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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
Preparing for SCRTool Installation
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Preparing for SCRTool Installation
Before you install the SCR Tool, you must complete several prerequisite tasks.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Installing the VCM Agent on the Linux and UNIX Machines to be
Managed 9
Selecting and Preparing the Host Machine 9
Establish User Credentials 11
Place Trusted Certificates in the Key Store 11
Verifying Access to External Sites 11
Installing the VCM Agent on the Linux and UNIX Machines to be
Managed
VCM managed machines use an NFS mount to connect to the host machine where the SCRTool is
installed, to obtain the Linux and UNIX patches for deployment to the managed machines. After the
managed machines obtain the patches, VCM Patching can deploy the patches to those managed machines.
The following VCM managed machines can connect to the SCR Tool host machine.
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Solaris
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Red Hat
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HP-UX
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AIX
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SUSE
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OSX
Verify that the Linux and UNIX machines to be managed by VCM meet the system requirements. See the
VCM Installation Guide. Then review the VCM Agent installation procedures and install the VCM Agent on
the platform as described in the VCM Administration Guide
Selecting and Preparing the Host Machine
Install the SCR Tool on supported host machines. After the host machine meets all of the requirements, it
can run as a guest in a virtualized environment.
You can install the SCR Tool on a 64-bit Red HatEnterprise Linux Server machine running version 6.
IMPORTANT Use the host machine exclusively to run the SCR Tool and serve as the patch repository.
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