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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
Properties File Parameters
You can use the properties file parameters to customize the download process that replicates the patch
content on the SCR Tool host machine.
The following parameters are available.
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.
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