Patches for RHEL: RHSM Download Plug-in and RHSM Download Cacher updated

The RHSM Download Plug-in tool and RHSM Download Cacher have been updated with the following enhancements:

• New commands to verify if the entitlement certificates, which are in the ‘certs’ folder, have access to the supported Red Hat repositories.

  • RHSM Download Plug-in: --check-baserepos and --check-allrepos
  • RHSM Download Cacher: check-baserepos and check-allrepos

• New download cacher command that specifies a flag enforce a checksum check for existing RPM files when trying to download packages using the “buildRepo”, “downloadPkg”, or “downloadbypatchid” subcommands.

• Improvements for more robust handling of Red Hat certificates.

Updated Tools Versions:
• RHSM Download Plug-in, version 1.0.0.2
• RHSM Download Cacher, version 1.0.0.2

Actions to take:
Update to RHSM Download Plug-in version 1.0.0.2 by using the Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard.
Download the updated RHSM Download Cacher here: http://ibm.co/1WtNC6W

Reference:
For more information about the RHSM enhancements included in this release, see http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb.

Published site version:
Patching Support, version 710.

Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix

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