[rhn-users] Patching Red Hat servers

[West, Brian]

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Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Patching Red Hat servers


West, Brian wrote:
> We have recently introduced Linux into our environment and so I'm 
> wondering how others are handling the process of patching systems ?
>  
> It seems that RedHat Satellite Server would do it but for less than 10

> servers it's a very expensive solution and one that our company won't 
> buy. If I understand Proxy Server correctly that only avoids a server 
> making a direct connection to RHN but rather to some other system.
for such few servers why avoid making a direct connection to RHN?  
but when it comes time to patch the production system how do I patch it
to match the test system ?