Patch Downloader utility for SUSE Linux Enterprise

The Patch Downloader utility for SUSE Linux provided by BMC uses a configuration file to download metadata and payload from the SUSE Linux Enterprise website.

Creation of a patch catalog requires that the following packages be pre-installed on the server that hosts the patch repository:

Later versions of these packages can also work. However, they are not certified by BMC.

Note the following:

• Ensure that the following library packages are installed on your Linux system: glibc.i686 or glibc.i386.
  Alternatively, ensure that the JRE version is upgraded to 17.0.10+7.
• If you are creating a SuSE 11 or 12 patch catalog, ensure that the following additional prerequisites are met:
  • Subscription Management Tool (SMT) is installed and configured on the SuSE patch repository server.
  • The smt.conf file in /etc is configured to provide smtUser with read/write/execute permissions at the repository location.
• If you are using a SuSE 15 server for storing SuSE patches, ensure that the Repository Mirroring Tool (RMT) is installed and configured on the server.

The Patch Downloader is suse_downloader.sh that you can run on UNIX. To install, extract the file and place it in a directory on the server.

The following topics explain how to build the configuration files and how to use the downloader utility for SUSE Linux Enterprise:

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