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You can install the SCR Tool on a 64-bit Red HatEnterprise Linux Server machine running version 6.0.
You can also install the SCR Tool on a 64-bit Red HatEnterprise Linux Server machine running version 7.0.
IMPORTANT Use the host machine exclusively to run the SCR Tool and serve as the patch repository.
To download content for each supported platform for patch deployment, the minimum recommended
storage is 950 GB.
Supported Platform Minimum Storage Required
for Patch Content Files and Payload
AIX 130 GB
CentOS 80 GB
HP-UX 15 GB
Mac OSX 210 GB
Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 80 GB
Red Hat 80 GB
Solaris 325 GB
SUSE 75 GB
Table 2–1. Estimated Host Support for Patch Storage on Platforms
Prerequisite
n If you install the SCR Tool on a 64-bit Red Hat machine, verify that 64-bit Java is installed. If it is not
installed, you must install it.
Procedure
1. Select a 64-bit Red HatEnterprise Linux Server machine to use as the host machine for the SCR Tool.
2. Remove any non-Oracle Java versions.
3. Verify that the host machine has Internet access.
4. Verify that the host machine has adequate storage to download the patch content for each platform to
support patch deployment to all of the machines.
5. Verify that the host machine has Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6 or later, 64-bit
only, installed.
6. Ensure that your JAVA_HOME and PATHenvironments are set to the correct Java instance.
For example:
export PATH=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_
24/jre/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_24/jre
7. Verify that the SCR Tool host machine has Oracle Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited
Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files corresponding to the JRE version installed.
The JCE is required for the encryption of credentials to the OS vendor sites.
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