Dell 1.8 manual Comparing And Updating Repositories

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Comparing And Updating Repositories

Are you sure you want to permanently delete selected repository? window

appears.

Manual background NOTE: You cannot stop this process once it is started.

2.Click Yes to confirm or click No to exit the window. The repository is deleted from the Repository Manager.

NOTE: Deleting a repository deletes the repository data and the associated files from the database, once you confirm the operation.

Manual background NOTE: The Delete option is disabled until you select any particular repository.

Comparing And Updating Repositories

You can compare the repositories you created or imported with the Source Repository, as well as with other available repositories to view the differences and update the destination repository.

To compare and update repositories:

1.From the My Repositories tab, select the repository, and click Open.

2.Click Run a comparison.

The Update Repository window is displayed. The instructions on updating the repository appear on the Summary screen.

3.From the Source Repository drop-down list, select a repository or the Source with which you want to compare the repository you selected initially.

4.Click Compare.

The comparison details appear in the categorized tabs in the Update Repository window.

Tab

Description

Summary

View the comparison summary of the selected repositories. The

 

summary displays the number of new version files, changed files,

 

obsolete files, and other files in source. This also displays the total

 

number of files that are different among these repositories.

 

The Summary tab is displayed by default.

Newer Versions

Click to view the latest versions of the updates available in the source

 

repository. Select the check box corresponding to the system from

 

which you want to add files to the destination repository. The source

 

and destination files appear on the right-hand side. Select the check

 

box corresponding to the files you want to add and click Update.

Changed Files

Click to view any component files whose hash values are different in

 

the destination and source repositories. Select the check box

 

corresponding to the files you want to update in the destination

 

repository and click Update.

Obsolete Files

Click to view the files that exist in the destination repository but, not in

 

the source repository. Select the check box corresponding to the

 

system from which you want to remove the files. The file names appear

 

on the right-hand side. Select the check box corresponding to the files

 

you want to remove and click Update.

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