Patch downloader utility for rpmLinux

You can download metadata and payload for CentOS or OL ULN using the patch downloader utility that is provided by BMC. For information about downloading the utility, see Downloading-the-installation-files.

Before downloading the utility on the server that contains the patch repository, make sure that the following packages are available on the server: yum-utils, createrepo, and pythonurl-grabber 

The patch downloader utility uses the configuration and filter information to download metadata and payload for CentOS or OL ULN. 

The downloader is either .bat for running on Microsoft Windows (oel_downloader.bat) or .sh for running on UNIX (rpmlinux_downloader.sh or oel_downloader.sh) depending on whether it is CentOS or Oracle Enterprise Linux (an OL ULN repository or a Public repository):

OS

Patch downloader

CentOS 7 or 8

Use rpmlinux_downloader to run the patch downloader utility.

Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.x

  • The Public repository is supported only in offline mode. The Oracle Linux Unbreakable Linux Network (OL ULN) repository is not supported.
  • Use oel_downloader to run the patch downloader utility.

Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.x

  • The OL ULN repository is supported in both offline and online modes. In the offline mode, use rpmlinux_downloader to run the patch downloader utility.  
  • The Public repository is supported only in offline mode. Use oel_downloader to run the patch downloader utility. 

Oracle Enterprise Linux 8.x

  • The OL ULN repository is supported in both offline and online modes. In the offline mode, use rpmlinux_downloader to run the patch downloader utility. 
  • The Public repository is not supported.

The following topics explain how to prepare the configuration file and use the downloader utility for CentOS and OL ULN:

 

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