[Spacewalk-list] satellite-sync does not import kickstarts.

[Stepan Rogov]

On 27.11.2012 16:53, Milan Zazrivec wrote:
>> On 27.11.2012 16:27, Milan Zazrivec wrote:
>>>> I run satellite-sync:
>>>> # satellite-sync --debug-level=6 --include-custom-channel -c
>>>> centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64
>>>> 12:43:08 Red Hat Network Satellite - live synchronization
>>>> 12:43:08    url: https://spacewalk.<censored>
>>>> 12:43:08    debug/output level: 6
>>>> 12:43:08    +++ Satellite synchronization tool checking in.
>>>> 12:43:08    +++ Entitled satellite validated.
>>>> 12:43:08    db:
>>>> spacewalk/<password>@dbname=spacewalk_db;host=127.0.0.1;port=5432
>>>> 12:43:08 Action list/commandline toggles: ['channels',
>>>> 'download-errata', 'download-packages', 'errata', 'packages', 'short',
>>>> 'kickstarts', 'channel-families', 'download-kickstarts', 'arches',
>>>> 'rpms']<snip>
>>>> ........................
>>>> <snip>
>>>> 12:43:10    p = previously imported/synced channel
>>>> 12:43:10    . = channel not yet imported/synced
>>>> 12:43:10    base-channels:
>>>> 12:43:10       p centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64          3357
>>>> full import from Thu Nov 15 16:03:44 2012
>>>> 12:43:10
>>>> 12:43:10
>>>> 12:43:10 Syncing Channel centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64 to Org 1
>>>> 12:43:10 Channel data complete
>>>> 12:43:10
>>>> 12:43:10 Retrieving short package metadata (used for indexing)
>>>> 12:43:10    Retrieving / parsing short package metadata:
>>>> centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64 (3357)
>>>> 12:43:18 Diffing package metadata (what's missing locally?):
>>>> centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64
>>>>
>>>>                ________________________________________
>>>>
>>>> Diffing:    ######################################## - complete
>>>> 12:43:24
>>>> 12:43:24 Downloading package metadata
>>>> 12:43:24    Retrieving / parsing *relevant* package metadata:
>>>> centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64 (NONE RELEVANT)
>>>> 12:43:24
>>>> 12:43:24 Downloading rpm packages
>>>> 12:43:24    Fetching any missing RPMs: centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64
>>>> (NONE MISSING)
>>>> 12:43:24 Processing rpm packages complete
>>>> 12:43:24
>>>> 12:43:24 Importing package metadata
>>>> 12:43:24    Importing *relevant* package metadata:
>>>> centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64 (NONE RELEVANT)
>>>> 12:43:24
>>>> 12:43:24 Linking packages to channels
>>>> 12:43:41
>>>> 12:43:41 Downloading errata data
>>>> 12:43:41    Retrieving / parsing errata data:
>>>> centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64 (NONE RELEVANT)
>>>> 12:43:41 Downloading errata data complete
>>>> 12:43:41
>>>> 12:43:41 Downloading kickstartable trees metadata
>>>> 12:43:41    Retrieving / parsing kickstart data:
>>>> centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64 (NONE RELEVANT)
>>>> 12:43:41
>>>> 12:43:41 Downloading kickstartable trees files
>>>> 12:43:41    Retrieving / parsing kickstart tree files:
>>>> centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64 (NONE RELEVANT)
>>>> 12:43:41
>>>> 12:43:41 Importing channel errata
>>>> 12:43:41 Importing 0 errata for channel centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64.
>>>> 12:43:41    Importing *relevant* errata: centos-5.4-non_updatable-x86_64
>>>> (NONE RELEVANT)
>>>> 12:43:41    No new kickstartable tree to import
>>>>
>>>>        Import complete:
>>>>            Begin time: Wed Nov 21 12:43:08 2012
>>>>            End time:   Wed Nov 21 12:43:41 2012
>>>>            Elapsed:    0 hours, 0 minutes, 33 seconds
>>>>
>>>> But kickstart from the primary server are not imported.
>>>> Why can this happen?
>>> By "kickstarts" -- do you mean kickstart profiles or kickstartable trees
>>> (i.e. distributions) ?
>>>
>>> -MZ
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>> Hi.
>> I mean both - kickstart profiles and Kickstartable Distributions.
>> Because one depends on another.
> Okay, none of those two will be exported / imported as a part of
> satellite-sync between two Spacewalks.
>
> RHN Satellite is able to synchronize kickstartable trees from Red Hat
> Network (official Red Hat content) or you can synchronize the official
> Red Hat content between two RHN Satellites, but what you want
> will not work for custom channels (and distributions).
>
> About kickstart profiles -- these are never being exported / imported
> during satellite-sync.
>
> -MZ
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Thanks a lot for explanation.
This is just what I wanted to know.

PS. It would be good in the future, the opportunity to fully synchronize 
content between two servers.