<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>Paul,</p> <p><br> </p> <p>You are correct. It appears that the upstream repo pruned their packages. If I were to remove the old channel, the packages currently in that channel would become orphaned, correct? Can I then import them into the new channel?</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Daryl</p> <p><br> </p> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="x_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 Paul Robert Marino <prmarino1@gmail.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 18, 2017 2:51 PM<br> <b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] How to fix typo in channel label?</font> <div> </div> </div> </div> <font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <div class="PlainText">it may be that the upstream source has pruned its repo.<br> in that canes try to copy the channel instead.<br> here is an article on RedHat's site that describes a few options<br> <a href="https://access.redhat.com/solutions/42232" id="LPlnk849436" previewremoved="true">https://access.redhat.com/solutions/42232</a> <div id="LPBorder_GT_14847772341270.11296119406385974" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id="LPContainer_14847772341270.15170453003437157" cellspacing="0" style="width: 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200);"> <tbody> <tr valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px;"> <td id="TextCell_14847772341270.6998731848562287" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;"> <div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_14847772341270.44235004434727365"></div> <div id="LPTitle_14847772341270.2894112269964564" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: normal; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> <a id="LPUrlAnchor_14847772341270.8681483300465167" href="https://access.redhat.com/solutions/42232" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;">How to create a custom cloned channel from a specific ...</a></div> <div id="LPMetadata_14847772341270.4640477724937473" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> access.redhat.com</div> <div id="LPDescription_14847772341270.2591942725221623" style="display: block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"> Environment. Red Hat Satellite 5.3 and later; spacewalk-create-channel; spacewalk-clone-by-date; Issue. How to create a channel from a specific update level of a release?</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br> <br> note the article is based on RHN Satellite 5 so some of the paths may<br> be different but spacewalk is the upstream code base for it so its<br> essentially correct.<br> <br> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Daryl Rose <darylrose@outlook.com> wrote:<br> > Avi,<br> ><br> ><br> > The steps that you provided work great, with one exception. The original<br> > channel has over 3000 packages, while the new channel has only 752. Why<br> > wouldn't the new channel get all 3000?<br> ><br> ><br> > I didn't know if there was some kind of conflict between the two channels,<br> > so I disconnected the old channel from the repo and ran a new sync. The<br> > sync came back and said there wasn't anything new to sync.<br> ><br> ><br> > Thoughts?<br> ><br> ><br> > Thank you.<br> ><br> ><br> > Daryl<br> ><br> ><br> > ________________________________<br> > From: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com><br> > on behalf of Avi Miller <avi.miller@oracle.com><br> > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 1:50 PM<br> > To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> > Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] How to fix typo in channel label?<br> ><br> > Hi,<br> ><br> > On 19 Jan 2017, at 2:13 am, Daryl Rose <darylrose@outlook.com> wrote:<br> ><br> > If I blow away the current channel and recreate it, do I have to blow away<br> > the repository as well? Can I keep the repo and just link them back up?<br> > How about the three systems that I currently have registered to the channel,<br> > do I have to re-register them?<br> ><br> ><br> > You don't have to blow away the repository and you'll find that syncing is<br> > (almost) a no-op on the initial run because the packages already exist<br> > locally. They'll just get added to the new channel.<br> ><br> > You do not need to re-register the systems either. Just switch them to the<br> > new channel (if it is a base channel) or remove the old and add the new<br> > channel (if it is a child).<br> ><br> > So, the simplest option is actually to add a new channel (with the right<br> > name) and assign the repo and run the sync and then switch the clients.<br> > You'll find it's both pretty quick and pretty low risk.<br> ><br> > Note that I would create the new channel and switch all the clients and make<br> > sure it all works before deleting the old channel. 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