<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"></style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr"> <p>So, I resurrected the old server from the grave and copied the contents of "/var/cach/rhn/reposync/rhel-6-server-rpms" to "/var/cach/rhn/reposync/<span>content_dist_rhel_server_6_$releasever_$basearch_os" and ran a sync. The sync worked.</span></p> <p><span><br> </span></p> <p><span>The sync worked, but it caused a new error. A team member registered a Red Hat server just after I made these changes. The server registered, but with the following error:</span></p> <p><span><br> </span></p> <p><span><i></i><span><i>Bad id for repo: logstash 5.x, byte = 8</i></span><br> </span></p> <p><span><br> </span></p> <p><span>I'm guessing that something within the data that I copied over does not align with the repository on SW? </span></p> <p><span><br> </span></p> <p><span>Another thing that I noticed is that the directory structure in the old reposync directory is different than the new server. For example:</span></p> <p><span><br> </span></p> <p><span>OLD:</span></p> <p><span><span>/var/cache/rhn/reposync</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">/</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">centos-7-extra</span></p> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <p><span><span><span>/<span>centos-7-server-rpms</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span>/<span>centos-7-updae</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>/<span>centos_7_channel</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>/<span>centos_7_plus</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> NEW: <div>/var/cache/rhn/reposync<span style="font-size: 12pt;">/</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">centos_7_centosplus_x86_64_</span></div> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <div><span>/<span>centos_7_extras_x86_64_</span></span></div> <div><span><span>/<span>centos_7_os_x86_64_</span></span></span></div> <div><span><span><span>/<span>centos_7_updates_x86_64_</span></span></span></span></div> <div><span><span><span><span><br> </span></span></span></span></div> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> Is that a SW v2.3 vs. v2.6 change? <div><br> </div> <div>Thanks</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Daryl<br> <div><br> <br> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> on behalf of Daryl Rose <darylrose@outlook.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 8, 2016 10:32 AM<br> <b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>More questions:</p> <p><br> </p> <p>When I run "<span>spacewalk-repo-sync --channel=rhel-6-server-rpms", I get the error:</span></p> <p><span><br> </span></p> <p><span><i><span>ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: content_dist_rhel_server_6_$releasever_$basearch_os. Please verify its path and try again</span><br> </i></span></p> <br> What creates the content in "<span>/var/cache/rhn/reposync/content_dist_rhel_server_6_$releasever_$basearch_os"?</span> <div><br> </div> <div>All of the other channels that I created all have "<span>cachecookie, <span>packages, <span>primary.xml.gz, <span>primary.xml.gz.sqlite, <span>repomd.xml and <span>updateinfo.xml.gz". </span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <div><br> </div> <div>There must be a process that creates this content, but what, I'm not sure. How can I manually create this content?<span></span></div> <div><br> </div> <div>Thanks</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Daryl</div> <div><span></span><br> <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> on behalf of Daryl Rose <darylrose@outlook.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 8, 2016 9:26 AM<br> <b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>Quick update.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Poking around on Red Hat I found a doc that suggested that I look at the name in /etc/sysconfig/network and ensure that the hostname is FQDN and then run "<span>spacewalk-hostname-rename". Host name was not FQDN, so I renamed it, but b</span><span style="font-size:12pt">ecause I use a signed cert, will running </span><span style="font-size:12pt">spacewalk-hostname-rename cause a problem with that cert? </span></p> <p><span><span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><br> </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Thanks</span></span></p> <p><span><span><br> </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Daryl</span></span></p> <br> <br> <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> on behalf of Daryl Rose <darylrose@outlook.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 8, 2016 8:55 AM<br> <b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>Robert,</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Yes, the server is registered and has an active subscription with Red Hat. As a matter of fact, I just now re-registered to make sure that all is good. I can see from the command line subscription manager that the server is subscribed, and I confirmed that it is entitled. <span></span></p> <p><br> </p> <p>I use a "signed" cert so I'm wondering if the signed cert has something to do with this? However, I found a troubleshooting document on Red Hat that verifies that I am entitled and using the certificate provided by Red Hat to communicate back to them. </p> <div><br> </div> <div>Thank you</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Daryl</div> <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> on behalf of Robert Paschedag <robert.paschedag@web.de><br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 7, 2016 11:48 PM<br> <b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">I think you should check your entitlements. But I also don't know, how you could "manually" connect to the repo (with username/password or token inline in URL).<br> <br> Is your server listed as entitled within your RedHat account?<br> </div> </div> <div dir="ltr"> <hr> <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold">Von: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:darylrose@outlook.com">Daryl Rose</a></span><br> <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold">Gesendet: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">‎06.‎12.‎2016 17:26</span><br> <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold">An: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a></span><br> <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold">Betreff: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel</span><br> <br> </div> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> <p>I decided to try the sync from the command line. This time I received an error:</p> <p><br> </p> <p><i><span>ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: content_dist_rhel_server_6_6Server_x86_64_os_. Please verify its path and try again</span><br> </i></p> <div><br> </div> The path came out of the redhat.repo file that came from Red Hat when I registered the server. Its the same path that was used on the previous server. <div><br> </div> <div>Any suggestions?</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Thank you.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Daryl</div> <div><br> <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <hr tabindex="-1" style="width:98%; display:inline-block"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> on behalf of Daryl Rose <darylrose@outlook.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 5, 2016 3:00 PM<br> <b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parent channel</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> <p>I just realized that the last Red Hat errata for RHEL 6.x is from August. I looked at the sync logs and it doesn't appear that anything is syncing at all from the RHEL channel. </p> <p><br> </p> <p>I just recently migrated to a physical server. I successfully registered the server and attached an entitlement to the server. If I run "yum update" on the server, it lists latest updates from the RHEL channel. </p> <p><br> </p> <p>This is what I see in the reposync log:</p> <p><i><br> </i></p> <p><i></i></p> <div><i>2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Command: ['/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync', '--channel', 'rhel-6-server-rpms', '--type', 'yum']</i></div> <div><i>2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Sync of channel started.</i></div> <div><i>2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Repo URL: https:<rhel 6 rpm channel></i></div> <div><i>2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Sync of channel completed in 0:00:00.</i></div> <br> <p></p> <p>If I haven't received any syncs since August, then this broke long before I migrated to the physical server.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Any thoughts?</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Daryl</p> <p><br> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>