3.2 Performing the Offline Updates

You can perform the offline updates in a three step process:

  1. Update Advanced Authentication and product repositories on the Subscription Management Tool (SMT) server installed locally.

  2. Register the Advanced Authentication appliance to the local SMT server.

  3. Perform the operating system and product updates.

3.2.1 Updating Advanced Authentication and Product Repositories on the Local SMT

Before you update the Advanced Authentication appliance, you must ensure that the SMT server is installed and the Advanced Authentication repositories are mirrored.

Prerequisite:

Ensure you have SLES 12 SP5 server to install the SMT server.

Perform the following to install and configure the SMT server:

Installing and Configuring the Local SMT Server

  1. Download the Micro Focus Subscription Management Tool.

  2. Extract the downloaded file Micro Focus Subscription Management Tool.zip.

  3. Open YaST > Software > Add-On Products.

  4. Click Add in Installed Add-on Products.

  5. Select Local ISO Image from the list and click Next.

  6. Specify the Repository Name and click Browse then select the MF-SMT-<version>-GM-CD1.iso file from the extracted zip file.

  7. Click Next.

  8. Click Trust.

  9. Click Accept and click Continue.

  10. Click Finish.

  11. Check whether the tool is installed successfully then click OK.

    To verify the installation, open YaST and check for the following under Network Services:

    • Micro Focus SMT Configuration Wizard

    • Micro Focus SMT Server Configuration

    • Micro Focus SMT Server Management

  12. Launch the Micro Focus SMT Configuration Wizard.

  13. Specify the following details for registration:

    • User: The user name from the Micro Focus Customer Portal.

    • Password: Password associated with the above mentioned user name.

    • NCC E-mail: The email associated with your user account for the Micro Focus Customer Portal.

  14. Click Test to check whether the specified details are valid.

  15. Click Next.

  16. Select the database password for SMT user and confirm it.

    You need to remember this password to change configuration in future.

  17. Click Next.

    A prompt to create CA management certificate is displayed if you have not created a CA certificate on the SLES server.

  18. Click Run CA management.

    A prompt to set the CA password is displayed.

  19. Specify Password and confirm it then click OK.

  20. Click Next.

    The Installation Overview is displayed.

For more information, see Micro Focus SMT Installation and Micro Focus SMT Server Configuration.

Mirroring of Repositories

  1. Run Micro Focus SMT Server Management in YaST.

    In Repositories tab all repositories that are hosted on SCC are displayed.

  2. Select AAuth-Appliance-6.4-OS and click Toggle Mirroring.

  3. Repeat the toggle for Aauth-Appliance-6.4-Product.

    After toggle, a check mark appears against AA-Appliance-6.4-OS and AA-Appliance-6.4-Product.

  4. Select the toggled files and click Mirror Now.

  5. Click OK.

For more information, see the Mirroring Repositories on the Micro Focus SMT Server..

3.2.2 Registering the Offline Updates on Advanced Authentication

After you configure the SMT server, you must register the service on Advanced Authentication and specify the following:

  1. Select Local SMT in the Online Update Service.

  2. Specify the Hostname such as smt.example.com.

  3. (Opitonal) Specify the SSL certificate URL that communicates with the SMT server in the http://<SMT_server>/smt.crt format.

  4. (Optional) specify the Namespace path of the file or directory.

  5. Click Register.

    After you register the appliance, you can view a list of the needed updates, or view a list of installed updates. Use the manual option to update the appliance. For more information, see Managing the Updates.