Hello, I've put together a script that will take the Dell repos and populate them into child channels on an RHN Satellite server, then subscribe any Dell systems to the correct channel. The script can be scheduled as a cron job and run periodically to capture any new rpms from linux.dell.com, and subscribe any new systems that have been added. As this is an early version, I only have the script posted. I will be creating an rpm and adding features as time permits.
I've tested this with RHN Satellite 5.3, but it should work with Spacewalk. I'd appreciate any feedback on tested versions if anyone can do that. The supported base channels are RHEL 4 and 5, i386 and x86_64. It would be trivial to add additional base channel support, which is documented at the top of the script. For the Dell systems to execute remote actions, they need to be subscribed to "rhn-tools", have the "rhncfg-actions" rpm installed, and allow remote actions (this can be accomplished with "rhn-actions-control --enable-run"). Also, if they have access, installing "osad" on the systems will greatly speed-up their response to remote actions. I hope this will be useful, and welcome anyone to join the community project and provide patches, suggestions, etc. https://fedorahosted.org/dell-satellite-sync/ Regards, -- Vinny Valdez, RHCA (805007008328410) Sr. Enterprise Architect, Red Hat Consulting Global Solutions& Strategy GPG Key: 039D0DAD _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
