[rhelv6-list] No Redhat network this AM?

[Hugh Brown]

>
> Also, I don't like this single point of failure.  If we come in to do
> maintenance, and
> the update service is offline, there are no alternative mirrors I am aware of.
>
> --Donald

In the past, we would do a "yum --downloadonly -y update" before a 
planned maintenance window so that all of the packages would be local to 
the box that needed to be patched.  You have to have the 
yum-plugin-downloadonly package installed for that to work.

Another alternative is to buy the Satellite service and then you have a 
local version of RHN.

Hugh