[Spacewalk-list] How to properly setup Solaris Channels

Fri Nov 14 17:23:16 UTC 2014

Sorry, Daryl!

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On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <
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> Daryk
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> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Daryl Rose <rosede12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Waldirio,
>>
>> I just realized that the example that you provided me was a channel and
>> repositories.  That is exactly how I have the CentOS channel setup.  A
>> single channel with three repositories.
>>
>> Solaris doesn't have repositories that I can draw from that is why I am
>> adding the packages and patches to the channel(s).
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Daryl
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <
>> waldirio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Daryl, good afternoon
>>>
>>> Sure, no problem. Take a look in
>>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2014-October/msg00222.html
>>> .
>>>
>>> You can create in your environment different's base channels, for
>>> example:
>>>
>>> B centos6.4
>>>
>>> B centos6.5
>>>
>>> B centos6.6
>>>
>>> You can subscribe your client just in one Base Channel, only centos6.4
>>> or centos6.5 or centos6.6, although you can use epel, flash, vmwaretools,
>>> so you can create child channels, like example bellow:
>>>
>>> B centos6.4
>>>      | -- epel_6_x86-64
>>>      | -- vmware_tools_6_x86-64
>>>      | -- xpto_6_x86-64
>>>
>>> B centos6.5
>>>
>>> B centos6.6
>>>
>>> Now, if you have you client subscribed in centos6.4, you can sign too
>>> child channels (epel, vmware and xpto).
>>>
>>> Make sense to you ?!
>>>
>>> Let me know !!
>>>
>>> B'Regards
>>>
>>>
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>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Daryl Rose <rosede12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Waldirio,
>>>>
>>>> Would you please clarify that comment?  Are you telling me to create a
>>>> base channel and a child channel, and then subscribe to the child channel?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Daryl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <
>>>> waldirio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Daryl
>>>>>
>>>>> Child channel yes, Base channel no!
>>>>>
>>>>> Take care
>>>>> Em 13/11/2014 17:43, "Daryl Rose" <rosede12 at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Can I register the same client to two different channels?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Daryl
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Ethan Bonick <
>>>>>> ethan.bonick at truqua.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You shouldn’t have to do that. I have mine set up as separate
>>>>>>> channels on CentOS and they work independently. I would try out the Solaris
>>>>>>> if I had the time, but I don’t. I also don’t know Solaris really all that
>>>>>>> much, hopefully someone else can chime in.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Ethan Bonick** | Information Technology *
>>>>>>> *TruQua*
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
>>>>>>> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Daryl Rose
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:56 AM
>>>>>>> *To:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] How to properly setup Solaris
>>>>>>> Channels
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ethan,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To answer your questions, yes. Yes, I ran the rhn_check -vv on the
>>>>>>> client server, and yes the server had checked in.  So, the updates channel
>>>>>>> was a child of the base, so when I re-registered the client, it should have
>>>>>>> known about the child because it was part of the activation key.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've since blown away the base channel and the child channel and
>>>>>>> combined everything into a single channel. I know see that there are over
>>>>>>> 900 updates available, which should be pretty accurate, however, I don't
>>>>>>> like all of patches and packages intermixed.  It makes it difficult to
>>>>>>> figure out whats what.  however, that is how the CentOS channel is, all
>>>>>>> three repositories combined into a single large list, so maybe I just have
>>>>>>> to get used to it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Daryl
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Ethan Bonick <
>>>>>>> ethan.bonick at truqua.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you run an rhn_check or has the server checked in get to get
>>>>>>> the new channel config? My guess would be it doesn't know about the channel
>>>>>>> yet. When you re-registered did you make sure the child channel is
>>>>>>> subscribed to by the base channel? I know some of it is low level and you
>>>>>>> might have checked already, but never hurts to ask. Also did you remove the
>>>>>>> repo or just the channel?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Ethan Bonick | *Information Technology
>>>>>>> *TruQua*
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Daryl Rose <rosede12 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I initially setup Solaris, I did just a single channel just for
>>>>>>> patches.  However, I decided that I want to also have a base channel as
>>>>>>> well.  Currently, if I want to add a new package to a Solaris server, I
>>>>>>> have to either pop a dvd into the drive, or NFS an ISO image.  However,
>>>>>>> this is what SW is for.  A repository of all of the packages, plus updates
>>>>>>> that may need to be applied.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I made a new base channel and imported all of the installation
>>>>>>> packages into it.   However, I already had an update channel with a system
>>>>>>> assigned to it.  What I am trying to figure out is; what is the correct way
>>>>>>> to set up the two channels?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I removed the updates channel, and recreated it as a child of the
>>>>>>> base channel.  I had previously removed the subscribed system, so I
>>>>>>> resubscribed to the base channel.  There are over 2000 packages in the base
>>>>>>> channel, and 381 in the updates channel.  I thought that once I
>>>>>>> resubscribed the server to the base/child updates channel, I would see
>>>>>>> needed updates. I know that there should be 80 updates needed on this
>>>>>>> server, however, SW tells me that the system is up to date.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I setup the CentOS Channel, I created three repositories:
>>>>>>>  Base, Updates and Extra's.   All three are then assigned to the CentOS
>>>>>>> channel.  There are now over 8000 packages available for the CentOS
>>>>>>> server.  Is best practice to put *ALL *base packages and updates
>>>>>>> together in a single channel so that way the Solaris server can see
>>>>>>> everything?  Why doesn't the client server see the child channel and SW
>>>>>>> tell me that it needs updates?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Daryl
>>>>>>>
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