[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-19 Thread Stefan Parvu
thanks for all answers. I hope mirroring repos are being worked on at this moment since folks are asking often these sort of questions. Cheers, Stefan -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-17 Thread Shawn Walker
Jonathan Edwards wrote: > > On Apr 17, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > >>> finished installing >50 servers with a repo downloaded using that >>> method. But YMMV. >> >> ...and I would highly discourage you from continuing to use it. We >> will be changing the depot format and other thi

[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-17 Thread Jonathan Edwards
On Apr 17, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: >> finished installing >50 servers with a repo downloaded using that >> method. But YMMV. > > ...and I would highly discourage you from continuing to use it. We > will be changing the depot format and other things in the future, > and home-gr

[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-17 Thread Shawn Walker
Ethan Erchinger wrote: >> That's not an officially supported method, and is not recommended. > > Sure ok. I'm simply pointing out that it is _possible_. I just Possible, and may break in two pieces leaving you with both :) > finished installing >50 servers with a repo downloaded using that > m

[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-17 Thread Shawn Walker
Ethan Erchinger wrote: >> If you're asking how you can mirror *just* the 2008.11 release; you >> can't do that. > > http://blogs.sun.com/jensd/entry/creating_an_opensolaris_repository_mirr > or That's not an officially supported method, and is not recommended. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker

[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-17 Thread Ethan Erchinger
> That's not an officially supported method, and is not recommended. Sure ok. I'm simply pointing out that it is _possible_. I just finished installing >50 servers with a repo downloaded using that method. But YMMV. Also, I think a properly crafted rsync --exclude line might get you something

[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-17 Thread Ethan Erchinger
Sorry, premature send. > If you're asking how you can mirror *just* the 2008.11 release; you > can't do that. http://blogs.sun.com/jensd/entry/creating_an_opensolaris_repository_mirr or I use it like such: ./mirror_osol_repo.py -r http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release -b 0.101 You might have to r

[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-17 Thread Ethan Erchinger
> If you're asking how you can mirror *just* the 2008.11 release; you > can't do that. http://blogs.sun.com/jensd/entry/creating_an_opensolaris_repository_mirr or

[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-17 Thread Shawn Walker
Stefan Parvu wrote: > Hi, > > Any ideas how can you mirror the "2008.11 release" IPS repo > inside a closed intranet without a SWAN connection ? > I found http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg/Mirroring/ > but this talks about dev branch. > > 0 2 * * * /usr/bin/rsync -a pkg.opensolaris.org:

[install-discuss] mirroring 2008.11 release

2009-04-17 Thread Stefan Parvu
Hi, Any ideas how can you mirror the "2008.11 release" IPS repo inside a closed intranet without a SWAN connection ? I found http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg/Mirroring/ but this talks about dev branch. 0 2 * * * /usr/bin/rsync -a pkg.opensolaris.org::osol_dev_files /export/pkg/file An