[Spacewalk-list] simple question about updates

[Michael Mraka]

jason at monsterjam.org wrote:
% On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 04:20:02PM -0500, Jonathan DeHaan wrote:
% > Jason,
% > 
% > Almost that simple. You also have to make sure your systems are subscribed to 
% > your update channel, and then tell the systems to update. You can do the 
% > update a variety of ways - remote command 'yum -y update', Systems -> Overview 
% > -> {system} -> Software -> Packages -> Upgrade, create and deploy Errata for 
% > your update, etc. 
% 
% ok, thanks for that info.. I created my "updates" channel and did a 
% spacewalk-repo-sync to get the rpms into it. I got no errors uploading them btw.  then I sybscribed my system to it in spacewalk..
% now when I try to check for updates, I get  
%  
% [root at old-neon ~]# yum check-update
% Loaded plugins: downloadonly, rhnplugin, security
% Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: updates. Please verify its path and try again
% [root at old-neon ~]# 
% 
% not sure if its related, but when I try to get the details on this system via the webpage @ 
% /rhn/systems/details/Overview.do?sid=1000010020 
% 
% (ive verified that 1000010020  is the correct ID.
% I get the dreaded ISE
% 
% The server experienced a problem which prevented your request from being filled out. It may not be possible to execute this action at this time.
% 
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% 
% suggestions?

Are there any related errors in /var/log/httpd/error_log,
/var/log/httpd/ssl_error_log or /var/log/tomcat*/catalina.out?

Regards,

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Michael Mráka
Satellite Engineering, Red Hat