HP Device Manager 4.5 - Repository Management

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HP Device Manager 4.5

Repository Management

Table of contents

Executive summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Mechanism ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Preparation ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

File server preparation ............................................................................................................................................................. 3

Master Repository configuration ........................................................................................................................................... 4

Child Repository configuration ............................................................................................................................................... 6

Customized package introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 6

HPDM package ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Capture Image ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Importing a file to generate a package ................................................................................................................................ 6

Importing a file from an HP FTP Browser ............................................................................................................................ 6

Troubleshooting steps ................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Connectivity of the repository ................................................................................................................................................ 6

Log level setting of the Master Repository Controller ...................................................................................................... 7

Connection between the HPDM Server and the Master Repository Controller ........................................................... 7

For more information ................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Summary of content (9 pages)

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Technical white paper HP Device Manager 4.5 Repository Management Table of contents Executive summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Mechanism ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Preparation ................................
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Executive summary Before HP Device Manager (HPDM) 4.5, it was difficult for users to associate a payload with templates. It was difficult to manage multiple Child Repositories and synchronize content between repositories. Also, it was risky to remove contents from repositories. An administrator had to spend much time maintaining repositories and their contents to make tasks succeed. Now, in HPDM 4.
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Figure 1.
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Figure 2. FTP and Shared Folder settings On another device, use the following method to test whether you can access the repository with full control. HP recommends that you test the access from a thin client, especially if the repository will be used in a domain environment. Go to Start > Run and type the path name of the FTP. Repeat this process with the Shared Folder path. Figure 3. Testing access to the FTP Figure 4.
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Manager User Guide if you do not. When the following wizard dialog opens, select the HPDM directory you created as the destination folder. Figure 5. Selecting the Destination Folder After the installation, the destination folder is stored in the Master Repository Controller configuration file located here: C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Device Manager\MasterRepositoryController\Controller.conf After the Master Repository is set up, configure it on the HPDM Console.
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Child Repository configuration There is almost no difference between configuring a Child Repository and the Master Repository, except that the Master Repository Controller does not need to be installed with a Child Repository. Customized package introduction HPDM package An HPDM package contains two parts: payload files and a description file. For example, in a package called Test, there are the following folder and file, and the folder contains payload files.
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– 139: NetBIOS Session Service – 445: Microsoft Directory Services Log level setting of the Master Repository Controller Modify the configuration file of the Master Repository Controller to get detailed log information for debugging. The file is located as follows if you use the default path during the installation. C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Device Manager\MasterRepositoryController\Controller.
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Figure 8. System Check Failed dialog HPDM supports only one server and one Master Repository Controller in the system. If you use another server or Master Repository Controller, the authentication fails. Use the following steps to delete the authentication file and reset the authentication between the HPDM Server and Master Repository Controller. The new authentication files will be created when the HPDM Server and the Master Repository Controller connect for the first time.
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