[Spacewalk-list] What is the correct way to safely remove all errata that is orphaned and not part of any packages

[Andreas Dijkman]

From the spacecmd console there are several errata-commands. I think errata_delete would be the most interesting for you:

Miscellaneous help topics:
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time  systems  ssm

spacecmd {SSM:0}> help errata_delete
errata_delete: Delete an erratum
usage: errata_delete ERRATA|search:XXX ...
spacecmd {SSM:0}> 

Further details can be found here: https://opensource.suse.com/doc-susemanager/suse-manager/reference/spacecmd/errata_.html

Andreas Dijkman


> On 7 Oct 2019, at 11:56, Wenkai Chen <wenkai_chen at ensigninfosecurity.com> wrote:
> 
> HI Andreas,
>  
> What is the complete spacecmd command to remove the relevant errata?
> Thanks.
>  
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> Chen Wenkai
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> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com> On Behalf Of Andreas Dijkman
> Sent: Monday, 7 October 2019 2:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] What is the correct way to safely remove all errata that is orphaned and not part of any packages
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> I removed all my relevant errata with spacecmd. And spacecmd can handle wildcards, so that should be easy enough to remove them in bulk. And if you remove too much, just import them again by syncing the channels with errata available.
> 
> Andreas Dijkman
>  
> On 7 Oct 2019, at 08:01, Wenkai Chen <wenkai_chen at ensigninfosecurity.com <mailto:wenkai_chen at ensigninfosecurity.com>> wrote:
>  
> Hi Users,
>  
> Anyone able to advise? 
> Thank you.
>  
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> 
> Chen Wenkai
> Infrastructure Security Engineer
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> From: Wenkai Chen 
> Sent: Friday, 13 September 2019 11:09 AM
> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com <mailto:spacewalk-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: [Spacewalk-list] What is the correct way to safely remove all errata that is orphaned and not part of any packages
>  
> HI Spacewalk users,
>  
> Recently I just remove a RHEL 7 channel and its associated repository from Spacewalk. I remove via the spacecmd command and also did a spacewalk-data-fsck to check the database for any orphan packages that are not in use.
> Now, all the RHEL packages and channels with its repositories are all removed from Spacewalk. However, the errata information related to the RHEL 7 channel still exists in Spacewalk.
> How do I safely remove all these errata information that are no use? Should I just remove via the GUI under ‘Errata’ > ‘Manage Errata’? Do I need to do anything else? Or will the UI take care of everything?
>  
> Thank you.
>  
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> Chen Wenkai
> Infrastructure Security Engineer
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