Viewing or downloading available release images
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Viewing or downloading available release images

You can use the Deployment Server to conveniently view or download available release images to be deployed on other systems in your environment.

Note:

If you have Internet access, communication with the Symantec Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) provides the latest release information. If you do not have Internet access, static release matrix files are referenced, and the most recent updates may not be included.

See Loading release information and patches on to your Deployment Server.

To view or download available release images

  1. Launch the Deployment Server.
    # /opt/VRTS/install/deploy_sfha

    You see the following output:

    Task Menu:

R) Manage Repository Images             M) Update Metadata
V) Version Check Systems                S) Set Preferences
I) Install/Upgrade Systems              U) Terminology and Usage
B) Define/Modify Install Bundles        ?) Help
T) Create Install Templates             Q) Quit

Enter a Task: [R,M,V,S,I,U,B,?,T,Q]
  2. Select option R, Manage Repository Images.

    You see the following output:

    1)  View/Download Available Releases
2)  View/Remove Repository Images
3)  Load a Release Image
b)  Back to previous menu

Select the option you would like to perform [1-3,b,q,?]
  3. Select option 1, View/Download Available Releases, to view or download what is currently installed on your system.

    You see a list of platforms and release levels.

    To view or download available releases, the platform type and release 
level type must be selected.

1)  AIX 5.3                   2)  AIX 6.1
3)  AIX 7.1                   4)  HP-UX 11.31
5)  RHEL5 x86_64              6)  RHEL6 x86_64
7)  RHEL7 x86_64														8)  SLES10 x86_64             
9)  SLES11 x86_64													10) Solaris 9 Sparc          
11) Solaris 10 Sparc									 12) Solaris 10 x64          
13) Solaris 11 Sparc									 14) Solaris 11 x64           
b)  Back to previous menu

Select the platform of the release to view/download [1-14,b,q]
  4. Select the release level for which you want to get release image information. Enter the platform you want.

    You see options for the Symantec release levels.

    1) Base
2) Maintenance
3) Patch
b) Back to previous menu

Select the level of the <platform> releases to view/download 
[1-3,b,q,?]
  5. Select the number corresponding to the type of release you want to view (Base, Maintenance, or Patch).

    You see a list of releases available for download. 

    Available Maintenance releases for rhel6_x86_64:

release_version SORT_release_name              DL OBS AI rel_date   size_KB
============================================================================
5.1SP1PR2RP2    sfha-rhel6_x86_64-5.1SP1PR2RP2 -  Y   Y  2011-09-28 145611
5.1SP1PR2RP3    sfha-rhel6_x86_64-5.1SP1PR2RP3 -  Y   Y  2012-10-02 153924
5.1SP1PR2RP4    sfha-rhel6_x86_64-5.1SP1PR2RP4 -  -   Y  2013-08-21 186859
5.1SP1PR3RP2    sfha-rhel6_x86_64-5.1SP1PR3RP2 -  Y   Y  2011-09-28 145611
5.1SP1PR3RP3    sfha-rhel6_x86_64-5.1SP1PR3RP3 -  Y   Y  2012-10-02 153924
5.1SP1PR3RP4    sfha-rhel6_x86_64-5.1SP1PR3RP4 -  -   Y  2013-08-21 186859
6.0RP1          sfha-rhel6_x86_64-6.0RP1       -  -   Y  2012-03-22 210076
6.0.3           sfha-rhel6_x86_64-6.0.3        -  Y   Y  2013-02-01 212845
6.0.5           sfha-rhel6_x86_64-6.0.5        -  -   Y  2014-04-15 199143
6.1.1           sfha-rhel6_x86_64-6.1.1        -  -   Y  2014-07-24 208028
Enter the release_version to view details about a release or press 'Enter' to continue [b,q,?]

    The following are the descriptions for the column headers:

    • release_version: The version of the release.

    • SORT_release_name: The name of the release, used when accessing SORT (https://sort.symantec.com).

    • DL: An indicator that the release is present in your repository.

    • OBS: An indicator that the release is obsolete by another higher release.

    • AI: An indicator that the release has scripted install capabilities. All base and maintenance releases have auto-install capabilities. Patch releases with auto-install capabilities are available beginning with version 6.1. Otherwise the patch requires a manual installation.

    • rel_date: The date the release is available.

    • size_KB: The file size of the release in kilobytes.

  6. If you are interested in viewing more details about any release, type the release version. For example, enter the following:
    6.0.3

    You see the following output:

    release_version: 6.0.3
release_name: sfha-rhel6_x86_64-6.0.3
release_type: MR
release_date: 2013-02-01
downloaded: Y
install_path: rhel6_x86_64/installmr
upload_location: ftp://ftp.veritas.com/pub/support/patchcentral
/Linux/6.0.3/sfha/sfha-rhel6_x86_64-6.0.3-patches.tar.gz
obsoletes: 6.0.1.200-fs,6.0.1.200-vm,6.0.1.300-fs
obsoleted_by: None
Would you like to download this Maintenance Release? [y,n,q] (y) n

Enter the release_version to view the details about a release or press 
'Enter' to continue [b,q,?]
  7. If you do not need to check detail information, you can press Enter.

    You see the following question:

    Would you like to download a rhel6_x86_64 Maintenance Release Image? 
[y,n,q] (n) y

    If you select a y, you see a menu of all releases that are not currently in the repository.

    1)  5.1SP1PR2RP2
     2)  5.1SP1PR2RP3
     3)  5.1SP1PR2RP4
     4)  5.1SP1PR3RP2
     5)  5.1SP1PR3RP3
     6)  5.1SP1PR3RP4
     7)  6.0RP1
     8)  6.0.3
     9)  6.0.5
    10)  6.1.1
    11)  All non-obsoleted releases
    12)  All releases
     b)  Back to previous menu

Select the patch release to download, 'All non-obsoleted releases' to 
download all non-obsoleted releases, or 'All releases' to download 
all releases [1-5,b,q] 3
  8. Select the number corresponding to the release that you want to download. You can download a single release, all non-obsoleted releases, or all releases.

    The selected release images are downloaded to the Deployment Server.

    Downloading sfha-rhel6_x86_64-6.0RP1 from SORT - https://sort.symantec.com
Downloading 215118373 bytes (Total 215118373 bytes [205.15 MB]): 100%
Untarring sfha-rhel6_x86_64-6.0RP1 ........................................... Done

sfha-rhel6_x86_64-6.0RP1 has been downloaded successfully.
  9. From the menu, select option 2, View/Remove Repository Images, and follow the prompts to check that the release images are loaded.

    See Viewing or downloading available release images.

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