<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Paul,</div><div> </div><div>I am looking forward to using the new version of eva-direct-errata-sync.pl. Thank you!</div><div> </div><div>By the way, I've not found the log file for eva-direct-errata-sync.pl if there is a one. </div><div># perldoc eva-direct-errata-sync.pl | grep log # </div><div>nz </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"> <hr size="1"> From: Paul Robert Marino <prmarino1@gmail.com> To: fnwsa@yahoo.com; spacewalk-list@redhat.com Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 2:09:06 PM Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] eva-direct-errata-sync.pl -- easier than rhn-clone-errata.py </div> By the way ill update the documentation when I'm ready to upload the next version of the script with multi-base channel support. also for any one else interested in using it for other distributions like CentOS or Scientific Linux here is an example for Scientific Linux eva-direct-errata-sync.pl --sourceuser=username --destinationuser=username -r -c "rhel-x86_64-server-6" -C "sci-linux-6_2" -e RH -E SL6-64 -F week This will change RHSA to SL6-64SA and for CentOS channels the --rewritepackagereleasefrom el6 and --rewritepackagereleaseto el6.centos options are very important On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Paul Robert Marino <<a ymailto="mailto:prmarino1@gmail.com" href="mailto:prmarino1@gmail.com">prmarino1@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > go into Errata ->All and you should see them on the left side of the page > when you click on Errata it defaults to the Relevant view which is > only erratas that apply to your registered systems > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 8:56 AM, <<a ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: >> Thank you for the explanation, especially for (3). >> >> eva-direct-errata-sync.pl was running well in getting channel >> rhel-i386-server-5 and rhel-i386-as-4 that I got issues when using >> rhn-clone-errata.py. It took about 2 to 3 hours as you said. >> >> One question: If there is no rhel 5 i386 system added to Spacewalk, do the >> errata for this channel show in Spacewalk's Errata? I don't see them. >> >> Here is what I got from "perldoc eva-direct-errata-sync.pl": "-s >> satellite.example.org or --sourceserver satellite.example.org. The hostname >> of the errata source server. This option over rides the ERRATASRC >> environment variable. If neither this option or the environment variable are >> specified it defaults to access.redhat.com." So if the default source server >> is 'rhn.redhat.com', you may update the document. >> >> Great program. Thank you again for your contributions! >> >> nz >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Paul Robert Marino <<a ymailto="mailto:prmarino1@gmail.com" href="mailto:prmarino1@gmail.com">prmarino1@gmail.com</a>> >> To: <a ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>; <a ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a> >> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 1:04:34 PM >> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] eva-direct-errata-sync.pl -- easier than >> rhn-clone-errata.py >> >> I have 4 comments on how you're running it >> 1) The default for --sourceserver is rhn.redhat.com so you don't need >> to specify it unless you are syncing from an other spacewalk server. >> 2) The --verbose flag is for debugging only and its output is really >> not meant for normal use and may be disturbing if you don't understand >> it >> 3) After the initial sync adding a the --startfromprevious option >> really does speed it up >> >> That being said depending on how your database is tuned and how fast >> your box is it shouldn't take more than two or three hours for the >> initial sync to complete. >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:16 AM, <<a ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: >>> Thank Robert and Paul for your instructions. >>> >>> The eva-direct-errata-sync.pl is running now (don't know how long it will >>> take). See these: >>> >>> # perl eva-direct-errata-sync.pl >>> --sourceuser=rhnusername \ >>> --destinationuser=spacewalkusername \ >>> --sourcepassword=rhnpassword \ >>> --destinationpassword=spacewalkpassword \ >>> --sourcechannel=rhel-i386-server-5 \ >>> --destinationchannel=spacewalk_channel_rhel_5_i386 \ >>> --sourceserver=access.redhat.com \ >>> --destinationserver=localhost \ >>> --recursive \ >>> --verbose >>> No bugzilla url specified setting to the default >>> "<a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/</a>" >>> connecting to "<a href="https://access.redhat.com/rpc/api/" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/rpc/api/</a>" with username >>> "rhnusername" >>> 404 Not Found >>> >>> Change access.redhat.com to rhn.redhat.com in sourceserver. >>> >>> # perl eva-direct-errata-sync.pl >>> --sourceuser=rhnusername \ >>> --destinationuser=spacewalkusername >>> --sourcepassword=rhnpassword \ >>> --destinationpassword=spacewalkpassword \ >>> --sourcechannel=rhel-i386-server-5 \ >>> --destinationchannel=spacewalk_channel_rhel_5_i386 \ >>> --sourceserver=rhn.redhat.com \ >>> --destinationserver=localhost \ >>> --recursive \ >>> --verbose >>> running...... >>> >>> nz >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: "Boyd, Robert" <<a ymailto="mailto:Robert.Boyd@peoplefluent.com" href="mailto:Robert.Boyd@peoplefluent.com">Robert.Boyd@peoplefluent.com</a>> >>> To: "<a ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 5:09:44 PM >>> Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-list] rhn-clone-errata.py running issue >>> >>> To read the documentation do this> Perldoc <scriptname> >>> >>> Here is a sample invocation: >>> >>> less /usr/local/bin/spacewalk-errata-sync >>> source ~/.bash_profile >>> echo `date` Syncing Spacewalk Errata >>> #export FROMDATE=-F week >>> export FROMDATE="-D `/usr/local/bin/errata_end_date`" >>> export SYNCOPTIONS="--verbose --recursive ${FROMDATE}" >>> # ERRATA[SRC|DST][USER|PASS] are defined in .bash_profile >>> #echo syncing scientific linux >>> #time /path/to/scripts/eva-direct-errata-sync.pl --sourceuser=username >>> --destinationuser=username -r -c "rhel-x86_64-server-6" -C "sci-linux-6_2" >>> -e RH -E SL6 -F week >>> echo "Errata Sync Options: ${SYNCOPTIONS}" >>> echo `date` syncing RHEL 6 >>> time /usr/local/bin/eva-direct-errata-sync.pl >>> --sourcechannel=rhel-x86_64-server-6 >>> --destinationchannel=rhel-x86_64-server-6 ${SYNCOPTIONS} >>> echo `date` syncing RHEL 5 x86_64 >>> time /usr/local/bin/eva-direct-errata-sync.pl >>> --sourcechannel=rhel-x86_64-server-5 >>> --destinationchannel=rhel-x86_64-server-5 ${SYNCOPTIONS} >>> echo `date` syncing RHEL 4 x86_64 >>> time /usr/local/bin/eva-direct-errata-sync.pl >>> --sourcechannel=rhel-x86_64-es-4 --destinationchannel=rhel-x86_64-server-4 >>> ${SYNCOPTIONS} >>> echo `date` syncing RHEL 5 i386 >>> time /usr/local/bin/eva-direct-errata-sync.pl >>> --sourcechannel=rhel-i386-server-5 --destinationchannel=rhel-i386-server-5 >>> ${SYNCOPTIONS} >>> echo `date` syncing RHEL 4 i386 >>> time /usr/local/bin/eva-direct-errata-sync.pl >>> --sourcechannel=rhel-i386-es-4 >>> --destinationchannel=rhel-i386-server-4 ${SYNCOPTIONS} >>> >>> From: <a ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> >>> [mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>] On Behalf Of <a ymailto="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com" href="mailto:fnwsa@yahoo.com">fnwsa@yahoo.com</a> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:25 PM >>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a> >>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] rhn-clone-errata.py running issue >>> >>> Hi Paul, >>> >>> I've just downloaded your script eva-direct-errata-sync.pl and trying to >>> use >>> it. Is there a README or HowTo document that users can use? Thanks a lot! >>> >>> nz >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Spacewalk-list mailing list >>> <a ymailto="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com">Spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a> >>> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list</a> >> >> </div> </div> </div></body></html>