# creating a local repository

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-a-local-repository/23852>\
**Category:** SLES Updates\
**Created:** [April 15, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-a-local-repository/23852 "2013-04-15T17:28:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![willlandymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cc9497/32.png) [@willlandymore](https://forums.suse.com/u/willlandymore)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-a-local-repository/23852/1 "2013-04-15T17:28:26Z")

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I’ve found a couple of articles about this subject online but they also had a footnote that says this is not supported by Novell and be careful in case you blow anything up. 🙂

I was wondering if there was a Novell doc out there for creating a local repository (their way) so that you can download all updates to that box and then point all of your servers to it on the LAN to get the updates they need.

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-a-local-repository/23852/2 "2013-04-15T17:54:39Z")

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> On Mon 15 Apr 2013 02:34:02 PM CDT, willlandymore wrote:
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> I’ve found a couple of articles about this subject online but they also  
> had a footnote that says this is not supported by Novell and be careful  
> in case you blow anything up. 🙂
> 
> I was wondering if there was a Novell doc out there for creating a  
> local repository (their way) so that you can download all updates to  
> that box and then point all of your servers to it on the LAN to get the  
> updates they need.

Hi  
Install SMT it’s an iso image add on.  
[https://www.suse.com/documentation/smt11/book\_yep/?page=/documentation/smt11/book\_yep/data/book\_yep.html](https://www.suse.com/documentation/smt11/book_yep/?page=/documentation/smt11/book_yep/data/book_yep.html)

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
openSUSE 12.3 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.1-desktop  
up 3 days 10:00, 3 users, load average: 0.16, 0.08, 0.06  
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**Author:** ![willlandymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cc9497/32.png) [@willlandymore](https://forums.suse.com/u/willlandymore)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-a-local-repository/23852/3 "2013-04-15T18:23:23Z")

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hmm…tried to do the DVD install and I don’t see an SMT option

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/creating-a-local-repository/23852/4 "2013-04-15T19:22:12Z")

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> On Mon 15 Apr 2013 03:24:02 PM CDT, willlandymore wrote:
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> hmm…tried to do the DVD install and I don’t see an SMT option

Hi  
Here is a download link, select your sever version and arch;  
[http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/#familyId=25682&productId=&dateRange=&startDate=&endDate=&priority=&distribution=&architecture=&keywords=&xf=25682](http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/#familyId=25682&productId=&dateRange=&startDate=&endDate=&priority=&distribution=&architecture=&keywords=&xf=25682)

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)  
openSUSE 12.3 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.1-desktop  
up 3 days 11:29, 3 users, load average: 0.17, 0.13, 0.08  
CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Ironlake Mobile