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About the Software Content Repository
Tool
The Software Content Repository (SCR) Tool is a standalone Java client software application that builds a
software content repository of UNIX/Linux patches, and then provides automated downloading of
operating system (OS) vendor patch content to the repository.
How It Works
The SCR Tool client downloads content used to patch your UNIX/Linux machines. These files include the
patch signature files (.pls), deploy package files (.plp) (not currently used), and OS vendor patch content
files (.rpm, .gz, .tar, .zip) used in the patching background processes.
As shown in the following diagram, the SCR Tool downloads the UNIX/Linux patch content. Using VCM
on another Collector machine, you can then update the VCM-managed (Agent) machines using the VCM
Patching UNIX/Linux patching capability.
VMware, Inc.
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