Owners Manual

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.

Importing A Previous Version (pre v1.5) Repository

1. In the Dell Repository Manager, click Help → Import Previous Version (pre v1.5) Repository....

The Import Repository window is displayed.

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

3. Once you select the file, click Open.

The File Path Location: shows the details of the file.

4. Under Select the repository content to import:, select one of the following.

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

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