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Dell Repository Manager Data Center Version 1.7 User’s Guide

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Creating A Custom Repository Using Dell OpenManage Essentials

To create a local repository for Dell OpenManage Essentials:
  1. On the My Repositories tab, select New > Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) inventory .
  2. Type a Name: and Description: for the repository, and click Next.
  3. On the Base Repository screen, select one of the following options and click Next. The options are:
    • Source Repository — Imports the default repository. This option is enabled only if you have access to the Internet. You can import the bundle(s) and components from this repository into the repositories you create.
    • My Repositories — Allows you to select an existing repository as the base repository.

    The System inventory window is displayed.

  4. Under Use inventory data from Dell OpenManage Essentials? option select one of the following:
    • Yes — To create a custom repository using the inventory option.
    • No — To create a custom repository without using the inventory option.
  5. Select Yes, click Connect. The Dell OME Host Details window is displayed.
    • NOTE: If you select No, the only available option is to create the custom repository with the Latest updates for all devices .
  6. Provide the Host Name or IP Address.
    • NOTE: Select Use different user credentials if the user identification is different and provide the User Name and Password.
  7. Click OK or Cancel to exit without making changes. The Getting OME Inventory window appears while retrieving inventory from the server. A list of the systems, which displays the discovered systems under OME appear. You can select one of the following options:
    • Latest updates for all devices — Creates a repository where all the listed systems fetch their corresponding updates.
    • Latest updates for only out-of-date devices — Creates a repository and update only for the out-of-date components.
    • NOTE: Click Resync to retrieve the updated inventory data, if you have modified or removed certain systems from the systems managed by Dell Management Virtual Appliance Host.
  8. Click Next or Cancel to exit without making changes. The Summary window is displayed. Select the options you want to include in the repository:
    • Windows x32 Bundles and Components
    • Windows x64 Bundles and Components
    The Please wait... dialog box appears while creating the new repository.
  9. Click Finish or Cancel to exit without making changes.

    Once completed, the Repository created window is displayed. A New repository was created successfully. summary page appears with the name of the new repository, number of new bundles added to the repository, and the number of new components added to the repository. Also a list of hosts with errors, if any are found, will be displayed.

  10. Click Close.
    • NOTE: OME 1.0 and DRM 1.7 must be installed on the same system; however, OME 1.1 and higher versions and DRM 1.7 can be installed and run on different systems. DRM 1.7 can access OME 1.1 and higher versions inventory data from a remote system. In DRM 1.7, you must click Connect to obtain inventory data from OME irrespective of the version of OME it interacts.

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