Select the Home tab. The Home page appears.

Click Change Settings. The Select the Version Control Repository Manager page appears.

1. In the Computer Name field, enter the name or IP address of a system with a HP VCRM installed. Specifying the name of a computer with a HP VCRM installed allows a more detailed software inventory to be generated and provides a way to update HP software on the system.

2. In the Login Account field, enter a login that has the appropriate security level for the HP SMH on the specified system. The type of account, account name and password depends on whether the HP SMH or Management HTTP Server is installed at the system specified in the previous step. This account must have Operator or Administrator level at the HP VCRM system, so it is recommended that you use a browser to verify the login account and password before entering it.

   Note: You must enter the administrator or operator account defined in the HP SMH and provide the appropriate password for the HP VCA to download software from the HP VCRM. If anonymous access is disabled at the HP VCRM, you must enter at least an account with user privileges and provide the appropriate password for the HP VCA to provide software status by comparing the inventory with what is available at the HP VCRM.

   For Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, you might be unable to access the HP VCRM because Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1implements a software firewall that prevents browsers or other clients from accessing the ports required for access to the HP VCRM. To resolve this issue, you must configure the firewall with exceptions to allow access through the ports used by HP SIM, HP VCA and other HP VCRMs.

   To configure the firewall exceptions:

   1. Select Start ⇒ Settings ⇒ Control Panel.

   2. Double-click Windows Firewall to configure the firewall settings.

   3. Select Exceptions.

   4. Click [Add Port].

      You must enter the product name and the port number.

      Add the following exceptions to the firewall protection:

      Product	Port Number
      HP SMH Insecure Port:	2301
      HP SMH Secure Port:	2381

      Note: For more information regarding HP SIM secure and insecure ports, refer to the HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html in the Troubleshooting help file under Login Problems section.

   5. Click [OK] to save your settings and close the Add a Port dialog box.

   6. Click [OK] to save your settings and close the Windows Firewall dialog box.

   This configuration leaves the default SP2 security enhancements intact, but will allow traffic over the ports previously indicated. The secure and insecure ports must be added to enable proper communication from your browser and other clients that access the HP VCRM.

3. In the Password field, enter the appropriate password for the login account that you selected in the Login Account field.

4. The Using Certificate option is selected by default.

   HP Version Control supports Single Sign On (SSO) system that allows a trusted HP VCA the ability to connect to the HP VCRM without providing authentication details to login to HP VCRM's HP SMH. When the Using Certificate option is selected, HP SMH processes the SSO request depending on the Trust Mode selected. HP SMH obtains the HP VCA 's HP SMH public certificate and uses it to validate the trust relationship. If HP SMH is unable to establish the trust relationship or cannot verify the security token, then HP VCA displays the following error message:The specified repository, VCRM IP, is invalid or not reachable.

   NOTE:
   	To import a certificate, see HP System Management Homepage Installation and Configuration Guide

Click [Next] to continue. The Select the Reference Support Pack page appears. Click [Reset] to clear the settings you just specified or [Cancel] to abort the changes.

Note: If the HP VCRM cannot be accessed, an error message appears, and you are returned to the HP Version Control Agent Change Settings page to reenter the settings.

Click [Reset] to clear the changes and return to the previous settings, [Cancel] to discard the changes and retain the original settings, or [Finish] to save your changes. The updated configuration appears on the Current Settings page.

Click [Close] to return to the Home page.

Note: If you click [Cancel], a Confirm Cancel dialog box appears asking you to confirm your intention to discard the changes and retain the original settings. Click [No] to return to the Current Settings page or [Yes] to discard the changes, retain the original settings, and return to the Home page.