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Table Of Contents
- Software Content Repository Tool 5.1 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
platform
The platform parameter specifies the type of patch content to download.
platform=platform_name
arch
The arch parameter must include one or more valid architecture strings for the specified platform.
Multiple values must be comma separated without spaces.
arch=arch_type1,arch_type2,...
dist
dist=distribution_name
For Red Hat and SUSE platforms, the dist parameter is required. Multiple values must be comma
separated without spaces.
platform dist arch
AIX POWERPC
LINUX CENTOS X86, X86_64
HP_UX PA_RISC, ITANIUM
LINUX ORACLE X86, X86_64
OSX X86, PPC
LINUX REDHAT X86, X86_64
LINUX SUSE X86, X86_64
SOLARIS X86, SPARC
Table 4–1. Property Parameters for Platforms, Distributions, and Architecture
folder
Defines the root folder where the SCR Tool output is stored. By default, this folder is
/tmp/SCR/download.
folder=SCR_output_folder
The SCR Tool creates the subdirectory tree under the root output folder.
n The platform architecture directory SCR_output_folder/platform/architecture contains the
.pls files.
n The payload platform architecture directory SCR_output_
folder/payload/platform/architecture contains the patch content files, such as .plp, .zip,
.rpm, .htm, and .jar files.
keyfile
keyfile=string
Do not modify.
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