<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server">  <style></style> </head> <body> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <div>All, </div> <div> </div> <div>I have a spacewalk setup where I have the following channels sync’d, I refer to these as my master channels. Other than the base channel they are sync’d on a regular basis.</div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>5 Latest</div> <div>6 Latest</div> <div>5.5 Install Media (base)</div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">5.5 Patch</span></font></span></font></div> <div>6.5 Install Media (base)</div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">6.5 Patch</span></font></span></font></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>I have channels that I “distribute” to my clients via activation keys they are as follows:</div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;">5.5 Base</div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"> 5.5 Patch (Security Only)</div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"> 5 Latest (Security Only) –to-date=2011-01-12</div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"> </div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"> </div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;">6.5 Base</div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"> 6.5 Patch (Security Only)</div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"> 6 Latest (Security Only) –to-date=2011-01-12</div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>At present using the clone-by-date command prevents the latest channel to upgrade to the next release, for example 5.5 to 5.6 or from 6.5 to 6.6. </div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>Was curious how you all get those latest packages distributed to your machines and prevent the revision or “dot” upgrades. There are some updates that are not published in the patch channel but are in the latest channel.</div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>Thanks</div> <div> </div> <div>WR</div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></font></div> </span></font> </body> </html>