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14 HP Software Inventory and Update Profile Version 2.0.0
5 Software Repository Service
A software repository service will use sections of both the 1023 profile and the 1025 profile as indicated in
the following sections.
Figure 5 – SoftwareRepositoryService Class Diagram
5.1 Available Software (1023)
Section 6 of the 1023 profile specifies that Available Software pertains to software available to install on
managed elements in its scope. This will be ignored for purposes of the software repository service, which
will report ALL available software, not just software available in its scope.
The repository will contain SoftwareIdentity items beyond what can be installed on managed elements
within the scope of the service. Therefore, there is not an ElementSoftwareIdentity association from the
SoftwareIdentity to a ManagedElement.
5.2 New SoftwareRepositoryService Methods (1025)
These new methods should be considered for extensions to the 1025 profile as they are used for
retrieving components that occur during the installation and upgrade of software.