EZ Template Management Utilities

The following utilities can be used to perform EZ templates-related operations:

vzmktmpl . This utility is used to create OS and application EZ templates.
vzpkgproxy . This utility is used to set up a caching proxy server meant for handling your OS and application EZ templates.
vzrhnproxy . This utility is used to set up a Red Hat Network (RHN) Proxy Server meant for handling the packages included in the RHEL 4 OS EZ template.
vzmtemplate . This utility is used to migrate the installed OS EZ templates from the Source Server to the Destination Server. Detailed information on this utility is provided in the vzmtemplate subsection .
vzpkg . This utility is used to perform to manage OS and application EZ templates either inside your Containers or on the server itself. This tool can also be used to manage standard software packages (e.g. the mysql.rpm package) inside a Container. The syntax of vzpkg is:
vzpkg command [ options ] < CT_ID >

vzpkg --help

Where command can be one of the following:

`install template`	Used to install OS and application EZ templates on the server.
`update template`	Used to update OS and application EZ templates installed on the server.
`remove template`	Used to remove OS and application EZ templates from the server.
`list`	Used to list EZ templates or software packages either on the server or inside a particular Container.
`info`	Used to get information on any EZ templates or software packages available on the server or inside the Container.
`status`	Used to display the updates for the packages installed inside the Container.
`install`	Used to add application EZ templates to or to install software packages inside the Container.
`update`	Used to update application EZ templates and software packages inside the Container.
`link`	Used to replace the real application files inside your Container(s) with the symlinks to the same files on the server.
`remove`	Used to remove application EZ templates or software packages from the Container.
`create cache`	Used to create a tarball (cache) for the given OS EZ template.
`update cache`	Used to update the existing tarball (cache) for the given OS EZ template.
`remove cache`	Used to remove a tarball (cache) for the given OS EZ template.
`localinstall`	Used to install a software package inside a Container from the corresponding file on the server.
`localupdate`	Used to update the software packages installed inside your Container(s) by means of the `vzpkg install` or `vzpkg localinstall` commands.
`upgrade`	Used to upgrade an OS EZ template the Container is based on to a newer version.
`fetch`	Used to download packages included in EZ templates to the server and to store them in the `vzpkg` local cache.
`clean`	Used to remove all locally cached data from the template directories on the server.
`update metadata`	Used to update the local metadata on the server.

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