Managing the Provisioning Repository

Use the two panels of the Repository sub-tab to view and manage PAR files and their bundles.

• The Repository Contents panel displays a list of the PAR files currently available in the Repository.

• The Bundles in PAR N subpanel displays the bundles within a PAR file.

This section covers the following topics:

• Viewing the List of PAR Files

• Viewing Bundles in the Provisioning Repository

• Displaying an Individual Bundle

• Removing Bundles from the Repository

Figure 1–10 shows the Repository sub-tab of the Provisioning tab.

Figure 1–10 Repository Sub-tab of Provisioning Tab

Viewing the List of PAR Files

The Repository Contents panel displays a list of the PAR files currently available in the provisioning repository. The list has the following columns:

• The ID column shows the number of the PAR file.

• The Date Uploaded column shows the date and time when the PAR file was uploaded to the provisioning repository.

• The Bundles column shows the number of bundles in the PAR file. The number is a link that you can click to display the bundles.

• The last column contains a Remove button for each PAR file.

You can view the contents of these files, and you can remove any or all of these PAR files.

Viewing Bundles in the Provisioning Repository

To view the bundles for a PAR file, click the number in the Bundles column of the Repository Contents subpanel.

A list of bundles appears in the Bundles in PAR N panel for the PAR file whose PAR number is N.

The Bundles list has the following columns:

• Name - lists the name of the bundle, displayed as a link. To display more information about the bundle, click the link. See Displaying an Individual Bundle for details.

• Version - lists the version of the bundle, if it has one.

• Vendor - lists the name of the company providing the bundle.

• Description - provides descriptive information about the contents of the bundle.

Displaying an Individual Bundle

To display more information about an individual bundle, click the bundle name link.

The Admin Console window is replaced by a window that displays the information. The display has the following rows:

• Bundle ID - provides a unique identifier identifying the bundle.

• Icon - displays a graphic image to identify the bundle.

• Bundle Type - describes the type of bundle. A MEP bundle is normally of the type APPLICATION.

• Preview - previews a bundle.

• Locales - shows the locales suitable for the bundle (for example, En for English, Fr for French, De for German, and so on).

• Description - provides a description of the bundle appropriate to the given locale.

• Version - provides the version number of the bundle.

• Content ID - provides the Content Identifier for the bundle, given in the content-id element of the provisioning descriptor.

• Catalog Properties - lists the properties used to classify the bundle. The bundle vendor may classify the bundle in a specific category.

• Requirements - describes the device capabilities needed to use this bundle (for example, the Screen Size, the Bits Per Pixel on the device, and so on).

• Vendor Info - provides information about the bundle provider.

• Descriptor File - provides a pointer to the provisioning descriptor file for the bundle (if there is any). For example, in the case of Java ME, the bundle refers to the URL of a JAD file.

• Copyright - displays the copyright notice for the bundle.

• Adapters - lists the adapters that can be used to deliver this bundle.

This page provides a Download button for each bundle. The Download button triggers a provisioning request, which can be used in several ways:

• If the bundle is an image, Download displays the image in your browser.

• If the bundle is a Java application and your browser is configured with the appropriate helper application - for example, Java Web Start or the Wireless Toolkit - Download starts up that application and deploys the bundle to it.

Click Back to return to the Admin Console window.

Removing Bundles from the Repository

To remove one or more bundles from the provisioning repository, use the Repository Contents panel as follows:

• To remove one PAR file from the provisioning repository, click the Remove link for that PAR file.

• To remove all the PAR files from the provisioning repository, click the Empty Repository button.

The files are removed from the repository, but they remain in the file system from which they were uploaded.