Can I register the same client to two different channels? Thank you
Daryl On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Ethan Bonick <[email protected]> wrote: > You shouldn’t have to do that. I have mine set up as separate channels on > CentOS and they work independently. I would try out the Solaris if I had > the time, but I don’t. I also don’t know Solaris really all that much, > hopefully someone else can chime in. > > > > Regards, > > [image: > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pPQYWyEgd3U9tfRSLCOfyEAjztZRe-j4nPYRdMYrN6FGIZFJEo-O3D-nQ5mhhJA1aetmO-GtoGO7U3mYiw2fDUZIGYNtR5ifQ4hOE_g1rRE0sUqsJlk] > > *Ethan Bonick** | Information Technology * > *TruQua* > Mobile 630.445.9313 > Office 312.525.8790 > > *CONFIDENTIAL: *This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may > be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be > aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or > any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please reply and notify the sender and delete this copy from your system. > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Daryl Rose > *Sent:* Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:56 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] How to properly setup Solaris Channels > > > > Ethan, > > > > To answer your questions, yes. Yes, I ran the rhn_check -vv on the client > server, and yes the server had checked in. So, the updates channel was a > child of the base, so when I re-registered the client, it should have known > about the child because it was part of the activation key. > > > > I've since blown away the base channel and the child channel and combined > everything into a single channel. I know see that there are over 900 > updates available, which should be pretty accurate, however, I don't like > all of patches and packages intermixed. It makes it difficult to figure > out whats what. however, that is how the CentOS channel is, all three > repositories combined into a single large list, so maybe I just have to get > used to it. > > > > Thanks > > > > Daryl > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Ethan Bonick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Have you run an rhn_check or has the server checked in get to get the new > channel config? My guess would be it doesn't know about the channel yet. > When you re-registered did you make sure the child channel is subscribed to > by the base channel? I know some of it is low level and you might have > checked already, but never hurts to ask. Also did you remove the repo or > just the channel? > > > *Ethan Bonick | *Information Technology > *TruQua* > > *CONFIDENTIAL: *This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may > be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be > aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or > any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please reply and notify the sender and delete this copy from your system. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Daryl Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I initially setup Solaris, I did just a single channel just for > patches. However, I decided that I want to also have a base channel as > well. Currently, if I want to add a new package to a Solaris server, I > have to either pop a dvd into the drive, or NFS an ISO image. However, > this is what SW is for. A repository of all of the packages, plus updates > that may need to be applied. > > > > I made a new base channel and imported all of the installation packages > into it. However, I already had an update channel with a system assigned > to it. What I am trying to figure out is; what is the correct way to set > up the two channels? > > > > I removed the updates channel, and recreated it as a child of the base > channel. I had previously removed the subscribed system, so I resubscribed > to the base channel. There are over 2000 packages in the base channel, and > 381 in the updates channel. I thought that once I resubscribed the server > to the base/child updates channel, I would see needed updates. I know that > there should be 80 updates needed on this server, however, SW tells me that > the system is up to date. > > > > When I setup the CentOS Channel, I created three repositories: Base, > Updates and Extra's. All three are then assigned to the CentOS channel. > There are now over 8000 packages available for the CentOS server. Is best > practice to put *ALL *base packages and updates together in a single > channel so that way the Solaris server can see everything? Why doesn't the > client server see the child channel and SW tell me that it needs updates? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Daryl > > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >
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