We had similar issues with scheduling/jobs:
* rhnsd -> Client check ins once an hour is not frequent enough.
* osad -> Constant issues with that daemon...found myself writing
auto-healing health checks for it and constantly baby sitting it.
o Have since removed osad on all clients and disabled jabberd on
the Spacewalk server. Very few issues since then.
o If you disable jabberd on the server, you will also want to
remove it from the /usr/bin/spacewalk-services script (for
status, start, stop).
Finally settled on this method that has worked great and is very reliable:
* Custom cron entry on every registered client that executes rhn_check
every 30 mins
* This since systems check in at the top/bottom of every hour, just
schedule something 10-15 mins before a top/bottom of the hour.
o Example: Schedule updates for systems to be "picked up no
earlier than 4:45am"
+ Systems will check in at about 4:30am, will NOT pick up updates
+ Systems will check in again about 5am, and WILL get updates
Bill Howe
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On 04/28/2017 05:12 PM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro wrote:
Hi Chris
OSAd is part of SW, then you can say yes, SW could be real time
talking about client execution / installation / etc, btw will be
necessary install / configure the packages. By default, rhn will be
240 min, you can decrease to 60 min.
Have a good one.
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Fouts, Christopher
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I see. So SW is NOT a “real-time” solution, that is, it is NOT a
tool that I can use to “apply patches NOW” or “apply patches at
5:00pm.” I’ll need yet some other tool to do this, e.g., OSAD.
Chris
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<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Waldirio
Manhães Pinheiro <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Reply-To: *"[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Date: *Friday, April 28, 2017 at 4:55 PM
*To: *"[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject: *Re: [Spacewalk-list] Where are Spacewalk logs when
applying patches?
Hi Chris
This is the SW architecture, by default, all clients will check
what is pending in cycle of 240 min *4h* by default, you could
decrease to 60 min / 1h *minimum value*
*/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn<something here>*, just grep 240, then if
you did some schedule and your client still with default conf,
only after 4h or just if you execute rhn_check in your machine.
As our friend told, OSAd is one good solution, because will be
real time, when you submit, jabber will send one broadcast and
then your machine will receive / execute the task.
Please, feel free to check our documentation on link [1] or just
this book [2], here you will find all answers to your questions,
via cli and/or webUI *osad, client configuration, schedule, tasks
and much more*
Have a good one.
[1].
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Satellite/5.7/html-single/Client_Configuration_Guide/index.html
<https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Satellite/5.7/html-single/Client_Configuration_Guide/index.html>
[2].
https://www.amazon.com/Spacewalk-Satellite-Project-solution-management-ebook/dp/B071DDQ4W2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492602720&sr=1-1&keywords=spacewalk+satellite
<https://www.amazon.com/Spacewalk-Satellite-Project-solution-management-ebook/dp/B071DDQ4W2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492602720&sr=1-1&keywords=spacewalk+satellite>
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 5:45 PM, Fouts, Christopher
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Good to know, but it kinda sucks. For example, some of my
scheduled jobs have been in pending state for 1+ hours, and
Spacewalk gives me NO idea why.
Chris
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<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of
Matthew Madey <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Reply-To: *"[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Date: *Friday, April 28, 2017 at 4:34 PM
*To: *"[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject: *Re: [Spacewalk-list] Where are Spacewalk logs when
applying patches?
As far as I know, this isn't logged anywhere except the action
tables in the database.. You can
check /var/log/rhn/rhn_web_api.log, but I don't think it
specifically logs those types of events.
If you're having an issue with actions not being picked up, I
would refer to this:
https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/JabberAndOSAD
<https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/wiki/JabberAndOSAD>
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Fouts, Christopher
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Well if I schedule it at say 4:00PM UTC, and it’s now
4:15PM UTC and it’s still pending, I curious to know why
it’s still pending 15 minutes later?
Chris
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<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of
Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
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<mailto:[email protected]>"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Date: *Friday, April 28, 2017 at 3:36 PM
*To: *"[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject: *Re: [Spacewalk-list] Where are Spacewalk logs
when applying patches?
Hi
Yes, should be, if you schedule/submit the new
installation or errata via webUI, the task should be on
pending state *schedule tab* until be processed.
Best Regards
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Fouts, Christopher
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Thanks, I was aware of that, but that’s not what I
asked though. Is the scheduled update activity not
logged in the system in real-time? If not, that’s
fine, I just want to know.
Chris
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<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf
of Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Reply-To: *"[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>"
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Date: *Friday, April 28, 2017 at 3:29 PM
*To: *"[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>"
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject: *Re: [Spacewalk-list] Where are Spacewalk
logs when applying patches?
Hi Chris
Schedule tab, just check there the information if the
task was executed, still pending or if failed.
Best Regards
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Fouts, Christopher
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I’ve scheduled my registered systems to be
updated. When the update actually runs, where is
this logged in the Spacewalk server?
Chris
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