[Spacewalk-list] Update behavior for kernel updates?

[Dirk Hartel]

Same behavior as update via rpm (rpm -Uhv kernel.......)
Reboot is an additional step.

Cheers

Dirk

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From: "Mark Watts" <m.watts at linux-corner.info>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 7:13 PM
To: <spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Update behavior for kernel updates?

> On 03/04/2012 17:51, visinix the great wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm currently in the middle of setting up a spacewalk server. I've been
>> trying to find documentation on the behavior of updates, namely kernel
>> updates.
>>
>> Does spacewalk simply update the files, and server reboots become the
>> responsibility of the administrator? Or does / can spacewalk reboot the
>> server when needed, like doing kernel updates / OS updates?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
> Spacewalk does not automatically reboot servers as part of an update 
> procedure (as per standard yum behaviour).
>
> One can schedule a system reboot through Spacewalk as another action 
> though.
>
> Mark.
>
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