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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I guess for that question it really comes down to how you run
your business/venture. If you are more bleeding edge, you probably are syncing
your spacewalk/Satellite to bring down new packages nightly or weekly. If that’s
the case, then when you clients connect, they are probably getting the new
packages at that time. <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In a more conservative environment, you may be syncing only when
things change or when there are security updates out for your version, in that
case, you can decide when you want to have those updates synced to your servers
and thereby show up on your clients. I don’t believe that there is a
given best practices for every situation since every situation is different. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>With either product, you could run test channels and clones so
that you could test out every security and errata before deploying it to
clients, however that is a lot of overhead. We run our satellite to download
packages often and our clients get automatically updated. Very seldom do we see
issues with this setup. We are just starting with Spacewalk, so we haven’t
really decided on an update scheme yet. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Nicolas HAHN<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 27, 2009 12:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Spacewalk-list] Best practices ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Hi there,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I would like to know what are the best practices you use in your OS
deployments using Spacewalk or Rh Satellite.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I mean, when a new version of the OS is out (for exemple Centos 4.5 is out
en your systems are using 4.4), do you deploy new version immediately, or do
you wait some weeks or months to avoid potential stability problems ?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Also, what are the other Best practices you may use ?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I know this is a generic question<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thanks for your answers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Niconux<o:p></o:p></p>
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