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Table Of Contents
- Software Content Repository Tool 5.0 Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to the Software Content Repository Tool
- Preparing for SCR Tool Installation
- Installing the Prerequisite Software for the SCR Tool
- Configuring the Red Hat Host Machine
- Managing Patch Content with the SCR Tool
- Troubleshooting the SCR Tool
- Out of Memory Error
- Content Download Network Connection Error
- Cannot Connect to Red Hat Account
- Session Login to Red Hat Fails
- Download from Red Hat Fails
- HP-UX Service Authentication Fails
- Download from HP Fails
- Proxy Server Configuration Fails
- Mismatch in Number of Patches
- OS Vendor Does Not Accept Credentials
- OS Vendor Errors
- Patch Download Errors
- Obsolete Patches Cause the Download to Fail
- HTTP Errors Are Not Marked as SEVERE
- Connection Refused Errors
- Null Pointer Exception Errors
- Index
Installing the Prerequisite Software for
the SCRTool
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Installing the Prerequisite Software for the
SCRTool
The SCR Tool uses several types of software. You must install and test the required software on a
supported host machine, then you install the Software Content Repository Tool on the host machine.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Install the SCR Tool Software 13
Download the Java Runtime Environment 14
Test the Java Runtime Environment Installation 14
Download the Java Cryptography Extension 14
To support the downloads and storing the patch files and payload, and patch deployment, you must install
and test the following software.
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SCR Tool software
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Java Runtime Environment
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(Optional) Java Cryptography Extension
Install the SCR Tool Software
After you install the supporting software, you can install the Software Content Repository Tool software
on the host machine.
Prerequisites
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Complete the preparatory tasks. See "Preparing for SCRTool Installation" on page 9.
Procedure
1. Access the Download VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Web site at
http://downloads.vmware.com.
2. Click VMware vCenter Configuration Manager.
3. Click the Drivers &Tools tab.
4. Click VMware vCenter Configuration Manager - Tools for 5.5 or later.
5. In the Components section, click Show Details and verify that the version of the SCR Tool is 5.0.
6. Click Download.
7. Unzip the SCR Tool files from SCR-5.0-vmware-linux.tar.gz to the directory where the
application files will reside on the host machine.
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