Installation guide

Procedure
1. In VCM, click Administration.
2. Click Settings > General Settings > Patching > UNIX > Patch Staging.
3. Click Add.
4. Type a unique name for the patching repository, type a description, and click Next.
5. Select the staging method for the Linux and UNIXmanaged machines to obtain the patch files for
deployment, and click Next.
Option Description
Obtain
patches
from the
Patching
Repository
During patch deployment, the target managed machines obtain the patches from
the patching repository machine. The patching repository machine stores the
patches that the Software Content Repository (SCR) Tool downloads from
vendor Web sites.
Obtain
patches
from an
Alternate
Location
When you use one or more geographically distributed alternate Red Hat Linux
machines to store the Linux and UNIX patches for deployment to managed
machines, during the patch deployment the target managed machines obtain
patches from the alternate location machine.
6. Select the patching repository machine from which VCM copies the patches.
a. Type the path to the repository of Linux and UNIXpatches on the patching repository machine.
Depending on the protocol you use, you might need to use the relative path to the directory.
b. Select a protocol to use when copying patches from the patching repository.
This read operation uses HTTPS, HTTP, FTP, NFS, or a premounted file system. With a
premounted file system, users can read and write files where appropriate. Permissions might
require you to add the group that VCMuses to run the jobs on the managed machines.
c. Select the port that the selected protocol uses to copy the patches from the patching repository.
d. To require credentials to the patching repository, type the user name and password and click Next
or Finish.
7. (Optional) If you selected Obtain patches from an Alternate Location, VCM copies the patches from
the patching repository machine to a geographically distributed alternate location machine.
During patch deployment, VCMcopies the patches from the alternate location machine and stages
them on the target managed machines for deployment.
a. Type the host name or IP address of the alternate location machine.
b. Type the path to the directory used to store the patches.
c. Select the protocol used to copy the patches from the patching repository machine to the alternate
location machine.
This write operation uses FTP, NFS, or File, a premounted file system.
d. Select the port used by the selected protocol to copy the patches.
e. To require credentials to copy the patches, type the user name and password and click Next.
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