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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
7. Change directory to /etc/cron.daily.
8. Use the following command to create a new file.
vim SCR
9. Add the following content to the file to begin the patch replication process, and save the file.
#!/bin/sh
cd scr_root/bin
echo "### Get all new unix content"
./start_all_nix_replication.sh
10. Set the mode of the file to executable.
chmod +x SCR
The script runs daily and synchronizes your patch content.
Maintain the Software Content Repository
You can monitor the log files and activities to maintain the patch repository and its performance.
Prerequisite
n Before you run or schedule patch content downloads, verify that the SCRTool host machine has
adequate disk space available. See "Selecting and Preparing the Host Machine" on page 9.
Procedure
1. Monitor the size of the log files.
n If you specified a rotation in the log file properties, the log file content does not require cleanup.
n If you did not specify a rotation, you must clean up the log file content so that it does not consume
unnecessary amounts of memory.
2. Review the activities logged in the platform specific property files named <platform>-
rt.properties.
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