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

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

Blacklist repository functionality
This enhancement for the RHSM Download Plug-in blocks Red Hat repositories that are not needed for patching. The functionality works around a limitation in how the BESServer processes downloads, which may result in unnecessary errors being logged, and a longer processing time of the download plug-in.

Logging level functionality for the RHSM Download Cacher log
Users can now set the logging levels to determine the amount of detail that is written to the RHSM Download Cacher log.

Updated Tools Versions:
• RHSM Download Plug-in, version 1.0.0.6
• RHSM Download Cacher, version 1.0.0.6

Actions to take:
Update to RHSM Download Plug-in version 1.0.0.6 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 719.

Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix

Note: This post was updated to specify that the blacklist repository functionality is applicable to the RHSM Download Plug-in.

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