Reference Guide

Can the Dell Repository Manager be run through a Proxy

Server?

Yes, install Dell Repository Manager inside the firewall and connect to a catalog located outside the firewall (ftp.dell.com or a

local repository) through a proxy server. You can use the proxy server settings of Internet Explorer. If the proxy settings for

Internet Explorer are not working, the proxy can be set in DRM. You can then use Dell Repository Manager to customize the

catalog as per the requirement and store the customized catalog inside the firewall.

Why should I use the Dell Repository Manager to create the

catalog that LifeCycle Controller uses, instead of just using

the catalog on the Server Update Utility (SUU)?

Since, SUU supports Dell systems from Dell PowerEdge 8th generation systems to the most current systems, the catalog size

on SUU is greater (over 7 GB), than the catalog size on the Dell Repository Manager. In the Dell Repository Manager you can

select the systems that you want to manage, thereby decreasing the catalog size (PowerEdge R710 = 729 MB).

When I select Schedule Automatic Search, there is a pop-

window that appears with the following message: Dell

Repository Manager Fatal UI, Error: Dell

Repository Manager has encountered an

error.

DRM creates a Windows Scheduler task behind the scenes to perform automatic search of the Dell update files. The error can

occur when you open the Schedule Automatic Search screen and the Start Date is set in the past. You can change the

Start Date on the Windows Task to a future date.

1. Launch Windows Task Scheduler from Programs Menu.

2. Navigate and click on the Task Scheduler library node on the left pane.

3. Search for DellRepositoryManagerDataCenterVersion-FindNewUpdates-... task. This is a Windows tasks

that is created by DRM.

4. Click Properties.

5. Select the Triggers tab.

6. Search for the trigger that you specified using DRM. Edit this trigger and change the Start date to a future time.

7. Once the Start date has changed, re-launch DRM to make any changes to Automatic Search.

If I export a bundle using Export to light weight deployment

scripts, am I going to re-download the DUPs which are

already in my system?

Whenever a DUP is downloaded, it is stored locally in a file system [%localappdata%\RepositoryManager\FileStore]

location. It is not stored using the DUP file name in that location, hence it is not traceable with the exact DUP names. For

further use of the DUPs, DRM fetches them from this location and will NOT re-download.

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