[Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel

[Daryl Rose]

I am running v2.6.  I had inadvertently upgraded to 2.6 when I stood up the new server.


I had upgraded the original server to v2.5.  When switching over, I installed SW thinking that it was v2.5 not realizing that v2.6 had just been published that day.  That did cause some initial issues with the database.  I figured out how to upgrade the database schema, and that resolved the issues that I was having.


All of the other repositories work, and update just fine, SLES SP3, SLES SP4 and CentOS.  Its only the RHEL repository that is having issues.


I have a work around in place, but only because I needed to get something working right now.  I copied the contents of /var/cache/rhn/repodata and /var/cache/rhn/reposyn from the original server to the new server.  That fixed the current issue, but that did not resolve the entire problem.  I have a team member that needs access to the repository NOW and this was the only way that I knew that I could work around the problem.


I did not run the spacewalk-rename command.  I don't remember who, but someone told me that could cause problems and break communication with the clients, and I don't want that to happen.


Once my team member is finished with the updates on the servers that he is working on, I'll try the steps that Chris Snyder posted and see if that is a more permanent fix.


Thank you for the replies and the suggestions.


Daryl

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From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> on behalf of Robert Paschedag <robert.paschedag at web.de>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 12:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel

I think, you really need up your server. Which one is running now? The old or the new one? Why did you copy some contents from A to B (maybe from different versions)?

Did you run the spacewalk-rename command or did you somewhere change the hostname (maybe within config files of spacewalk)?

What does "rhn_check -vvv" on a client say?



Am 14.12.2016 23:57 schrieb Daryl Rose <darylrose at outlook.com>:

Hello everyone,


I have not received any replies from my previous posting, so I thought that I would post an update hoping someone would see it and reply.


This error seems to go deeper than just syncing from Red Hat.  Server that are currently registered to the Spacewalk server are not able to access the RHEL repository on SW.  If issuing the "yum update" command, we receive the error:


Error: failed to retrieve repodata/primary.xml.gz from rhel-6-server-rpms
error was [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum


If I issue the "yum repolist" command, I only see "0" for packages.


So, this issue is larger that what I initially thought. Anyone have any thoughts or idea's?


Daryl

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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel


So,  I resurrected the old server from the grave and copied the contents of "/var/cach/rhn/reposync/rhel-6-server-rpms" to "/var/cach/rhn/reposync/content_dist_rhel_server_6_$releasever_$basearch_os" and ran a sync.  The sync worked.


The sync worked, but it caused a new error.  A team member registered a Red Hat server just after I made these changes.  The server registered, but  with the following error:


Bad id for repo: logstash 5.x, byte =   8


I'm guessing that something within the data that I copied over does not align with the repository on SW?


Another thing that I noticed is that the directory structure in the old reposync directory is different than the new server.  For example:


OLD:

/var/cache/rhn/reposync/centos-7-extra

/centos-7-server-rpms

/centos-7-updae

/centos_7_channel

/centos_7_plus


NEW:
/var/cache/rhn/reposync/centos_7_centosplus_x86_64_
/centos_7_extras_x86_64_
/centos_7_os_x86_64_
/centos_7_updates_x86_64_

Is that a SW v2.3 vs. v2.6 change?

Thanks

Daryl


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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel


More questions:


When I run "spacewalk-repo-sync --channel=rhel-6-server-rpms",  I get the error:


ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: content_dist_rhel_server_6_$releasever_$basearch_os. Please verify its path and try again

What creates the content in "/var/cache/rhn/reposync/content_dist_rhel_server_6_$releasever_$basearch_os"?

All of the other channels that I created all have "cachecookie, packages, primary.xml.gz, primary.xml.gz.sqlite, repomd.xml and updateinfo.xml.gz".

There must be a process that creates this content, but what, I'm not sure.  How can I manually create this content?

Thanks

Daryl

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Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 9:26 AM
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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel


Quick update.


Poking around on Red Hat I found a doc that suggested that I look at the  name in /etc/sysconfig/network and ensure that the hostname is FQDN and then run "spacewalk-hostname-rename".   Host name was not FQDN, so I renamed it, but because I use a signed cert, will running spacewalk-hostname-rename cause a problem with that cert?


Thanks


Daryl


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Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 8:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel


Robert,


Yes, the server is registered and has an active subscription with Red Hat.  As a matter of fact, I just now re-registered to make sure that all is good.   I can see from the command line subscription manager that the server is subscribed, and I confirmed that it is entitled.


I use a "signed" cert so I'm wondering if the signed cert has something to do with this?  However, I found a troubleshooting document on Red Hat that verifies that I am entitled and using the certificate provided by Red Hat to communicate back to them.

Thank you

Daryl
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Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 11:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parentchannel

I think you should check your entitlements. But I also don't know, how you could "manually" connect to the repo (with username/password or token inline in URL).

Is your server listed as entitled within your RedHat account?
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I decided to try the sync from the command line.  This time I received an error:


ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: content_dist_rhel_server_6_6Server_x86_64_os_. Please verify its path and try again

The path came out of the redhat.repo file that came from Red Hat when I registered the server.  Its the same path that was used on the previous server.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Daryl

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Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 3:00 PM
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Subject: [Spacewalk-list] RHEL 6.x repository not syncing from parent channel


I just realized that the last Red Hat errata for RHEL 6.x is from August.  I looked at the sync logs and it doesn't appear that anything is syncing at all from the RHEL channel.


I just recently migrated to a physical server.  I successfully registered the server and attached an entitlement to the server.  If I run "yum update" on the server, it lists latest updates from the RHEL channel.


This is what I see in the reposync log:


2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Command: ['/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync', '--channel', 'rhel-6-server-rpms', '--type', 'yum']
2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Sync of channel started.
2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Repo URL: https:<rhel 6 rpm channel>
2016/12/05 14:49:42 -05:00 Sync of channel completed in 0:00:00.


If I haven't received any syncs since August, then this broke long before I migrated to the physical server.


Any thoughts?


Daryl


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