[Spacewalk-list] simple question about updates

[jason at monsterjam.org]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 04:20:02PM -0500, Jonathan DeHaan wrote:
> Jason,
> 
> Almost that simple. You also have to make sure your systems are subscribed to 
> your update channel, and then tell the systems to update. You can do the 
> update a variety of ways - remote command 'yum -y update', Systems -> Overview 
> -> {system} -> Software -> Packages -> Upgrade, create and deploy Errata for 
> your update, etc. 

ok, thanks for that info.. I created my "updates" channel and did a 
spacewalk-repo-sync to get the rpms into it. I got no errors uploading them btw.  then I sybscribed my system to it in spacewalk..
now when I try to check for updates, I get  
 
[root at old-neon ~]# yum check-update
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, rhnplugin, security
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: updates. Please verify its path and try again
[root at old-neon ~]# 

not sure if its related, but when I try to get the details on this system via the webpage @ 
/rhn/systems/details/Overview.do?sid=1000010020 

(ive verified that 1000010020  is the correct ID.
I get the dreaded ISE

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suggestions?

regards,
Jason