Creating a patch catalog

The patch catalog is used to maintain and work with the patch repository through the BMC Server Automation Console.

For both types of repositories, online and offline, you create a patch catalog through the BMC Server Automation Console. Patches are added to the catalog as depot objects according to filters defined for the catalog.

Note

The deploy option for the patch catalog does not involve patch analysis and thus cannot account for dependencies on other patches. This option does not check for payload availability. BMC recommends that the deploy option be used only by advanced users who would want to deploy a patch without performing a patch analysis.

Before you begin

  • Ensure that security policies on the repository server do not block the download of the catalog.

  • (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, and Oracle Enterprise Linux) you must pre-install the following packages on the server that hosts the patch repository:

    Package

    Tested version

    createrepo

    0.4.6

    python-urlgrabber

    2.9.6

    Note

    The versions above were used for testing and validation. Later versions of these packages are known to work but have not been officially qualified with the product.

  • Ensure that the platform on which you plan to store the patch repository is supported by BMC Server Automation.

    Click here to expand the supported platform matrix for storing patch repositories...

    Select the type of patch catalog you are creating to filter the supported platforms.

To create a patch catalog

  1. Right-click a folder in the Depot and select New > Patch catalog > platformName > Catalog.
    For platformName, substitute the platform such as Windows patch catalog, Red Hat patch catalog.

  2. Provide information for the patch catalog as described in the following topics:

    Note

    After they are created, all panes in the wizard remain available for edit and review except General and Permissions.

 

 

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