Users Guide

View repository details
The repositories are listed in the Repository page under Update Management. Users with administrator or viewer privileges
can view all the repositories. Users with device manager privileges can only view the repositories that are created by the user.
NOTE: Repositories or baselines that are created by Active Directory(AD) or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol(LDAP)
user in Update Manager version 1.0 are accessible only to the Administrators after upgrading to Update Manager version 1.1.
For more information see Transfer of Ownership Device Manager entities.
Expand the repository to view the device bundles and components present in the repository. Details of the repository are
displayed in the following columns :
● Name: Name of the repository
● Version number: Repository version number.
● Size: Total size of the DUPs in the repository.
NOTE:
○ The combined size of all the repositories may appear to exceed the total available storage. However, only one copy
of a DUP is stored even if it is present in multiple repositories.
○ If an ESXi catalog is selected when creating the repository, the repository size is displayed as 0.
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Date modified: Date and time at which the repository was modified.
● Label: Displays of importance of updates for each component. Expand the device bundles to view the components in each
bundle.
○ Critical- The components must be updated immediately.
NOTE: OpenManage Enterprise categorizes Urgent DUPs as Critical.
○ Optional- Component update is optional.
○ Recommended- Component update is recommended.
● Description: The description provided to the created repository.
Click Name, Version, or Date Modified to arrange the repositories according to the column headings.
Additional information for a selected repository is displayed on the right side of the page:
● View Report launches the compliance report of the components in the devices and bundles of the repository with its
associated baseline in the Firmware/Driver compliance page. For more information, see check for firmware or driver
updates for a device..
● Edit: Allows you to change the name, description, baseline name and baseline description of the repository. It is
recommended to not edit the name of the baselines created using the update manager plugin from the Firmware/Driver
compliance page.
● A doughnut chart summarizes the level of importance of the component updates.
● The number of components in the repository.
● The number of devices selected when creating the repository. Click the information icon next to Devices to view the name,
IP address, and model of all the devices. Any devices that are added or removed after repository creation are not reflected in
the Devices field.
● Catalog Versions: Version of the catalog from which the repository was created.
● Available Catalog Version: The latest available version of the catalog.
● All the versions of the repository.
● Owner: The user that created the repository.
● Last Modified By: The last user that made changes in the repository.
You can filter the repositories according to any of the following components using the Advanced Filters section:
● Name: Enter the name of device or component.
● Criticality: Select the importance of the component update from the drop-down menu.
NOTE: OpenManage Enterprise categorizes Urgent DUPs as Critical.
● Category: Select the category of the component.
● Type: Select the type of update.
Expand the repositories once the filters are applied to view the filtered components. If the device bundle in any of the
repositories does not satisfy the filtered criteria, a red bar is displayed below it.
The Repository page also supports the following functions:
Create and view repositories
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