VMware VCENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3 - SOFTWARE CONTENT REPOSITORY TOOL... User manual

vCenter Configuration Manager

Software Content Repository Tool Guide

vCenter Configuration Manager 5.3

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Contents

About This Book 5

About the Software Content Repository Tool 7

How It Works 7

What to Do First 8

Prerequisites for the SCR Tool 9

Host Machine andSoftware 9

User Credentials for Downloads 10

Supported Agent Machines 10

Installing the SCR Tool 11

Install the Repository Software 11

Download the Java Runtime Environment 11

Test the Java Runtime Environment Installation 11

Download and Install the Java Cryptography Extension (optional) 12

Preparing the Host Machine for Use with the SCR Tool 13

Review the Directory Structure 13

Change the Working Directory 13

Update the Replication Scripts 13

Connect the VCM-Managed Machines to the SCRTool 16

Set Logging Levels and Output File Names 16

Using the SCR Tool 19

Download the Patch Content 19

How to Schedule Downloads 19

Maintaining the Software Content Repository 20

Troubleshooting 21

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About This Book

About This Book This guide, VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Software Content Repository Tool Guide, provides

procedures for:

nPreparing for the installation of all components and tools

nInstalling all components and tools

nGetting started with all components and tools

Intended Audience

This document contains information intended for system administration personnel tasked with managing

users and resources within their network, and performing system maintenance.

To use the information in this book effectively, you need to have a basic understanding of how to

configure network resources. You also need to fully understand your network’s topology and resource

naming conventions.

Document Feedback

VMware welcomes your suggestions for improving our documentation. If you have comments, send

your feedback to docfeedback@vmware.com.

Software Content Repository Tool Documentation

The Software Content Repository Tool documentation consists of this document. Related documents

include the VCMHardware and Software Requirements Guide, online Help, and Release Notes.

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Technical Support and Education Resources

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About the Software Content Repository

Tool 1

About the Software Content Repository Tool The Software Content Repository (SCR) Tool is a standalone Java client software application that builds a

software content repository of UNIX/Linux patches, and then provides automated downloading of

operating system (OS) vendor patch content to the repository.

How It Works

The SCR Tool client downloads content used to patch your UNIX/Linux machines. These files include the

patch signature files (.pls), deploy package files (.plp) (not currently used), and OS vendor patch content

files (.rpm, .gz, .tar, .zip) used in the patching background processes.

As shown in the following diagram, the SCR Tool downloads the UNIX/Linux patch content. Using VCM

on another Collector machine, you can then update the VCM-managed (Agent) machines using the VCM

Patching UNIX/Linux patching capability.

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After downloading patches, you will use the VMware vCenter Configuration Manager (VCM) to assess

your UNIXmachines. To deploy the patches, you will need to use the alternate source mapping in VCM

Patching, and then deploy the patches to the UNIXmachines. For additional information,see the VCM

online Help.

NOTE The SCR Tool is not required for UNIX patch assessments or deployments, nor does it assess the

configuration or downloaded patch content used by VCM Patching. To deploy the patches, you will use

VCM Patching.

What to Do First

Before installing the SCR Tool, you must complete the following prerequisites.

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Prerequisites for the SCR Tool 2

Prerequisites for the SCR Tool The prerequisites for installing the SCR Tool include the following machines, software, and user

credentials.

Host Machine andSoftware

The machine used to host the SCR Tool must be a Red HatEnterprise Linux AS/ES machine (32-bit). For

further detail, see the VCM Hardware and Software Requirements Guide. If all of the requirements are met,

this machine can also run as a guest in a virtualized environment.

IMPORTANT The host machine must be used solely for the SCR Tool execution and repository storage.

Before installing the SCR Tool, it is highly recommended that any non-Sun Java versions be removed from

the machine that will be hosting the SCR Tool.

The host machine must be equipped with the following:

nInternet access

n500 GB of storage (recommended, depending on the platforms for which you will require patches). The

estimated storage requirements to store the patch content files and patch payload for the supported

platforms are as follows. You must allow sufficient disk space to download the content for each

platform being supported.

Supported Platform Minimum Storage Required for Patch Content Files and Payload

AIX 90 GB

HP-UX 6 GB

Mac OSX 70 GB

Red Hat 250 GB

SUSE 40 GB

Solaris 12 GB

Table 2-1. Platforms and Storage

NOTE The patch content will grow as vendors release additional patches. Ensure that you monitor the

disk space available on the host machine to avoid any problems in continuing to download and store the

patch content files and payload.

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nSun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5 or later, 32-bit only. JRE nstallation is described in the

following section, Installing the SCR Tool.

nSun Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files corresponding to

the JRE version installed (required only for Red Hat and Solaris patch content). JCEinstallation is

described in the following section, Installing the SCR Tool.

User Credentials for Downloads

To download OS-vendor subscription-only content for Red Hat and Solaris machines, you must have user

credentials to the OS vendor sites.

Supported Agent Machines

The VCM-managed (Agent) machines that are supported for connecting to the machine hosting the SCR

Tool include: Solaris, Red Hat, HP-UX, AIX, SUSE, and Mac OSX. These Agent machines must be running

the VMware vCenter Configuration Manager.

For a list of supported machine/OS versions, see the VCM Hardware and Software Requirements Guide.

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