[Spacewalk-list] How to properly setup Solaris Channels

Fri Nov 14 16:02:03 UTC 2014

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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>>> *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
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>>> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] How to properly setup Solaris Channels
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>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
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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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