8. Click
Browse
and locate the repository directory you previously created. For example,
C:\WindowsRepository.
9. Click
Next
. The
Virtual Directory Access Permissions
page appears.
10. Select
Read
,
Run scripts
, and
Browse
.
11. Click
Next.
The
You have successfully completed the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard
page
appears.
12. Click
Finish
. The new repository virtual directory alias is added to the
Default Web Sites
list.
13. Right-click the new repository directory, and then select
Properties
.
The
<directory name> Properties
dialog box appears.
14. Click the
Virtual Directory
tab, and then click
Remove
, located to the right of
Application name
text
box.
Application name
and
Application pool
are disabled.
15. Click the
HTTP Headers
tab, and then click
MIME Types
. The
MIME Types
dialog box appears.
16. Click
New
. The
MIME Type
dialog box appears.
17. Add the following MIME types with these names and settings:
n
Extension:
.crate and
MIME type:
application/octet-stream
n
Extension:
.index and
MIME type:
application/octet-stream
n
Extension:
.gz and
MIME type:
application/octet-stream
n
Extension:
.options and
MIME type:
application/octet-stream
n
Extension:
.info and
MIME type:
application/octet-stream
18. Click
OK
to save your settings and close the
MIME Types
dialog box.
19. On the
Properties
dialog box, click
OK
to close the dialog box.
20. Copy and paste the contents of the original Repository folder, the
.hive
folder, the
dist
folder, and
the
crates
folder, to the new repository location.
21. Add the new repository entry to the machine registry. On a 64-bit machine, go to
HKEY_LOCAL_
MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\LocalRepositories
. On a 32-bit machine, go
to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\LocalRepositories
.
22. Right-click
LocalRepositories
, and then select
New | String Value
.
23. Right-click the new value, and the select
Rename
. Type the name of your new repository.
24. Right-click the new repository name, and then select
Modify
. The
Edit String
dialog box appears.
25. In the
Data Value
text box, type the fully qualified URI for the repository. For example,
http://<machinename>/NewRepository.
26. Click
OK
.
27. Open an Internet Explorer window, and then browse to your new virtual directory. For example,
http://<machinename>/NewRepository. The web page should display the .hive,dists, and crates
folders. The crates folder contains any copied packages (*.crate files).
28. To keep the new repository synchronized with the original repository, you must continue to copy the
files from the original repository to the new repository. You can use one of the following methods:
Installing the Software Provisioning Components
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