Dell EMC Repository Manager Version 3.
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Contents 1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................4 Prerequisites for installing DRM....................................................................................................................................... 4 Hardware requirements...............................................................................................................................................
1 Introduction The Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) ensures that the systems are up-to-date with the latest BIOS, driver, firmware, and software. DRM allows you to: • Create repositories of customized component(s) and updates. • Create groups of related updates for systems running the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating system . • Generate comparison reports and update baselines of custom repositories. The customized repositories are made up of Dell EMC Update Packages (DUPs) or Non-DUPs (such as .
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.x • RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.x • SUSE Linux 12 • SUSE Linux 15 Optional requirements • Internet connectivity – To access, create, work with bundles, update catalogs, plug-ins, and repositories. NOTE: You can use the local repositories on DRM without internet connectivity. • CD/DVD or USB burning software – To create a bootable CD/DVD or bootable USB. Downloading DRM You can download DRM from www.dell.com/support.
2 Installing and uninstalling DRM This chapter lists the prerequisites and the procedure to install or uninstall DRM. Installing DRM on Microsoft Windows operating systems To install DRM through a graphical user interface on Microsoft Windows operating systems: 1 Browse to the location where the DRM installer is available. Double-click the , where x.x.xxx is the latest version or the build number. The DELL EMC Repository Manager installation wizard is displayed.
Sample commands This section describes some of the sample commands used in installing and uninstalling DRM: Table 2. Sample commands Linux syntax Microsoft Windows syntax Description /DRMInstaller.bin DRMInstaller.exe DRM installer is opened, only if the operating system supports GUI. If operating system does not support GUI then the installation proceeds without GUI. ./drm –h or ./drm –help drm /? or drm /h or drm –help Displays the command line options and help information. ./drm –v or .
Running DRM using command line options To launch DRM through command line options, open the command prompt and type drm. Updating DRM During upgrade, the installer displays the default path even if the previous installation was on a custom path. You can upgrade DRM in default path or change it to custom path again. If you provide a different location, manually delete the old files in previous path.
Repairing DRM on Linux operating systems To repair the repository manager through CLI on Linux operating systems: 1 Open the command line interface and navigate to the location where DRM is installed. By default, the path is set to /opt/dell/ dellemcrepositorymanager/_Dell EMC Repository manager_installation/Change Dell EMC Repository Manager. 2 Enter the following command- ./Change Dell EMC Repository Manager Installation. The Dell EMC Repository Manager wizard is opened in maintenance mode.
