<html><body> If you would like to set up a management server and remotely manage packages too include bios updates, software, power commands - turning systems on, off, and resetting I would recommend xCAT it is IBM software free to the public. xCAT is written in pearl so you can modify it for your particular applications. It is intended for clustering but can be used for a variety of admin tasks. xcat.org Shadd Gallegos WW e1350 Linux Cluster Development Interface to Manufacturing ShaddGa@us.ibm.com Desk 919-543-4258 Cell 919-602-0001 T/L 8-441-4258 <img src="cid:10__=08BBFAA4DFFBE0218f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" width="16" height="16" alt="Inactive hide details for "Trice Dennis D" <TriceDennisD@JohnDeere.com>">"Trice Dennis D" <TriceDennisD@JohnDeere.com> <table V5DOTBL=true width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"><td width="1%"><img src="cid:20__=08BBFAA4DFFBE0218f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" height="1" width="72" alt=""> </td><td style="background-image:url(cid:30__=08BBFAA4DFFBE0218f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com); background-repeat: no-repeat; " width="1%"><img src="cid:20__=08BBFAA4DFFBE0218f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" height="1" width="225" alt=""> <ul> <ul> <ul> <ul>"Trice Dennis D" <TriceDennisD@JohnDeere.com> Sent by: rhn-users-bounces@redhat.com 07/07/2005 10:42 AM Please respond to Red Hat Network Users List</ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </td><td width="100%"><img src="cid:20__=08BBFAA4DFFBE0218f9e8a93df938@us.ibm.com" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""> To: rhn-users@redhat.com cc: Subject: FW: [rhn-users] Package installer</td></tr> </table> <tt> Jim, does this method allow me to log on a master server and push the patches out to client machines? Or do I have to log on to each client and get the patches from the master server(or repository). -----Original Message----- From: rhn-users-bounces@redhat.com [<a href="mailto:rhn-users-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:rhn-users-bounces@redhat.com</a>] On Behalf Of Trice, Jim Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:29 PM To: Red Hat Network Users List Subject: RE: [rhn-users] Package installer Dennis, What I do is set up my own yum repository. I set up apache on one linux box. Copy all the rpm files from the latest base distribution into the "base" directory and copy any update rpm files into the update directory. Run "createrepo ./" from </tt><tt><a href="http://linux.duke.edu/projects/metadata/generate/">http://linux.duke.edu/projects/metadata/generate/</a></tt><tt> in each of the directories to generate the metadata. Install yum on each of the linux clients and point the /etc/yum.conf to my apache server. I can either run "yum update" periodically or manually. (note the only trick to compiling yum was to "make DESTDIR=/") This gives me the flexibility I need. I can create more than one repo if I want to test things on development boxes before putting into production or I can leave out rpms that I know cause trouble. For example, the latest apache update caused problems for my tomcat servers so I just leave the httpd update rpm out of my repo. Download yum sources from </tt><tt><a href="http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.2/">http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.2/</a></tt><tt>. Jim Trice > -----Original Message----- > From: rhn-users-bounces@redhat.com > [<a href="mailto:rhn-users-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:rhn-users-bounces@redhat.com</a>] On Behalf Of Trice Dennis D > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:55 PM > To: rhn-users@redhat.com > Subject: [rhn-users] Package installer > > Does Redhat offer a package that allows me to push patches to other > servers/workstation in my environment? > > I thought up2date could handle it but it looks like up2date only does > pulls. Where I have to log into each server/workstation and run > up2date to pull the patches. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rhn-users mailing list > rhn-users@redhat.com > </tt><tt><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a></tt><tt> _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list rhn-users@redhat.com </tt><tt><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a></tt><tt> _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list rhn-users@redhat.com </tt><tt><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users</a></tt><tt> </tt> </body></html>