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Prerequisites for the SCR Tool
The prerequisites for installing the SCR Tool include the following machines, software, and user
credentials.
Host Machine and Software
The machine used to host the SCR Tool must be a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES machine (32-bit). For
further detail, see the VCM Hardware and Software Requirements Guide. If all of the requirements are met,
this machine can also run as a guest in a virtualized environment.
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The host machine must be used solely for the SCR Tool execution and repository storage.
MPORTANT
Before installing the SCR Tool, it is highly recommended that any non-Sun Java versions be removed from
the machine that will be hosting the SCR Tool.
The host machine must be equipped with the following:
Internet access
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500 GB of storage (recommended, depending on the platforms for which you will require patches). The
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estimated storage requirements to store the patch content files and patch payload for the supported
platforms are as follows. You must allow sufficient disk space to download the content for each
platform being supported.
Table 2-1. Platforms and Storage
Supported Platform
AIX
HP-UX
Mac OS X
Red Hat
SUSE
Solaris
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The patch content will grow as vendors release additional patches. Ensure that you monitor the
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disk space available on the host machine to avoid any problems in continuing to download and store the
patch content files and payload.
VMware, Inc.
Minimum Storage Required for Patch Content Files and Payload
90 GB
6 GB
70 GB
250 GB
40 GB
12 GB
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