[Spacewalk-list] How to properly setup Solaris Channels

Fri Nov 14 16:47:11 UTC 2014

In order to subscribe to both channels, do I create two Activation Key's
and register the server to both key's?

If I have a base channel, "Sparc 10 Base" and a child channel "Sparc 10
Patches", then a single activation key should register the server to both,
correct, because they are already tide together.

Thanks

Daryl

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Ethan Bonick <ethan.bonick at truqua.com>
wrote:

> Yes Daryl you must subscribe to both channels. You may be subscribed to
> one base channel and as many of that base's children as you wish.
>
> -Ethan
> On Nov 14, 2014 10:14 AM, "Daryl Rose" <rosede12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Waldirio,
>>
>> Would you please clarify that comment?  Are you telling me to create a
>> base channel and a child channel, and then subscribe to the child channel?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Daryl
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <
>> waldirio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Daryl
>>>
>>> Child channel yes, Base channel no!
>>>
>>> Take care
>>> Em 13/11/2014 17:43, "Daryl Rose" <rosede12 at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Can I register the same client to two different channels?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>>
>>>> Daryl
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Ethan Bonick <ethan.bonick at truqua.com
>>>> > 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,
>>>>>
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>>>>> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
>>>>> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Daryl Rose
>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:56 AM
>>>>> *To:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com
>>>>> *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 <ethan.bonick at truqua.com>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Daryl Rose <rosede12 at gmail.com>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
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