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916916 <title >Product Repositories</title >
917917 <para >
918918 The files in the product repositories for &sls; and &cloud; do not
919- change, therefore they do not need to be synced with a remote source.
920- It is sufficient (and recommended) to copy the data once, either from a
921- remote host or directly from the installation media. Alternatively you
922- may mount the product repository from a remote server via
923- < literal >NFS</ literal >. Note that the data
924- <emphasis >must</emphasis > be directly available from the local
925- directories listed below. It is not possible to use links.
919+ change, therefore they do not need to be synced with a remote source. It
920+ is sufficient to either copy the data ( from a remote host or the
921+ installation media) or mount the product repository from a remote server
922+ via < literal >NFS</ literal >. Alternatively you may copy the iso images of
923+ DVD1 from both products to the admin node and < quote >loop mount</ quote >
924+ them. Note that the data <emphasis >must</emphasis > be directly available
925+ from the local directories listed below. It is not possible to use links.
926926 </para >
927927 <para >
928928 While the &sls; product repository must be made available locally, the
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933933 </para >
934934 <para >
935935 The following product repositories need to be available for
936- &productname; deployment:
936+ &productname; deployment. Make sure to create these directories prior to
937+ copying or mounting the data:
937938 </para >
938939 <table >
939940 <title >Local Product Repositories for &cloud; </title >
@@ -990,17 +991,15 @@ smt-mirror -L /var/log/smt/smt-mirror_ha.log</screen>
990991 it first (for example, after inserting the DVD in the &admserv; and
991992 waiting for the device to become ready):
992993 </para >
993- <screen >mkdir -p /srv/tftpboot/suse-11.3/install/
994- mount /dev/dvd /mnt
994+ <screen >mount /dev/dvd /mnt
995995rsync -avP /mnt/ /srv/tftpboot/suse-11.3/install/
996996umount /mnt</screen >
997997 <para >
998998 Also make the contents of the &productname; product repository
999999 available at <filename >/srv/tftpboot/repos/Cloud/</filename > the same
10001000 way:
10011001 </para >
1002- <screen >mkdir -p /srv/tftpboot/repos/Cloud/
1003- mount /dev/dvd /mnt
1002+ <screen >mount /dev/dvd /mnt
10041003rsync -avP /mnt/ /srv/tftpboot/repos/Cloud/
10051004umount /mnt</screen >
10061005 </sect4 >
@@ -1020,15 +1019,32 @@ umount /mnt</screen>
10201019 way:
10211020 </para >
10221021 <screen >rsync -avPz /data/Cloud/ <replaceable >192.168.124.10</replaceable >:/srv/tftpboot/repos/Cloud/</screen >
1023- <note >
1024- <title >Target directories must exist</title >
1025- <para >
1026- Make sure the target directories for the rsync commands
1027- (<filename >/srv/tftpboot/suse-11.3/install/</filename > and
1028- <filename >/srv/tftpboot/repos/Cloud/</filename >) exist on the &admserv;
1029- prior to executing rsync.
1030- </para >
1031- </note >
1022+ </sect4 >
1023+ <sect4 id =" sec.depl.inst.admserv.post.local_repos.product.media.nfs" >
1024+ <title >Mounting from an NFS Share</title >
1025+ <para >
1026+ If the SLES installation data is provided via NFS by a remote machine,
1027+ mount them as follows:
1028+ </para >
1029+ <screen >mount -t nfs <replaceable >nfs.&exampledomain; :/exports/SLES-11-SP3/x86_64/DVD1/</replaceable > /srv/tftpboot/suse-11.3/install
1030+ mount -t nfs <replaceable >nfs.&exampledomain; :/exports/SUSE-CLOU/DVD1/</replaceable > /srv/tftpboot/repos/Cloud</screen >
1031+ <para >
1032+ To automatically mount these directories either create entries in
1033+ <filename >/etc/fstab</filename > or set up the automounter.
1034+ </para >
1035+ </sect4 >
1036+ <sect4 id =" sec.depl.inst.admserv.post.local_repos.product.media.iso" >
1037+ <title >Mounting ISO Images</title >
1038+ <para >
1039+ The product repositories can also be made available by copying the iso
1040+ images of DVD1 to the &admserv; and mounting them:
1041+ </para >
1042+ <screen >mount -o loop <replaceable >/local/SLES-11-SP3-DVD-x86_64-DVD1.iso</replaceable > /srv/tftpboot/suse-11.3/install
1043+ mount -o loop <replaceable >/local/SUSE-CLOUD-3-DVD1.iso</replaceable > /srv/tftpboot/repos/Cloud</screen >
1044+ <para >
1045+ To automatically mount these directories either create entries in
1046+ <filename >/etc/fstab</filename > or set up the automounter.
1047+ </para >
10321048 </sect4 >
10331049 </sect3 >
10341050 <sect3 id =" sec.depl.inst.admserv.post.local_repos.update" >
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