VMware PACKAGE MANAGER 1.1 Installation And User Manual page 16

vCenter Configuration Manager Software Provisioning Components Installation and User's Guide
Manually copy the files from the original repository to the new repository.
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Create a VBScript to copy IIS metabase and schema from on machine to another. The following
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article assumes both machines are running Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/81f04967-f02f-
4845-9795-bad2fe1a1687.mspx?mfr=true.
Use a commercial mirroring application.
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If you are using VCM, you configure the Remote Command Package Mirroring template to copy
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packages between repositories, or write you own VBScript to run as a remote command to copy
the files specified in the configuration steps above from the old repository to the new repository.
Procedure for IIS 7 and later
1. Create a repository directory on your desired drive. For example, C:\WindowsRepository.
2. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
3. Expand <machine name> > Sites.
4. Right-click Default Web Site, and then select Add Virtual Directory. The Add Virtual Directory
dialog box appears.
5. Type a name in the Alias text box. For example, SoftwareRepository.
6. Click the Physical path ellipsis button. The Browse for Folder dialog box appears.
7. Browse for and select the repository directory you previously created. For example,
C:\WindowsRepository.
8. Click OK to close the Browse for Folder dialog box.
9. Click OK to close the Add Virtual Directory dialog box.
10. Select the new virtual directory you just added, and then double-click Directory Browsing in
<yourdirectoryname> Home pane. The pane displays Directory Browsing.
11. In the Actions pane, click Enable.
12. Click Back until you are again on the <yourdirectoryname> Home pane, and then click on MIME
Types. The pane displays MIME Types.
13. In the Actions pane, click Add. The Add MIME Type dialog box appears.
14. Add the following MIME types with these names and settings:
File name extension: .crate and MIME type: application/octet-stream
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File name extension: .index andMIME type: application/octet-stream
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File name extension: .options and MIME type:application/octet-stream
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File name extension: .info and MIME type:application/octet-stream
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15. Close IIS.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. Right-click LocalRepositories, and then select New | String Value.
19. Right-click the new value, and the select Rename. Type the name of your new repository.
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