Users Guide

• Latest updates for only out-of-date devices — Only the latest updates for all outdated devices
are added to the repository.
8. Click Next.
9. The Summary window displays the properties of the repository based on the selections.
You have the option to choose the type of bundles/components that you would like to add in the
repository.
Available options for the DUPs are:
• Windows x32 Bundles and Components
• Windows x64 Bundles and Components
• Linux Bundles and Components
By default Windows x32 Bundles and Components option is selected.
10. Click Finish to create the repository.
The Comparing updates… dialog box appears while creating the new repository.
The New repository from inventory window displays the message: Successfully created
repository from inventory
.
11. Click Close to exit the New repository from inventory window.
Creating inventory files from the Inventory Collector for the Generic Inventory
Dell Repository Manager provides an easy method for creating and maintaining repositories based on the
inventory obtained from Dell Server(s).
Inventory file is a part of an Inventory Collector in the form of an Extensible Markup Language (XML). The
Generic inventory file can be obtained by running invCol (Windows/Linux) which is available either from
Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) or Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) or Dell OpenManage System
Administrator (OMSA) or from ftp.dell.com by getting the folder path from Catalog.xml which is obtained
by extracting Catalog.cab file. The advantages of the Generic inventory are:
• A quick and easy way to build a custom repository from the inventory file obtained from Dell Server(s).
There is no need to remember the system models and configuration of each individual system where
the catalog information is coming from ftp.dell.com.
• Dell Repository Manager supports by creating a fully customized repository that only includes the
update packages for a user-defined system configuration. All redundant updates are filtered out. This
significantly reduces the size of a custom repository, saves the resources and efforts on managing the
repository.
• You can build a repository that only contains the updates for only out-of-date devices; or build a
baseline repository that contains updates for all the devices, including updates for out-of-date devices
as well as any other updates for newer files.
To build a generic inventory file:
1. Locate the inventory file for the desired Dell Server(s) from www.dell.com/support.
2. Download the SUU image from www.dell.com/support. Mount the ISO image virtually on the server
which must be updated. For example: K:\bin\Windows.
3. Install the latest Inventory Collector executable file, for example: invCol.exe.
4. From the command prompt, for example, type the following to run the Dell Inventory Collector:
invCol.exe -outc=H:\Dell_Generic_Inv.xml.
5. A Dell_Generic_Inv.xml is generated and the file can be used by the Dell Repository Manager to
create generic Inventory.
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