[Spacewalk-list] Problem with Client

[Pradeep Kilambi]

Frank Paulick wrote:
> Hi
>
> running rhn_check kind of solved the problem.
> i thougt sceduling the update job on the server would automatically 
> transfer all required packages to the to be updated system and start 
> the update.
> is there a way to do this ?
>

yep rhnsd polls the scheduled events every 4 hours by default. But if 
you want it pick asap, install osad on your client. That should pick 
your actions automatically.


> running rhn_check manually on every client ins't an option in larger 
> environments
> is there a status logfile on the server regarding planed jobs ?
>
> kind regards
> Frank
>
> Pradeep Kilambi schrieb:
>> Frank Paulick wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> i installed spacewalk on centos 5.1 following the instructions on
>>> https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/UserDocs
>>>
>>> in the spacewalk server i configured 2 "main" channels
>>> one for centos 5 i386 and one for centos 5 x86_64
>>> each main channel has 2 child channels (updates and extras)
>>>
>>> i downloaded all centos 5.1 packages and updates and pushed them into 
>>> the spacewalk server in the corresponding channels.
>>>
>>> i installed 2 clients with centos 5.1.
>>> one with i386, one with x86_64
>>> after installing the client packages from 
>>> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lrsmith/Spacewalk/
>>> i registered both clients.
>>>
>>> until there everything worked fine.
>>>
>>> updating the systems via commandline (yum) works fine.
>>> when i try to update the systems from spacewalk i can select which 
>>> packages to update and the job is being sceduled.
>>> but then nothing else happens.
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> On your clients /var/log/up2date is probably the only log file you can 
>> get some info. Also did you try running rhn_check manually on the client 
>> after scheduling the action on the server? Also make sure you have 
>> yum-rhn-plugin installed on your clients.
>>
>> ~ Prad
>>
>>
>>   
>>> which logfiles can i check for errors (spacewalk server and client) ?
>>>
>>> -- 
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>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen - Kind regards
>>>
>>> Frank Paulick
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>
> Frank Paulick
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