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What's New in Insight Software 6.3 Update 1 (required update) - Summary - September 2011
Insight Software 6.3 update1 is a collection of updates intended to be applied after installing Insight Software 6.3. The ISO contains an integrated installer that detects the installed Insight Software components and applies the appropriate updates. For more information on the issues addressed in each update, refer to the Release Notes located on the ISO.
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3.1 hotfixes -updated-
- HP System Management Homepage 6.3.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Control power management 6.3.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Control server deployment 6.3.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Control virtual machine management 6.3.1 -updated-
- HP Managed System Setup Wizard 6.3.1 -updated-
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.3.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Dynamics 6.3.1 -updated-
Insight Control for Microsoft System Center and Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server
Managed by Insight Control licenses, but available through separate downloads with separate installers.
- HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center 6.3 -updated in Aug 2011-
- HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server 6.3.1 -updated in Sept 2011-
What's New in Insight Software 6.3 - Summary - April 2011
- CMS support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 Update3 , VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update1
- Database support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP4
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3:
- Federated CMS (Multi-CMS search)
- Exposed ping status for Status Polling
- Automatic retrieval of SAR filed for Contract and Warranty report
- DMT support for migrations to 6.3
- New hardware support: ProLiant ML110 G7 and DL120 G7
- New discovery and identification: 3PAR Storage Array, IDP/IBRIX, , ESL G3 Enterprise Tape Library, and Matrix enclosure
- New database support (HP SIM only): Oracle 11G and PolyServe support
- HP Insight Control 6.3:
- Support for new ProLiant DL120 G7 and ML110 G7 (with iLO3)
- HP Integrity server enhancements
- Data Center Power Control on SuperDome 2
- Power Management on S800 Integrity server blades
- Managed node support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Small Business Server 2011 and Linux RHEL 5.6, RHEL 6.0 and SLES 10 SP4
- Managed node Hypervisor support for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 Update 3 and ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 1 and Hyper-V on MS Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.3:
- Virtual Connect v3.17 firmware support
- Extended CLI
- Exporting VC server profiles between VCDGs
- Multiple server profile creation in single operation
- Automatically resynchronize mismatched VC Domains
- HP Insight Dynamics 6.3:
- 4X increase in scalability for service-catalog-based auto-provisioning in "federated mode"
- New Cloud Maps (details at www.hp.com/go/cloudmaps)
- Support for 3PAR FC for Storage Provisioning Manager (in addition to XP & EVA)
- Support for managing an extended infrastructure from a Matrix CMS
Insight Software v6.3 - released April-2011
Insight Software DVD #1 (double-layer)
- HP Insight Software Integrated Installer 6.3 -updated-
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Remote Support Standard
- HP Insight Remote Support Advanced 5.60
- HP Systems Management Homepage (SMH) 6.3 -updated-
- HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Control 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Control power management 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Control server deployment 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Control server migration 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Control performance management 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Control virtual machine management 6.3 -updated-
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) 6.3 -updated-
- HP Managed System Setup Wizard 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Software Advisor 6.3 -updated-
Insight Software DVD #2 (single-layer)
- HP Insight Dynamics for ProLiant 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Orchestration software 6.3 -updated-
- HP Insight Recovery software 6.3 -updated-
NOTE: The integrated installer and all product documentation are located on DVD #1. You will need both DVDs when installing or upgrading products located on DVD #2.
Insight Control for Microsoft System Center and Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server
Managed by Insight Control licenses, but available through separate downloads with separate installers.
- HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center 6.2 (Nov 2010)
- HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server 6.2.1 (Mar 2011)
Insight Control for Linux
Managed by specific Insight Control for Linux licenses and available through a separate download with a separate installer:
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What's New in Insight Software 6.2 Update 2 SP1 (required update) - August 2011
- Insight Software 6.2 Update 2 SP1 is a collection of updates intended to be applied after installing Insight Software 6.2. This update replaces Insight Software 6.2 update2, which was released in March 2010. The ISO contains an integrated installer that detects the installed Insight Software components and applies the appropriate updates. For more information on the issues addressed in each update, refer to the Release Notes located on the ISO. Updates included:
- IS Update Installer 6.2.3 -updated-
- HP SIM v6.2.3 hotfixes -updated-
- SMH 6.2.4 -updated-
- VCRM 6.2.1
- IC server deployment v6.2.1
- IC power management v6.2.3 -new-
- IC virtual machine management v6.2.3 -updated-
- MSSW v6.2.3 -new-
- VCEM v6.2.2
- VSE v6.2.3 -updated-
- IO v6.2.3 -updated-
What's New in Insight Software 6.2 update2 (required update) - March 2011
- Insight Software 6.2 update 2 is a collection of updates intended to be applied after installing Insight Software 6.2. This update replaces Insight Software 6.2 update1, which was released in November 2010. The ISO contains an integrated installer that detects the installed Insight Software components and applies the appropriate updates. For more information on the issues addressed in each update, refer to the Release Notes located on the ISO. Updates included:
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.2 hotfixes
- HP System Management Homepage 6.2.3
- HP Version Control Repository Manager 6.2.1
- HP Insight Control server deployment 6.2.1
- HP Insight Control virtual machine management 6.2.1
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.2.2
- HP Insight Dynamics 6.2.2
What's New in Insight Software 6.2 – Summary
- Support for new HP ProLiant G7 servers
- Support for the latest operating systems and hypervisors
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.2:
- KVM host and guest discovery and association
- P4000 iSCSI SAN discovery, events, status
- HP SUM 4.1 integration for firmware updates for Virtual Connect
- New warranty and contract report
- HP Insight Control 6.2:
- Power management enhancements for Intelligent Power Discovery with 'outlet control' and for improved Facilities integration
- Deployment support for new SL server and Integrity servers
- Hypervisor support for VMware ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1
- HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center 6.2:
- Support for PSP 8.60
- New server support: HP BladeSystem BL620c G7, BL680c G7, BL2x220c G7, BL490c G7, BL460c G7
- HP BladeSystem Management Pack support for least privilege environment with new security profiles
- New console tasks for HP PRO Pack
- HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server 6.2:
- Integration and monitoring of Virtual Connect and VCM/VCEM including graphical end-to-end network views
- Role-base security: Administrators will have the ability to apply specific permissions and rights to users
- Refresh button for retrieving the latest data
- User interface enhancements
- New firmware page that displays ESXi server host firmware information
- HP Insight Dynamics 6.2:
- HP Cloud Maps to fast track the implementation of service catalogs - includes HP Cloud Map with Matrix for VMware Cloud Director
- Cost savings through physical to virtual recovery management for VMware
- Easier storage provisioning process for SAN admin and server admin: Storage Provisioning Manager
- SVSP for infrastructure orchestration for VMware/Hyper-V data stores
- VLAN tagging for Hyper-V, now for infrastructure orchestration
- VMware vDS support
- Infrastructure orchestration support for Integrity VM
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.2:
- Support for HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb / 24-port module for BladeSystem c-Class
- Incorporates new functionality delivered with Virtual Connect firmware v3.10
- Profile configuration parameters for iSCSI and TCP offload
- Removes primary bay restrictions for Virtual Connect modules
- New HP VCEM Software Developers Toolkit (SDK) for advance platform integration with Virtual Connect
- Support for the latest ProLiant G7 servers, HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter, and Brocade 804 8Gb FC HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class
Insight Software v6.2
Insight Software DVD #1 (double-layer)
- HP Insight Software Integrated Installer 6.2 -updated-
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Remote Support Standard -updated-
- HP Insight Remote Support Advanced 5.50 -updated-
- HP Systems Management Homepage (SMH) 6.2.1 -updated-
- HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) 6.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Control 6.2-updated-
- HP Insight Control power management 6.2-updated-
- HP Insight Control server deployment 6.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Control server migration 6.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Control performance management 6.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Control virtual machine management 6.2 -updated-
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) 6.2 -updated-
- HP Managed System Setup Wizard 6.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Software Advisor 6.2 -updated-
Insight Software DVD #2 (single-layer)
- HP Insight Dynamics for ProLiant 6.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity 6.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Orchestration software 6.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Recovery software 6.2 -updated-
NOTE: The integrated installer and all product documentation are located on DVD #1. You will need both DVDs when installing or upgrading products located on DVD #2.
Insight Control for Microsoft System Center and Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server
Managed by Insight Control licenses, but available through separate downloads with separate installers.
HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center 6.2 -updated in Nov 2010-
HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server 6.2.1 -updated in March 2011-
Insight Control for Linux
Managed by specific Insight Control for Linux licenses and available through a separate download with a separate installer:
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Updates to Insight Software 6.1 after initial release
- Insight Software 6.1 update 2 was released in October
2010. This is a collection of updates intended to be applied after installing Insight Software 6.1 or 6.1 update1. The ISO contains an integrated installer that detects the installed Insight Software components and applies the appropriate updates. For more information on the issues addressed in each update, refer to the Release Notes located on the ISO. Updates included:
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.1.2 hotfixes
- HP Insight Control performance management 6.1.2
- HP Insight Control virtual machine management 6.1.2
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.1.2
- mxsync 6.1.1
- HP Insight Dynamics 6.1.2
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What's New in Insight Software 6.1 – Summary
- Support for new HP ProLiant G7 servers
- Support for the latest operating systems and hypervisors
- HP Insight Control 6.1:
- Intelligent power discovery: with Insight Control power management and the new HP Intelligent Power Distribution Units customers will be able to automatically map their power and cooling topology - showing linkages between servers and power and cooling equipment. This combination also enables monitoring of power usage by legacy servers, non-server devices and non-HP equipment (ex: IBM and Dell servers, storage arrays).
- Insight Control power management integration with facility management software from Nlyte
- Server deployment support for new HP ProLiant DL and SL 100 series servers
- HP Insight Dynamics 6.1:
- Support for iSCSI storage (HP LeftHand P4000 SANs series and NetApp iSCSI solutions) for use with a VM datastore for VMware and Hyper-V hosts
- Cross-technology logical servers technology preview for logical server movement between servers with Virtual Connect and VMware ESX virtual machines, and between servers with Virtual Connect with unlike configurations. Cross-technology logical servers also can be used for disaster recovery across sites
- Integration with the latest version of HP Server Automation software (7.83) - including support for OS and application provisioning
- Support for tagged VM host datastore selection during the provisioning process in HP Insight Orchestration
- HP Virtual Connect 6.1:
- Support for the latest BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant G7 servers
- Enhanced VCEM role-based access which includes display filters and new operator levels
Insight Software v6.1
Insight Software DVD #1 (double-layer):
- HP Insight Software Integrated Installer 6.1 -updated-
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.1b -updated-
- HP Insight Remote Support Standard -updated-
- HP Insight Remote Support Advanced 5.40 -updated-
- HP Systems Management Homepage (SMH) 6.1 -updated-
- HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) 6.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Control 6.1 updated -updated-
- HP Insight Control power management 6.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Control server deployment 6.1.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Control server migration 6.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Control performance management 6.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Control virtual machine management 6.1 -updated-
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) 6.1b -updated-
- HP Managed System Setup Wizard 6.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Software Advisor 6.1 -updated-
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) 6.0 -updated-
- HP Managed System Setup Wizard 6.0.1 -new-
- HP Insight Software Advisor 6.0 -updated-
Insight Software DVD #1 (double-layer):
- HP Insight Dynamics for ProLiant 6.1-updated-
- HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity 6.1-updated-
- HP Insight Orchestration software 6.1-updated-
- HP Insight Recovery software 6.1 -updated-
NOTE: The integrated installer and all product documentation are located on DVD #1. You will need both DVDs when installing or upgrading products located on DVD #2.
Insight Control for Microsoft System Center and Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server
Managed by Insight Control licenses, but available through separate downloads with separate installers. The latest versions available are the 6.2 releases.
Insight Control for Linux
Managed by specific Insight Control for Linux licenses and available through a separate download with a separate installer:
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Updates to Insight Software 6.0 after initial release
- Insight Software 6.0 update2 (required update) was released in
October 2010. This update is a collection of executable files which are intended to be applied after installing Insight Software 6.0. This ISO contains updates in directories that are numbered in installation order for both update1 and update2 components. For more information on the issues addressed in each update, refer to the readme file located on the ISO. Updates included:
- HP Systems Insight Manager hotfix for Windows 6.0.2
- Insight Control performance management 6.0.2
- Insight Control server migration 6.0.2
- Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.0.2
- HP Systems Insight Manager hotfix for Windows 6.0.1
- Insight Control performance management 6.0.1
- Insight Control virtual machine management 6.0.1
- Insight Control server migration 6.0.1
- Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.0.1
- Insight Dynamics 6.0.2
- Insight Orchestration software 6.0.3
What's New in Insight Software 6.0 – Summary
- HP Insight Software 6.0 provides support for new HP ProLiant G6 servers.
- Updated components include HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0, HP Insight Control 6.0, HP Insight Dynamics 6.0, HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.0. The updates are for new platform support and minor bug fixes.
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0:
- Scalability improvement: supports monitoring of up to 5,000 servers. This includes OS instances such as physical servers and virtual machines, but other devices such as iLO and OA are in addition to this. (For this enhancement you will need to run Systems Insight Manager in x64 native mode and supply additional memory.)
- Advanced reporting that includes tables and graphs for easier access and view of the HP SIM data
- Integration with HP SUM, for agentless firmware update distribution for Onboard Administrator and iLO
- HP Insight Control 6.0:
- Server migration is now an integral part of Insight Control, offering unlimited X2X migrations to all servers licensed for Insight Control. Server migration also adds support for migration of Windows and Linux x64 servers and new hypervisors
- Support for multiple instances of VMware vCenter Server.
- Agentless management of virtual machines in VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer environments.
- Datacenter power control: the capability to define and execute rules for responding to environmental emergencies and other events requiring changes in data center power usage
- HP Insight Dynamics 6.0:
- Infrastructure orchestration (HP Insight Orchestration) and disaster recovery (HP Insight Recovery) are now integral parts of HP Insight Dynamics for ProLiant
- HP Insight Dynamics for non-HP servers now extends Insight Dynamics capabilities to certain non-HP x86 servers (does not include recovery management)
- Expanded capacity planning report choices including: consolidation candidates, cost allocation and peak usage summary
- Native integration with HP Software Server Automation – as an additional tool for OS and application provisioning
- Extended distance for recovery environments: Metropolitan: distances up to 200 km (125 miles) (EVA, XP); Continental: distances beyond 200 km (125 miles) (XP)
- Support for Continuous Access replication of XP storage arrays, including both synchronous and asynchronous (metro and continental distance) support.
- Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.0:
- Supports the latest Virtual Connect hardware and BladeSystem c-Class servers
- Introduces VCEM role-based access for Virtual Connect domain groups
- Native x64 support: HP SIM and several components now run native 64-bit code in x64 Windows version to enhance performance and scalability.
- HP Insight Managed System Setup Wizard: A new plug-in tool to ease the configuration setup (assignment of licenses, agent deployment, and other configuration checks and actions) of many Insight Software components.
Component Contents
Insight Software DVD #1 (double-layer):
- HP Insight Software Integrated Installer 6.0 -updated-
- HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 -updated-
- HP Insight Remote Support Standard -updated-
- HP Insight Remote Support Advanced 5.40 -updated-
- HP Systems Management Homepage (SMH) 6.0 -updated-
- HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) 6.0 -updated-
- HP Insight Control 6.0 -updated-
- HP Insight Control power management 6.0
- HP Insight Control server deployment 6.0.2 -updated-
- HP Insight Control server migration 6.0 -updated-
- HP Insight Control performance management 6.0 -updated-
- HP Insight Control virtual machine management 6.0 -updated-
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) 6.0 -updated-
- HP Managed System Setup Wizard 6.0.1 -new-
- HP Insight Software Advisor 6.0 -updated-
Insight Software DVD #2 (single-layer):
- HP Insight Dynamics for ProLiant 6.0.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity 6.0.1 -updated-
- HP Insight Orchestration software 6.0 -updated-
- HP Insight Recovery software 6.0 -updated-
NOTE: The integrated installer and all product documentation are located on DVD #1. You will need both DVDs when installing or upgrading products located on DVD #2.
Insight Control for Microsoft System Center and Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server
Managed by Insight Control licenses, but available
through separate downloads with separate installers. The
latest versions available are the 6.2 releases.
Insight Control for Linux
Managed by specific Insight Control for Linux licenses
and available through a separate download with a separate
installer
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Component Contents
Insight Software DVD #1 (double-layer):
- HP Insight Software Integrated Installer 3.10
- HP Insight Control 3.10
- HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3.1
- HP Systems Management Homepage (SMH) 3.0
- HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) 2.2.0
- HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager v3.5.1
- HP Insight Power Manager software 2.0
- HP Insight Remote Support Advanced 5.21
- HP Insight Rapid Deployment software 3.83
- HP Insight Performance Management module 5.2
- HP Insight Vulnerability and Patch Management software 3.0
- HP Insight Virtual Machine Management software 3.6.1
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) 1.20
- HP Insight Software Advisor 3.10
- HP Insight Remote Support Standard
Insight Software DVD #2 (single-layer):
- HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for ProLiant 4.1
- HP Virtual Server Environment Management software 4.1
- HP Insight Server Migration software for ProLiant 3.70
- HP Insight Orchestration software 1.0.1
- HP Insight Recovery software 1.0
HP Insight Recovery software 1.0
NOTE: The integrated installer and all product documentation are located on DVD #1. You will need both DVDs when installing or upgrading products located on DVD #2.
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The following updates are available for components on the Insight Software DVDs 3.10 and earlier:
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Insight Control for Microsoft System Center 1.0
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6/2/2009
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HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center includes HP Integration software to help you create the best run ProLiant server infrastructure in a Microsoft System Center ecosystem. Insight Control for System Center uses an integrated installer to deploy and configure the Insight Control components with Microsoft System Center software quickly and accurately.
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Insight Control for Microsoft System Center - patch for OSD
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10/22/2009
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This update includes:
• Updates to the "Task Sequence Created" page and properly include created task sequence name into Task Sequence Editor
• Properly open text editor when Create is clicked for Set RAID Configuration (.ini file) task
• Allow create and import of configuration files for Set iLO Configuration (.ini file) task
• Updated Array Builder wizard
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Insight Vulnerability and Patch Management software 2.2.3
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6/8/2009
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This update resolves an issue in version 2.2.2 with deploying patches to HP ProLiant servers running Linux. Version 2.2.3 is designed to upgrade version 2.2.2. This update is only recommended for customers that have an urgent reason not to upgrade to Insight Vulnerability and Patch Management 3.0.1 |
Insight Vulnerability and Patch Management software 3.0.1 update
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4/27/2009
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This patch update accommodates a change in the Red Hat patch numbering schema that resulted in some Red Hat patches not being applied. |
Systems Insight Manager 5.3.1.0 Hotfix
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5/29/2009
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The hotfix contains specific fixes, that can only be applied to HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3
and 5.3 SP1/Update 1 (both on a Windows CMS), and includes the following fixes:
- Fixed identification causing iLO2 1.60 crashes
- Fixed memory leak seen in version 5.3 with Insight Remote Support software installed
- Fixed single-sign-on links to iLO 2 devices
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Virtual Server Environment (VSE) 4.1 Update 1
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4/28/2009
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This update includes updates to Application Discovery, Instant Capacity Manager, and Logical Server Management.
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