5.8.1
Table Of Contents
- Software Content Repository Tool 6.1 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
1. New credentials are now needed to access SUSE12 content and is through subscription management at
https://scc.suse.com, the SUSE Customer Center (SCC).
a. Create an account if you do not have one created.
b. Purchase the appropriate subscription (SUSE Enterprise Desktop or Server) from
https://www.suse.com/shop/.
Note: SCC processes new subscription purchases usually within a few days.
c. Register any one SUSE12 host(s) from the host or VM through SUSE Customer Center
Configuration application under YaST Administration Settings. The SCR repository host
registration is not mandatory for SCR executions.
2. Enter subscription credentials in the SCR repository machine at ../conf/suse-rt.properties for
sles12User or sles12Pwd properties.
For example, new Suse-rt.properties:
...
#SUSE12 Customer Center (SCC) Credentials
sles12User=SCC_ba7……db1
sles12Pwd=167…..871
Once you register the SLES12 Hosts to SCC , SCCcredentails file is created under
/etc/zypp/credentials.d/SCCcredentials. Enter appropriate values for sles12User and
sles12Pwd available at /etc/zypp/credentials.d/SCCcredentials.
Connect the VCM Managed Machines to the SCRTool
To establish communication between the managed machines and the host machine, connect the VCM
managed machines to the SCR Tool.
Procedure
Connect the managed machines to the SCR Tool. You must take this action for each platform type.
n Create a mount point to the respective platform directory on the SCR Tool machine that contains the
patch payload for the platform.
n Use a remote command to mount the VCM managed machine at the time of patch deployment.
n Use a remote command to FTP the files to the managed machine when the patches are deployed.
Set Logging Levels and Output File Names
The SCR Tool provides flexible logging settings and properties to customize your logging levels.
The logging levels and output file names reside in the individual <platform>-rt.properties file for
each platform type.
Platform Properties File Name
AIX
scr_root/conf/aix-rt.properties
CentOS
scr_root/conf/centos-rt.properties
Table 4–3. Property Files with Logging Levels and Output File Names
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