User's Manual

You can add component(s) to the empty repository.

Working With My Repositories

The My Repositories screen displays the list of available repositories. You can control and perform various tasks using

the New, Open, Delete, and Refresh options available on the screen. You can also compare repositories using Run a

Comparison once a repository is open. During the installation, Dell Repository Manager creates a database in the

system.

Functionalities Of My Repositories

Create New repositories using any of the following options:

– Customize Repository — Allows you to create a new repository by selecting a source for the repository.

– Empty (no inventory) — Allows you to create an empty repository.

Related Topics:

– Creating A Customized Repository

– Creating An Empty Repository

Opening From My Repositories

Select the check box next to the Repository from the My Repositories list and click Open. To view information on

Components of a particular repository, you can select the respective repository tab once it is opened.

NOTE: The Open option is disabled until you select a particular repository.

NOTE: You can also double-click a repository to open the repository.

Deleting From My Repositories

1. Select the repository from the My Repositories list, and click Delete. Check for any open jobs in the Jobs Queue

related to the repository that you want to delete. Wait until the job completes or Stop and Remove that job from the

Jobs Queue before deleting.

Are you sure you want to permanently delete selected repository? window appears.

NOTE: You cannot stop this process once it is started.

2. Click Yes to confirm or click No to exit the window.

The repository is deleted from the Repository Manager.

NOTE: Deleting a repository deletes the repository data and the associated files from the database, once you

confirm the operation.

NOTE: The Delete option is disabled until you select any particular repository.

Refreshing From My Repositories

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

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

Automatic Search Update option.