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Subject:    Re: [Spacewalk-list] System Profiles
From:       Matthew Madey <mattmadey () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-10-22 17:38:35
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Spacewalk creates snapshots when a system's package manifest changes. You
can find it under the provisioning tab for a profile. You can rollback to a
previous snapshot if needed. I'd recommend using that feature rather than
system profiles.

I don't think having hundreds of saved profiles will hurt you much on
performance, but from a management perspective snapshots would likely be
easier.
On Oct 22, 2014 11:34 AM, "Glen Collins" <glenc2004@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello all. I've got a question on system profiles. Will creating multiple
> profiles for the same system cause any issues with system degradation over
> time? I want to create system profiles via cron so when I have patching
> days, I can compare by date what has changed on the system and be able to
> downgrade packages if necessary. I would have no more than 2 or 3 at most
> but having 400-500 servers that would get a bit big. So I'm just asking
> before thinking about doing this so I can decide if this is a good approach
> or not.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Glen Collins
>
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<p dir="ltr">Spacewalk creates snapshots when a system&#39;s package manifest \
changes. You can find it under the provisioning tab for a profile. You can rollback \
to a previous snapshot if needed. I&#39;d recommend using that feature rather than \
system profiles. </p> <p dir="ltr">I don&#39;t think having hundreds of saved \
profiles will hurt you much on performance, but from a management perspective \
snapshots would likely be easier. </p> <div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 22, 2014 11:34 \
AM, &quot;Glen Collins&quot; &lt;<a \
href="mailto:glenc2004@comcast.net">glenc2004@comcast.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br \
type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Times \
New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>Hello all. I&#39;ve got a question on \
system profiles. Will creating multiple profiles for the same system cause any issues \
with system degradation over time? I want to create system profiles via cron so when \
I have patching days, I can compare by date what has changed on the system and be \
able to downgrade packages if necessary. I would have no more than 2 or 3 at most but \
having 400-500 servers that would get a bit big. So I&#39;m just asking before \
thinking about doing this so I can decide if this is a good approach or \
not.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Glen \
Collins</div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> \
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