Owners Manual

Repository <number of the repository>

You can add components 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.

Saving Repository In Multiple Locations

To save repository in multiple locations:

1. In the Dell Repository Manager window, click My repositories tab and select the specific repository,

and click Open.

2. Click Save.

Save Repository dialog box is displayed.

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

the repository.

If you want to save the repository in multiple locations, click the + icon adjacent to the Browse icon.

The new row appears with the Browse option. If you want to deselect any newly added row, click the

– icon adjacent to the Browse icon.

4. Under What to save section, select any of the following:

• Full Repository (Catalog file and all the update packages)— If you select Full Repository option,

Please wait…dialog box appears, which displays Preprocessing job before submission. Export

Queued dialog box is displayed. It displays a message The Export operation has been submitted

to the Jobs Queue. Click OK.

• Catalog file only—If you select the Catalog file only option, the Advanced section is enabled.

You can select the check box corresponding to Change base location in catalog XML. If you