Actually for /etc/syscon/rhn/rhnsd: "The minimum polling interval is 60 minutes." man rhnsd -> https://linux.die.net/man/8/rhnsd
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 10:58 AM James Hibberd <jhibb...@proact.co.uk> wrote: > For Question 3 – I think this might be what you are looking for > > > > On the client side you can change the check in times – Standard config is > 240 minutes , so every 2 hours the client will check into the server. > > > > On the clients change the value inside > > > > /etc/syscon/rhn/rhnsd > > > > To something like 15 minutes, I have my clients checking in every 40 > minutes instead of the 240 minutes > > > > > > Hopefully that helps > > > > Thanks > > > James Hibberd • > Proact IT UK > Technical Support Consultant > m: *+447 808 611 011* <+447%20808%20611%20011> > *jhibb...@proact.co.uk* <jhibb...@proact.co.uk> | > *www.proact.eu* <http://www.proact.eu/> > Grayson House • Venture Way • Chesterfield • S41 8NE • United Kingdom > > ‑ Delivering Business Agility ‑ > [image: SIEM PoC] > <https://www.proact.eu/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/03/SIEM-POC-A5-flyer_online-1.pdf?utm_source=email%20signature&utm_medium=banner&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=uk_siem-poc> > This email and its attachments may be confidential and are intended solely > for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. 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Proact processes personal > information you may provide via email or otherwise in accordance with its > *privacy > notice* <https://www.proact.eu/en/privacy-policy>. > > *From:* spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com [mailto: > spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Dennis Pittman > *Sent:* 02 April 2019 15:45 > *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com > *Cc:* Lingayya, Shanker <shanker.linga...@accenture.com> > *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] Need to know about spacewalk internal > architecture and why spacewalk is taking time to deploy scheduled actions > > > > Response in-line > > > > Hi, > > > > Hope you all are doing good. > > > > I have recently installed spacewalk on RHEL 7.6 as server configuration > management tool. I have few doubts as follows: > > > > 1. Could you please let me know how Spacewalk pushes packages to the > clients? > > a. Does Spacewalk store the packages on the Spacewalk server and > push these packages to Client? The default is to setup a software > repository so that packages can be pulled from the spacewalk server. > > OR > > b. Does Spacewalk send the command to the client servers and client > servers will then reach out to internet and download the packages? This > depends on your setup, you can enable OSAD > <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D1%26cad%3Drja%26uact%3D8%26ved%3D2ahUKEwi-2JLN0LHhAhUu2FkKHTiQAbIQFjAAegQIBBAB%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fgithub.com%252Fspacewalkproject%252Fspacewalk%252Fwiki%252FOsadHowTo%26usg%3DAOvVaw3nli6m6b8TG4JwyRQeymfF&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf5f103c625ec474b160208d6b779f9a8%7Cc047d5c1d2a6484dae6eec2bce85d023%7C0%7C0%7C636898131854267343&sdata=%2BVePq5h6iAwFpwrrTFUzPHX7pYNpRdG4o8wg3kh0uo4%3D&reserved=0> > to change how and how often the spacewalk server contacts the clients and > perform various management operations (to include patch management, > configuration, and etc.). > > > > 1. Does Spacewalk support Primary/secondary site (Microsoft SCCM > Architecture) for package redistribution to clients. i.e. If I have a > remote Datacenter, instead of pushing packages to individual clients, can > we have a Spacewalk secondary site that will get the package from master > and redistribute the packages to clients locally? Yes, you can > configure multiple spacewalk servers (i.e. you can have a single master > (primary) spacewalk server with several spacewalk proxies that reach out to > several different client environments). A good reference resource > https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E92593_01/E85211/html/swk24-arch.html > > > > 1. I see that scheduled activities (like reboot, patching, etc) are > taking a lot of time (1.30 hours delay) and crosses the scheduled window. > However, I see that as a workaround when I run “*rhn_check*” command > on the client manually, deployment status on Spacewalk changes to > succeeded. . 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