Administrator’s Guide
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Using Mirror and Linked Repositories
4. Select the
Create directories and shares
option. Do not select
Adopt
existing shares
for mirror repositories located on Windows NT
machines.
5. Click the browse (
...
) button for the
Machine
box, and select the machine
to host the mirror repository.
The
Repository Path
is local to the machine. By default, it enters the path
as C:\NTMEREPO. To change the directory, click the browse (
...
) button
and select a different directory, or type the name of the path.
The directory must be empty before installing the mirror repository. If
the directory is not empty, you will be prompted to delete its contents.
6. If the share directory is to be hidden, select the
Hide Shares
checkbox.
7. Click the
Update mirror externally
checkbox if the share directory is to
be updated using a user-specified alternate method and not the
Management Edition program. For example, you can use a batch file to
copy files from the master repository to a mirror repository.
8. Click
OK
.
If the Windows NT machine you specify cannot be contacted (for
example, if it is switched off), you are prompted by the Query Machine
Type dialog box to select the type of operating system the target machine
uses (
Figure 8-5
).
Figure 8-5. Query Machine Type dialog box
9. Select
Windows NT
, and click
OK
.
