SA RPM repository

SA builds a custom RPM repository for use by software management jobs. This is built on a server-by-server basis, taking into account several package and server properties and user defined settings.

The repository that SA downloads to a managed server before actually processing the RPM packages defined in the software policy is built by the following process:

  • Packages whose platform set does not include the server platform are excluded from the RPM repository.
  • Packages in folders whose customer constraints do not include the customer of the server are excluded from the RPM repository.
  • If one or more repo.restrict custom attributes are applicable for this server, only packages in the folders defined by these custom attributes are included in the RPM repository. For more information, see Restricting access to RPM folders.