That's interesting that some components of the HP Support Pack now install in a VM, it might have changed sometime in the past year or so. As I recall when I last tested this functionality (about 1 year ago) it came up with a very clear message on every package I tried that the install would only proceed on a HP ProLiant system. Of course it's entirely possible that I did not progress as far as the 5 you found as being possible to load...
As to preventing staff from loading unnecessary drivers, why not have a script that parses the machine type and then loads the correct driver set?
That's what we use, and while it takes a while to get it into the support staffs heads that they need to use the scripts rather than doings things by hand, it works much better at the end of the day (nothing forgotten!)
Snippets of sample scripts included:
:: install_drivers.cmd
@ECHO OFF
@ECHO Install hardware specific drivers
@ECHO \----
:INSTALL
REM HP ProLiant servers
cscript %SystemDrive%\Support\Scripts\WMI_Get_Manufacturer_and_Model.vbs | %SystemDrive%\Support\Scripts\grep -c "ProLiant">nul
IF %errorlevel% EQU 0 START "" /WAIT %SystemDrive%\Support\Drivers\HP\hp_drivers.cmd&GOTO END
REM Microsoft VMs
cscript %SystemDrive%\Support\Scripts\WMI_Get_Manufacturer_and_Model.vbs | %SystemDrive%\Support\Scripts\grep -c "Virtual Machine">nul
IF %errorlevel% EQU 0 START "" /WAIT %SystemDrive%\Support\Applications\VM.Additions\install_vm_additions.cmd&GOTO END
REM VMWare VMs
cscript %SystemDrive%\Support\Scripts\WMI_Get_Manufacturer_and_Model.vbs | %SystemDrive%\Support\Scripts\grep -c "VMware Virtual Platform">nul
IF %errorlevel% EQU 0 START "" /WAIT %SystemDrive%\Support\Applications\VMWare.Tools\install_vmware_tools.cmd&GOTO END
:: hp_drivers.cmd - This script is derived from the sample install script included with the HP ProLiant Support Pack
@ECHO off
@ECHO Install HP ProLiant Support Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x86 Editions
@ECHO \----
REM Order of install is important, some items depend on Insight Agent and SNMP agent being installed.
set cpqreturn=1
:CHECKIFINSTALLED
@ECHO Checking if HP System Management is already installed...
cscript %SystemDrive%\Support\Scripts\validate_registry_entry_existance.vbs Value "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Hewlett-Packard\System Management Homepage\Version">nul
IF %errorlevel% EQU 0 GOTO INSTALL
GOTO INSTALLED
:INSTALLED
@ECHO HP System Management has already been installed on this system.
@ECHO Installation of HP drivers and tools skipped.
GOTO END
:INSTALL
@ECHO Online ROM Flash Component for Windows - HP ProLiant DL385 (A05)...
START "" /WAIT %systemdrive%\Support\Drivers\HP\cp006424.exe /silent
if not "%_cpq_return%" == "0" (
if "%errorlevel%"=="2" set cpqreturn=2
if "%errorlevel%"=="0" set cpqreturn=0
)
@ECHO Online ROM Flash Component for Windows - HP ProLiant DL385 G2 (A09) Servers
START "" /WAIT %systemdrive%\Support\Drivers\HP\cp007422.exe /silent
if not "%_cpq_return%" == "0" (
if "%errorlevel%"=="2" set cpqreturn=2
if "%errorlevel%"=="0" set cpqreturn=0
)
:: WMI_Get_Manufacturer_and_Model.vbs
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:
" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery( _
"SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem",,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
Wscript.Echo "Manufacturer: " & objItem.Manufacturer
Wscript.Echo "Model: " & objItem.Model
Next
