Dell Repository Manager version 3.4.5 User’s Guide

About Dell Repository Manager

Dell Repository Manager (DRM) is an application within the Dell OpenManage portfolio that allows IT administrators to manage the system updates. Dell Repository Manager provides you with the updates from the Dell inventory and catalogs that are available in the application preferences.

DRM ensures that the systems are up to date with the latest BIOS, drivers, and firmware. DRM allows you to:

• Compare the Dell inventory with the catalogs to provide updates on the Dell systems.
• Create repositories using the base catalog and specify the Dell system whose components are added in the repository.
• Rearrange the components to group the related updates together for systems running the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Generate comparison reports and update baselines of the custom repositories.
• Import the repository content in .exe, .msi, and .bin formats.
• Export the repository content in catalog.xml format only.

The customized repositories consist of Dell Update Packages (DUPs) or Non-DUPs with formats-.exe, .msi, .bin, or any other file formats-files. Use the repositories to apply updates with the update packages. DUPs are software utilities that are provided to update specific software and firmware components.

Dell Repository Manager integrates with Dell systems management products such as iDRAC, Dell OpenManage Enterprise, Dell OpenManage Essentials and the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter.