[Spacewalk-list] How to confirm that spacewalk is fetching updates (for mitigating meltdown bug)

[Raymond Setchfield]

Thanks for that Michael. Will continue to diagnose and troubleshoot from
this end.

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 9:41 AM, Michael Mraka <michael.mraka at redhat.com>
wrote:

> Raymond Setchfield:
> > Hi Michael
> >
> > I have been keeping an eye out on the updates, but cannot see them on
> > spacewalk
> >
> > kernel versions which the servers are running
> > 2.6.32-696.16.1.el6.x86_64 -centos6
> > 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64 - centos7
>
> Hi Raymond,
>
> I can see packages at
> http://mirror.centos.org/centos-6/6/updates/x86_64/Packages/
>  [ ] kernel-2.6.32-696.18.7.el6.x86_64.rpm   04-Jan-2018 19:42 32M
> http://mirror.centos.org/centos-7/7/updates/x86_64/Packages/
>  [ ] kernel-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm   2018-01-04 10:24 43M
>
> Could the mirror you sync from be outdated?
>
> > There is no updates available to the centos6 server, but there is for
> > centos 7. However, this appears to ext updates (e2fsprogs)
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 9:22 AM, Michael Mraka <michael.mraka at redhat.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Raymond Setchfield:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Our spacewalk server is still currently in development, along with
> two
> > > > servers, a Centos6 and a Centos7 box. These haven't been patched
> before
> > > the
> > > > meltdown issue came about.
> > > >
> > > > Been looking out for the patches and kernels coming through, but I
> do see
> > > > these coming through on spacewalk, however not seeing the kernel
> patches
> > > > which should be there? Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Or
> am I
> > > > looking for the wrong updates here? Updates are scheduled weekly and
> > > should
> > > > have at least picked this up twice now?
> > >
> > > Hi Raymond,
> > >
> > > Fixes for meltdown bug went live in
> > > CESA-2018:0007 for CentOS 7  (kernel-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7)
> > > CESA-2018:0008 for CentOS 6  (kernel-2.6.32-696.18.7.el6)
> > > Check than you have appropriate erratum / kernel version installed.
> > >
> > > > Base/EPEL/Extra is the channels that I have subscribed to
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Ray
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Mráka
> > > System Management Engineering, Red Hat
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Michael Mráka
> System Management Engineering, Red Hat
>
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