User's Manual

Refreshing From My Repositories

You can use the Refresh option to refresh the list of repositories that appear in the My Repositories screen, observe the

changes to the components or bundles. Refresh is also used to refresh the table to find the repositories that are added

by the Automatic Search Update option.

Deleting A Repository

You can delete repositories you do not use from Dell Repository Manager.

To delete a repository:

1. On the My Repositories tab select the repository, and click Delete.

The Delete Confirm window is displayed.

2. Click Yes to remove the repository from the database.

Importing A Legacy Repository

1. In the Dell Repository Manager, click My Repositories —> Import Legacy Repository.

The Import Repository window is displayed.

2. Click Browse to navigate to the location of the file.

3. Select one of the following options under Select the repository content to import:

– Import only the catalog reference file (e.g. catalog.xml)

– Import the catalog reference file and download the actual update files contained within it

4. Click Import.

A pop-up window appears indicating that the job has been added to the Jobs Queue.

5. Click OK to close it.

To view the component(s) in this repository, click My Repositories, select the imported repository, and click Open.

The component(s) are displayed in the Components tab.

Saving The Repository To A Local Disk

You can save the catalog.xml ,catalog.cab or the full repositories (with the DUPs) file to the local system. The catalog file

contains details of the repository you created or customized. To save the catalog file:

1. On the My Repositories tab, select the repository and click Open.

2. Click Save to save the catalog file.

The Save Repository window is displayed.

3. Under Save repository, click Browse to navigate to the location where you want to save the catalog file.

4. Under What to Save, select one of the following:

– Full repository (Catalog file and all the update packages) — Saves the entire repository including the

catalog file and the packages defined in it.

– Catalog file only — Allows you to save only the catalog file and also provides an option to change the base

location of the catalog file.

5. If you select Full repository (Catalog file and all the update packaged), then proceed to step 7.

6. If you select Catalog file only, then the Advanced... section is enabled.