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Platform Channel

AIX 6_1

7_1

technologylevel_aix61

technologylevel_aix71

OSX 10_6

10_7

10_8

applications

downloadPayload

If the value is true, all patches are downloaded. If the value is false, only the patches with UIDs that are

included in the cache request folder are downloaded. If the value is false and there is no cache request

XML, the content is processed but no patches are downloaded.

downloadPayload=true or false

cacheRequestFolder

cacheRequestFolder=path/CacheRequest.xml

The cache request XMLfile is used to limit the downloaded patches to only those for which you obtain

UIDs from the ecm_sysdat_patch_pls table in the VCM database.

Extract the .pls UIDs from the database and create an XML file similar to the one below, then update the

cacheRequestFolder path to the file location.

To obtain the UID of a patch, run the following command where the name is required to find the patch for

the architecture and version, and the identifier is the name of the bulletin to download the patch using the

UID. In this example, the identifier value is RHBA-2007:0622-02.

select name, [uid]

from ecm_sysdat_patch_pls

where identifier = 'RHBA-2007:0622-02'

To include the prerequisites for the patch, use the following queries.

select name, [uid],prerequisite_uids

from ecm_sysdat_patch_pls

where identifier = 'RHBA-2007:0622-02'

To include the prerequisites for the prerequisite patches, use the following query where {13A7294C-

2D7C-4CA2-AD7D-10592D79C9B9} is a prerequisite for RHBA-2007:0622-02.

select name, prerequisite_uids

from ecm_sysdat_patch_pls

where [uid] = '{13A7294C-2D7C-4CA2-AD7D-10592D79C9B9}'

Here is a sample cache request file.

Configuring the Red Hat Host Machine

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