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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>IBM is pleased to announce support for Patch Management for Red Hat Enterprise – RHEL Custom Repository. Users of the Patch Management for Red Hat Enterprise Linux - RHEL Native tools sites can now register repositories and Red Hat satellites through the RHEL Custom Repository dashboard. </i></font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>IT Operations have set up local repositories to download and distribute patches for different versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system. </i></font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>In the past, IBM Endpoint Manager provided Fixlets in the RHEL native tools to connect with the Red Hat servers, download the relevant patches, and distribute them to the target endpoints. The local repositories were not leveraged for patch deployment. This dashboard allows the Fixlets to use YUM for downloads, thus saving bandwidth and providing improved performance. </i></font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Users can also leverage the custom repositories to deliver custom software through IBM Endpoint Manager.</i></font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Highlights: </i></font>
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<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Dashboard: RHEL Custom Repository Management</i></font>
<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Analysis: Repository Configuration Red Hat Enterprise Linux</i></font>
<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Task: Enable custom repository support - Red Hat Enterprise Linux</i></font>
<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Task: Disable custom repository support - Red Hat Enterprise Linux</i></font></ul>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Actions to Take: </i></font>
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<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Activate the 'Repository Configuration Red Hat Enterprise Linux' analysis.</i></font>
<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Enable the following task: 'Task: Enable custom repository support - Red Hat Enterprise Linux'.</i></font></ul>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Published site version: </i></font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Patching Support site, version 183.</i></font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Other links:</i></font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>To learn more about support for the RHEL Custom Repository, see </i></font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/RHEL%20Custom%20Repository%20Support"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>RHEL Custom Repository Support</i></font></a><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>.</i></font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>Application Engineering Team</i></font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><i>IBM Endpoint Manager</i></font></body></html>