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Appliance update information

Figure 4.

The Dell Management Plug-in virtual appliance takes advantage of RPM packaging and yum update

process to update the virtual appliance to a newer version.

The yum repositories containing RPM packages for the Dell Management Plug-in are found at

http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-plugin/.

The Update Repository Path value can be changed to another repository under

http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-plugin/ or a custom internal repository that represents

an updated version of the appliance. The Default Update Repository value

(http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-plugin/latest) is not used in the update process but

used as a reference repository path.

NOTE: From 1.5.0 and later, http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-plugin/latest contains an

updated base OS RPMs for the appliance and http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-

plugin/latest-greatest contains the updated Dell Management Plug-in RPMs.

For virtual appliances less than version 1.5.0, use http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/vcenter-

plugin/latest as the value of Update Repository Path. Once the virtual appliance is updated to 1.5.0,

you notice that the Update Repository Path is automatically updated from latest to latest-greatest and

there is no change required.

Changing the Update Repository Path

1. In the Administration Portal > Appliance Management page, click Edit.

2. Change the value for the repository path, and then click Apply.