[Spacewalk-list] upgrade from 1.9 to 2.0 questions

[Brian Millett]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:36:06 -0400
"Boyd, Robert" <Robert.Boyd at peoplefluent.com> wrote:

> Another note about updating to 2.0.   I just noticed also that the clients I
> updated so far have a nice change on them. Before with the 1.7 client on
> them I would always see this message:
> 
> "This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can
> use subscription-manager to register."
> 
> It was possible to remove the subscription-manager to get this to stop.
> But that's such a bother.   Now after updating to 2.0 I see this instead:
> 
> "This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or Red Hat Satellite."
> 
> Robert Boyd
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Boyd, Robert Sent:
> Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:23 PM To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] upgrade from 1.9 to 2.0 questions
> 
> Brian,
> 
> You can update the channel / repository info to point to the 2.0 location.
> I just did this in the last couple of days.   And you will need to resync it
> or wait for your scheduled sync to run.  
> 
> Once the sync(s) complete you can see what needs to be updated on a
> particular client -- just do the ordinary yum check-update.
> 
> You don't need to update the spacewalk-client-repo because you only use that
> when not subscribed to the client packages via a channel.
> 
> If you do yum update all of the relevant packages will be handled.
> 
> Robert Boyd


Thanks!  Went better than I had hoped!

-- 
Brian Millett
"A stroke of the brush does not guarantee art from the bristles."
   -- [ Kosh, "Deathwalker"]