HP Device Manager 4.6 Administrator Guide

7 Repository management
HPDM uses a Master Repository and one or more Child Repositories to store the files needed for its
tasks. The Master Repository holds all files deployed by HPDM, while a Child Repository can hold
either all or a subset of the files held in the Master Repository. Each repository is a file server to
which HPDM will connect using either standard FTP, the encrypted equivalents SFTP and FTPS, or a
Shared Folder.
By default, the Master Repository syncs the relevant files to the Child Repositories automatically
when a new task is started.
Initializing from wizard
You will be prompted by a wizard to help you initialize the repository system when you start the
HPDM Console for the first time.
The wizard consists of two pages:
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Protocol Settings
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Master Repository Configuration
Selecting the file protocol to use
To select the file protocol HPDM should use:
1. Select Tools > Repository Management from the HPDM Console menu.
2. In the Repository Management dialog box, click Protocols.
3. In the Protocol Configuration dialog box, establish the protocol and port you wish to use.
The protocol settings will be applied to all repositories, including the Master and the Child
Repositories, and HPDM will only use the protocols to access the repositories.
Configuring the Master Repository
1. Select Tools > Repository Management from the HPDM Console menu.
2. In the Repository Management dialog box, select the Master Repository and click Edit.
3. In the Repository Editor dialog box, configure the Repository Name, Server Address, Username,
Password, and Path settings.
NOTE: Paths specified above must point to the same location you configured for the Master
Repository Controller during installation. For example, you put c:\ftproot\HPDM during
installation, and for FTP you access this folder by ftp://IP/HPDM, for Shared Folder you
access it by \\IP\HPDM, so here you should input HPDM for the Path value of the FTP and the
Shared Folder.
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