HP 7.2 manual Updating the repository

c:\temp to extract the files for each supported operating system. Click Linux or extracted path depending on the type of Support Packs with which you want to populate your repository.

6.After you have opened one of the directories, select all of the HP Service Pack for ProLiant files, click Edit from the Windows Explorer toolbar, and select Copy.

7.From Windows Explorer, navigate to the repository directory, for example, c:\repository. Click the repository directory.

8.From the Microsoft Windows Explorer toolbar, click Edit and select Paste. The Support Packs are copied into the c:\repository directory. The repository is now populated.

9.From the c:\repository directory, select a component. Right-click the component and select Properties. Note that the file is read-only. For the HP VCRM to allow component configuration, a component cannot be read-only. Deselect the read-only attribute and click OK.

When you are logged in locally at the system where the HP VCRM is installed, you can update the repository by performing a manual copy of files from the SmartStart CD to the repository directory on your local system.

To populate the repository manually with Service Pack for ProLiant from the SmartStart CD :

1.Insert the SmartStart CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2.From Windows Explorer, double-click the CD-ROM drive to open the SmartStart CD.

3.Click Compaq to open the directory.

4.From within the Compaq directory, click CSP to open the directory.

5.The CSP directory contains a Linux directory for Linux-related Support Packs and a Windows NT® directory that contains components, support packs, and XML files in a self-extractable executable called cpfiles.exe. Execute cpfiles.exe and provide the path for example, c:\temp to extract the files for each supported operating system. Click Linux or extracted path depending on the type of Support Packs with which you want to populate your repository.

6.After you have opened one of the directories, select all of the HP Service Pack for ProLiant, click Edit from the Windows Explorer toolbar, and select Copy.

7.From Windows Explorer, navigate to the repository directory, for example, c:\repository. Click the repository directory.

8.From the Microsoft Windows Explorer toolbar, click Edit and select Paste. The Support Packs are copied into the c:\repository directory. The repository is now populated.

9.From the c:\repository directory, select a component. Right-click the component and select Properties. Note that the file is read-only. For the HP VCRM to allow component configuration, a component cannot be read-only. Deselect the read-only attribute and click OK.

Updating the repository manually with HP Service Pack for ProLiant ISO

When you are logged in locally at the system where the HP VCRM is installed, you can update the repository manually with HP Service Pack for ProLiant.

To Populate the repository manually with HP Service Pack for ProLiant :

•Copy or Move the ISO file into VCRM repository folder.

VCRM will automatically add the software components from ISO into the repository.

Related topics

Copying items to another repository

Deleting items from the repository

Updating the repository 15