# ZYPPER REF **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES for System Z\ **Created:** [June 27, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/zypper-ref/29989 "2017-06-27T15:32:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fidlinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/958977/32.png) [@fidlinux](https://forums.suse.com/u/fidlinux)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/zypper-ref/29989/1 "2017-06-27T15:32:17Z")
SMT SLES12 SP2 running as guest on KVM LPAR. Trying to refresh the repositories and receive the following: Repository ‘SLES12-SP2-12.2-0’ is up to date. Retrieving repository ‘SLES12-SP2-Pool’ metadata …[error] Repository ‘SLES12-SP2-Pool’ is invalid. [SMT-http\_lrtp9050\_fmr\_com:SLES12-SP2-Pool|[http://lrtp9050.fmr.com/repo/SUSE/Products/SLE-SERVER/12-SP2/s390x/product?credentials=SMT-http\_lrtp9050\_fmr\_com]](http://lrtp9050.fmr.com/repo/SUSE/Products/SLE-SERVER/12-SP2/s390x/product?credentials=SMT-http_lrtp9050_fmr_com%5D) Valid metadata not found at specified URL Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. Skipping repository ‘SLES12-SP2-Pool’ because of the above error. Retrieving repository ‘SLES12-SP2-Updates’ metadata …[error] Repository ‘SLES12-SP2-Updates’ is invalid. [SMT-http\_lrtp9050\_fmr\_com:SLES12-SP2-Updates|[http://lrtp9050.fmr.com/repo/SUSE/Updates/SLE-SERVER/12-SP2/s390x/update?credentials=SMT-http\_lrtp9050\_fmr\_com]](http://lrtp9050.fmr.com/repo/SUSE/Updates/SLE-SERVER/12-SP2/s390x/update?credentials=SMT-http_lrtp9050_fmr_com%5D) Valid metadata not found at specified URL Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository. Skipping repository ‘SLES12-SP2-Updates’ because of the above error. Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error. Sync with SCC is working with no problems. Repositories were added with YAST ---
**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/zypper-ref/29989/2 "2017-06-27T16:01:23Z")
Just a few things to refine this a bit: Is it safe to assume that the LPAR is also SLES 12 SP2, not just the SMT software on top of it? That is probably implied, but I do not know it for sure so figured i would ask. Has this ever worked before from this box, or are these both newly-added repositories (vs. ones that worked and today do not work)? Have you tried loading those URIs in a web browser to see if they show anything valid at all? Do you have other SMT systems with which you could compare? Not being an SMT guru I do no know if the URI should go all of the way to the ‘product’ directory or stop at the OS level, or whatever. If no helpful responses show up in the next few days, you may have better luck getting SMT help in the forum for applications, or installation, or configuration, or something. I do not think SMT has its own, but more people frequent those areas than the System X area, and I would guess this is not an issue specific to System Z as much as SMT. – Good luck. If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below. If you want to send me a private message, please let me know in the forum as I do not use the web interface often. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/zypper-ref/29989/3 "2017-06-27T16:06:56Z")
Hi and welcome to the Forum 🙂 Is the system running btrfs filesystem, if so, have a look at this TID; [https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7017376](https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7017376) ---
**Author:** ![fidlinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/958977/32.png) [@fidlinux](https://forums.suse.com/u/fidlinux)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/zypper-ref/29989/4 "2017-06-27T16:36:19Z")
Host server running on LPAR is SLES12 SP2 We have SMT working on a different environment (z/VM v6.3 with SLES11 SP4 guests) and that particular set of repositories works with no problem. The SLES11 server still points to NCC rather than SCC. ---
**Author:** ![fidlinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/958977/32.png) [@fidlinux](https://forums.suse.com/u/fidlinux)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/zypper-ref/29989/5 "2017-06-27T17:41:15Z")
We found our problem. We changed the default location of the downloaded mirrored files in smt.conf. needed to add a symbolic link in /srv/www/htcdocs/repo pointing to the new location Thanks to everyone who replied. ---
**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/zypper-ref/29989/6 "2017-06-27T18:04:04Z")
On 06/27/2017 08:44 AM, fidlinux wrote:[color=blue] > We found our problem. We changed the default location of the downloaded > mirrored files in smt.conf. > needed to add a symbolic link in /srv/www/htcdocs/repo pointing to the > new location[/color] Great explanation; thank-you for providing the resolution as it will probably help others in the future. – Good luck. If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, show your appreciation and click on the star below. If you want to send me a private message, please let me know in the forum as I do not use the web interface often.