[Spacewalk-list] Auto Errata Update

[Clifford Perry]

John Hodrien wrote:
> If I have a machine that needs updates, and I select Auto Errata Update 
> in the
> GUI, and next time it checks in it applies the updates.  If I leave it on
> that, and a new errata applies to the machine, nothing happens, and it 
> is not
> automatically updated.
> 
> Where do I start to debug this?  Taskomatic is running, and I'm getting 
> daily
> emails of activity, so I know it hooking up with the DB.
> 
> jh
> 
Is this a Spacewalk server? and you are publishing custom Errata to 
channels and thus systems registered to those channels?

Spacewalk has a background daemon called taskomatic, it is this daemons 
job to notice new errata and thus schedule the event for systems which 
have 'Auto Errata Update' selected to schedule an event for the system 
the next time it checks in to apply the Errata.

This is from memory on what should happen...
A new system when you select the 'Auto Errata Update' will do a one time 
en-mass events to apply all outstanding Errata. You can see this under 
the Event History for the system. Your system the next time it checks in 
picks up these events and installs all the packages associated with the 
Errata.

As time goes on new Errata is published into the channel (or sync'd via 
Satellite-sync) and one time Errata is scheduled as they come in.


So... sounds like 2nd part is not working.

Check /var/log/rhn/taskomatic* for the ErrataCache task and that it is 
running. If it not running, look at /etc/rhn/rhn.conf and 
/etc/rhn/default* for taskomatic config entries to confirm Errata Cache 
is listed as a task to run.

If it is running and not workng... humm.. :)

Code is spacewalk/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/task/ErrataCacheTask.java
and spacewalk/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/task/errata/

Guess see how far you get before going any further...

Cliff.


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Clifford Perry
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