Staging options are where we set VCM to exactly redirect the VM to https://<SCR Server>/<Patch location>
. So far, we have downloaded the patches and added a server as the repository, and now, we will set the name of the folder and configure machine group mappings to the staging options.
We are building on previous recipes, so before we go ahead with this recipe, we should have finished all of them. If there are any special machine groups required, then they should be ready before we start with this recipe.
Log in to the VCM server console and follow these steps to configure patch staging:
Login as a VCM administrator in VCM console.
Navigate to Administration | Settings | General Settings | Patching | UNIX | Patch Staging. Click on Add.
Give a name and add a description.
Under Repository Type, select Obtain patches from the patching repository : <Name of SCR server>.
On the next page, provide details as follows:
Repository...