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8. Click Browse and locate the repository directory you previously created. For example,
C:\WindowsRepository.
9. Click Next. The Virtual Directory Access Permissions page appears.
10. Select Read, Run scripts, and Browse.
11. Click Next. The You have successfully completed the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard page
appears.
12. Click Finish. The new repository virtual directory alias is added to the Default Web Sites list.
13. Right-click the new repository directory, and then select Properties.
The <directory name> Properties dialog box appears.
14. Click the Virtual Directory tab, and then click Remove, located to the right of Application name text
box. Application name and Application pool are disabled.
15. Click the HTTP Headers tab, and then click MIME Types. The MIME Types dialog box appears.
16. Click New. The MIME Type dialog box appears.
17. Add the following MIME types with these names and settings:
Extension: .crate and MIME type: application/octet-stream
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Extension: .index and MIME type: application/octet-stream
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Extension: .gz and MIME type: application/octet-stream
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Extension: .options and MIME type:application/octet-stream
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Extension: .info and MIME type:application/octet-stream
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18. Click OK to save your settings and close the MIME Types dialog box.
19. On the Properties dialog box, click OK to close the dialog box.
20. Copy and paste the contents of the original Repository folder, the .hive folder, the dist folder, and
the crates folder, to the new repository location.
21. Add the new repository entry to the machine registry. On a 64-bit machine, go to HKEY_LOCAL_
MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\LocalRepositories. On a 32-bit machine, go
to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\LocalRepositories.
22. Right-click LocalRepositories, and then select New | String Value.
23. Right-click the new value, and the select Rename. Type the name of your new repository.
24. Right-click the new repository name, and then select Modify. The Edit String dialog box appears.
25. In the Data Value text box, type the fully qualified URI for the repository. For example,
http://<machinename>/NewRepository.
26. Click OK.
27. Open an Internet Explorer window, and then browse to your new virtual directory. For example,
http://<machinename>/NewRepository. The web page should display the .hive,dists, and crates
folders. The crates folder contains any copied packages (*.crate files).
28. To keep the new repository synchronized with the original repository, you must continue to copy the
files from the original repository to the new repository. You can use one of the following methods:
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