Service (DoS) attacks through maliciously malformed HTTP requests. These maliciously malformed HTTP requests will stop the management products, and for NetWare, abend the OS. A fix to prevent cross-site scripting was checked in to remedy this. Please note that for other Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, etc.) the Operating System will not be affected, and the main functionality of the targeted servers cannot be affected; only the HP Management Products can be halted.


• Security vulnerability which had the potential to allow Denial of Service (DoS) attacks through maliciously formatted HTTP Header information. These maliciously malformed HTTP requests will stop the management products, and for NetWare, abend the OS. Please note that for other Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, etc.) the Operating System will not be affected, and the main functionality of the targeted servers cannot be affected; only the HP Management Products can be halted.


• Security vulnerability that had the potential to allow timing attacks to be performed on RSA keys, a vulnerability to which OpenSSL is generally vulnerable. The correction involves turning RSA blinding on. OpenSSL version 0.9.6j addresses this vulnerability and was incorporated to remedy this.


• Security vulnerability to which OpenSSL is generally vulnerable. This vulnerability has the potential to allow a timing attack on OpenSSL that in effect allows an attacker, through creating millions of invalid SSL/TSL connections, to perform a single RSA private key operation on a ciphertext of its choice using the server's RSA key, without actually compromising the server's RSA key. OpenSSL version 0.9.6j addresses this vulnerability and was incorporated to remedy this.

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Corrected an issue where the latest version of available software displayed at the Version Control Agent did not always show the newest version stored in the repository.

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Updated to resolve issue with certain files not being accepted by the version of Internet Explorer shipped with Windows Server 2003 RC2.

Updated to include Management HTTP Server version 5.5.

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Upgraded the Management HTTP Server to version 5.3.0.

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updated to:

• Include version 5.2 of the HP HTTP server.
• Remove the "Promotional Version" link on the Version Control Repository Manager web-page.

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

Fixed the following:

• Browsing to the Version Control Repository Manager from a Windows Server 2003 Server, or when connecting a Version Control Agent to a Version Control Repository Manager running on a Windows Server 2003 Server.
• A potential security vulnerability in the HTTP server used by this web application.

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Initial release.