[rhn-users] Re: Upgrade from 7.3 to EL3, up2date shows wrong version

Thu May 5 07:48:00 UTC 2005

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all your advise, however my /etc/release shows "Red Hat Linux
release ES 3" and both up2date --hardware and up2date --p don't seem to make
a change.

Help!!

Thanks in advance.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Upgrade from 7.3 to EL3, up2date shows wrong version
      (GREG WOJTAK)
   2. Re: up2date (Doctor Khumalo)
   3. RE: Upgrade from 7.3 to EL3, up2date shows wrong version
      (Doerbeck, Christoph)
   4. Re: Upgrade from 7.3 to EL3, up2date shows wrong version
      (Mihai Ibanescu)
   5. Re: up2date (Marty Merrick)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 07:40:16 -0500
From: "GREG WOJTAK" <GWOJTAK at salliemae.com>
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Upgrade from 7.3 to EL3, up2date shows wrong
	version
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Check /etc/redhat-release

>>> cm at metrocomia.co.ke 5/4/2005 4:00:31 AM >>>
HI,

I recently upgraded from Redhat 7.3 to Enterprise 3. When I try to register
the server it reports the server as version 7.3, however running "uname -a"
returns the right information. 

Is seems this information is stored somewhere on the server, any ideas
where?

In advance Thanks.

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 12:48:08 +0000
From: "Doctor Khumalo" <doctortechie at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] up2date
To: rhn-users at redhat.com
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>From Red Hat's point of view, is this legal?

I can't imagine they would be happy to have one paid/subscribed user dishing
out free RPMs to people.

At the moment, I'm not using yum per se, but rather altered the
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file so that up2date is set to point to yum dag
http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/$ARCH/dag.

>From: James Harrison <jamesaharrisonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
>Reply-To: Red Hat Network Users List <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>To: Red Hat Network Users List <rhn-users at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: [rhn-users] up2date
>Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 14:34:36 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Yup.
>
>This is a very rough outline:
>
>Use the server as a machine to download updates.
>
>You need to setup up2date to keep the RPMS when it exits.
>
>once you have a repository set up nfs on the server to share out your 
>repostitory dir.
>
>On the workstation machines use yum to get the upates from the nfs share. 
>You
>will need to download yum.
>
>Good luck
>
>--- Doctor Khumalo <doctortechie at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone know how the licensing subscription works for a 
> > satellite server?
> >
> > I have Linux server that will run Enterprise 4 shortly and behind 
> > that machines lies several workstations (around 50) all off which 
> > will need
>to
> > get the RPM/kernel updates. Do I have to pay for support for all 50 
> > workstations or can I just set up one satellite server to download 
> > the latest up2date RPM's and then act as a proxy for the workstations?
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 08:49:34 -0400
From: "Doerbeck, Christoph" <Christoph.Doerbeck at FMR.COM>
Subject: RE: [rhn-users] Upgrade from 7.3 to EL3, up2date shows wrong
	version
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If I'm not mistaken, on the client run ...

up2date --hardware

although I typically also run

up2date -p

That should fix the hardware & software profile.

Christoph 

-----Original Message-----
From: GREG WOJTAK [mailto:GWOJTAK at salliemae.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:40 AM
To: rhn-users at redhat.com
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Upgrade from 7.3 to EL3, up2date shows wrong
version

Check /etc/redhat-release

>>> cm at metrocomia.co.ke 5/4/2005 4:00:31 AM >>>
HI,

I recently upgraded from Redhat 7.3 to Enterprise 3. When I try to
register
the server it reports the server as version 7.3, however running "uname
-a"
returns the right information. 

Is seems this information is stored somewhere on the server, any ideas
where?

In advance Thanks.

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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 09:36:03 -0400
From: Mihai Ibanescu <misa at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Upgrade from 7.3 to EL3, up2date shows wrong
	version
To: Red Hat Network Users List <rhn-users at redhat.com>
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On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 07:40:16AM -0500, GREG WOJTAK wrote:
> Check /etc/redhat-release

To be more exact, up2date looks for the version of the package providing
"redhat-release". So:

rpm -q --whatprovides redhat-release

If it still says 7.3, that's the reason.

Hope this helps.
Misa

> >>> cm at metrocomia.co.ke 5/4/2005 4:00:31 AM >>>
> HI,
>  
> I recently upgraded from Redhat 7.3 to Enterprise 3. When I try to
> register
> the server it reports the server as version 7.3, however running "uname
> -a"
> returns the right information. 
>  
> Is seems this information is stored somewhere on the server, any ideas
> where?
>  
> In advance Thanks.
>  
> 
> 
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 11:53:39 -0400
From: Marty Merrick <MMerrick at idleaire.com>
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] up2date
To: Red Hat Network Users List <rhn-users at redhat.com>
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Take a look at https://www.redhat.com/software/rhn/table/ for more info
on this. Basically the way a Satellite server works is that it downloads
all the updates for what ever machines/OS's you have subscribed to it.
Your client machines are subscribed to the Satellite server, not
directly to RHN. It's one connection across the net to get all updates
vs. all your machines individually getting their own. There is a cost to
purchase the Satellite server, as well as an additional cost to
subscribe your machines to that server. Cost for the machines depends on
what modules you want, update, management, or provisioning.  The table
in the link above compares each of these as well as comparing
Architectures (Hosted, Proxy, or Satellite). Don't forget you will also
still have to pay the normal subscription fee for each machine. I
*think* that with Satellite server, Red Hat will (maybe for an extra
cost) send you CD's or DVD's of your updates as well. This is for highly
secure installations with no Internet access.

For more and better details call a RH sales rep.

Marty

On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 14:34 -0700, James Harrison wrote:
> Yup.
> 
> This is a very rough outline:
> 
> Use the server as a machine to download updates.
> 
> You need to setup up2date to keep the RPMS when it exits.
> 
> once you have a repository set up nfs on the server to share out your
> repostitory dir.
> 
> On the workstation machines use yum to get the upates from the nfs share.
You
> will need to download yum.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> --- Doctor Khumalo <doctortechie at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone know how the licensing subscription works for a satellite 
> > server?
> > 
> > I have Linux server that will run Enterprise 4 shortly and behind that 
> > machines lies several workstations (around 50) all off which will need
to 
> > get the RPM/kernel updates. Do I have to pay for support for all 50 
> > workstations or can I just set up one satellite server to download the 
> > latest up2date RPM's and then act as a proxy for the workstations?
> > 
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! 
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