<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Yes. '--disconnected' solved the problem. It's configured and run fine now.<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I made a mistake by using '</span><font color="Blue">spacewalk-setup disconnect' (without --).<br></font></div><div><br>Thanks.<br> <br></div><div>nz<br><br></div>  <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1">  <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Milan Zazrivec <mzazrivec@redhat.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 31, 2012 2:41:19 PM<br> <b><span
 style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] Final step of configuration: Remote activation failure.<br> </font> </div> <br>On Tuesday 31 July 2012 20:14:45 <a ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a> wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>> <br>> I was close, but failed at the final step of configuration. Please help!<br>> Thank you much in advance!<br>> <br>> Here is the final step of configuration:<br>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ----------- # spacewalk-setup<br>> ** Database: Setting up database connection for PostgreSQL backend.<br>> Hostname (leave empty for local)? 10.10.10.10<br>> Port [5432]?<br>> Database? spacewalk<br>> Username? postgres<br>> Password? [root password]<br>> ** Database: Populating database.<br>> *** Progress: ##################################<br>> * Setting up users and
 groups.<br>> ** GPG: Initializing GPG and importing key.<br>> ** GPG: Creating /root/.gnupg directory<br>> You must enter an email address.<br>> Admin Email Address? root@localhost<br>> * Performing initial configuration.<br>> * Activating Spacewalk.<br>> ** Loading Spacewalk Certificate.<br>> ** Verifying certificate locally.<br>> ** Activating Spacewalk.<br>> There was a problem activating the satellite: Remote activation failure.<br>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ----------- # tail -50 /var/log/rhn/rhn_installation.log<br>> Installation log of Spacewalk<br>> Command: /usr/bin/spacewalk-setup<br>> Shutting down spacewalk services...<br>> Stopping RHN Taskomatic...<br>> RHN Taskomatic was not running.<br>> Stopping cobbler daemon: [FAILED]<br>> Stopping rhn-search...<br>> rhn-search was not running.<br>> Stopping httpd: [  OK 
 ]<br>> Stopping tomcat6: [  OK  ]<br>> Shutting down osa-dispatcher: [FAILED]<br>> Terminating jabberd processes ...<br>> Stopping router: [FAILED]<br>> Stopping sm: [FAILED]<br>> Stopping c2s: [FAILED]<br>> Stopping s2s: [FAILED]<br>> Done.<br>> Enabling spacewalk services...<br>> Done<br>> /root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg<br>> ------------------------<br>> pub   1024D/F24F1B08 2002-04-23 [expired: 2004-04-22]<br>> uid                  Red Hat, Inc (Red Hat Network)<br>> <<a ymailto="mailto:rhn-feedback@redhat.com" href="mailto:rhn-feedback@redhat.com">rhn-feedback@redhat.com</a>> gpg: key F24F1B08: "Red Hat, Inc (Red Hat<br>> Network) <<a ymailto="mailto:rhn-feedback@redhat.com" href="mailto:rhn-feedback@redhat.com">rhn-feedback@redhat.com</a>>" not changed gpg: Total number<br>> processed: 1<br>> gpg:         
     unchanged: 1<br>> /var/lib/rhn/rhn-satellite-prep/etc/rhn/cluster.ini<br>> /var/lib/rhn/rhn-satellite-prep/etc/rhn/rhn.conf.orig<br>> /var/lib/rhn/rhn-satellite-prep/etc/rhn/rhn.conf<br>> /var/lib/rhn/rhn-satellite-prep/etc -> /etc<br>> /var/lib/rhn/rhn-satellite-prep/etc/rhn -> /etc/rhn<br>> /var/lib/rhn/rhn-satellite-prep/etc/rhn/cluster.ini -> /etc/rhn/cluster.ini<br>>  * Making backup of /etc/rhn/cluster.ini to<br>> /etc/sysconfig/rhn/backup-2012-07-31-13:55/etc/rhn/cluster.ini<br>> /var/lib/rhn/rhn-satellite-prep/etc/rhn/rhn.conf -> /etc/rhn/rhn.conf *<br>> Making backup of /etc/rhn/rhn.conf to<br>> /etc/sysconfig/rhn/backup-2012-07-31-13:55/etc/rhn/rhn.conf RHN_PARENT:<br>> satellite.rhn.redhat.com<br>> Error reported from RHN: <Fault -211: 'Invalid channel'><br>> ERROR: unhandled XMLRPC fault upon remote activation: <Fault -211: 'Invalid<br>> channel'> ERROR:
 <Fault -211: 'Invalid channel'><br><br>You need to run spacewalk-setup with --disconnected option.<br><br>-MZ<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Spacewalk-list mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com">Spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list</a><br><br><br> </div> </div>  </div></body></html>