[Spacewalk-list] Updating a machine after registering.

[puck at i29.net]

Could you try running rhn-profile-sync -vvv to get more output and post 
that back to the list?

Jem


Gerhardus.Geldenhuis at gta-travel.com wrote:
> Hi
> I am using the following versions on the client machine:
> rhn-profile-sync (Red Hat Network Client Tools) 0.4.17-8.el5
>
> rhn packages
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> rhnlib-2.2.5-1.el5
> yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.3-6.6
> rhn-check-0.4.17-8.el5
> rhnsd-4.6.1-1.el5
> rhn-setup-0.4.17-8.el5
> rhn-client-tools-0.4.17-8.el5
>
> which are running on Centos5 2.6.18-92.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Jun 10 19:20:18
> EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> The dates are synced properly. Running rhn-profile-sync gives the
> following error:
> Updating package profile...
> Updating hardware profile...
> Error reading hardware information: dbus_bindings.DBusException
> Error reading dmi info : dbus_bindings.DBusException
>
> So it appears to be working for package profile but not for the hardware
> profile. It does not however update the package profile on the spacewalk
> server. 
>
> How do I check if there is an incompatibility between the base channel
> of the activation key used for registration and the system I am trying
> to update?
>
> Regards 
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Pradeep Kilambi [mailto:pkilambi at redhat.com] 
>> Sent: 21 October 2008 18:57
>> To: Gerhardus Geldenhuis (GTA-LON)
>> Cc: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Updating a machine after registering.
>>
>> What version of client are you registering to spacewalk server? if 
>> RHEL/CentOS-5 you can run 'rhn-profile-sync' and update your package 
>> profile info on the server. Also make sure rhnsd is running 
>> and date is 
>> synced correctly. Yes osad is an option if you want your 
>> actions to be 
>> picked up immediately. Else rhnsd should do that automatically in 
>> regular intervals.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>     
>
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