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Date: 2018-11-27 14:53:54
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Yes, it's certainly given me something to think about.
Thanks everyone.
Phil
From: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> On Behalf \
Of waldirio@gmail.com
Sent: 27 November 2018 14:40
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Yay
A lot of great information to you! :-)
I believe now you are good to go.
______________
Best
Waldirio
Skype: waldirio
Site: www.waldirio.com.br<http://www.waldirio.com.br>
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waldirio
On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 6:28 AM William Hongach \
<William.Hongach@marist.edu<mailto:William.Hongach@marist.edu>> wrote: Hi Jeff,
Yes, it is a two-step process but it is a workaround to the Spacewalk server not \
having the subscription to other distributions (or even major releases). For \
example, if your Spacewalk server is RHEL 7, and you want to download/push RHEL 6 \
packages using a local machine you can script the following:
Download:
Create a local directory
reposync –n –repoid=rhel-6-server-rpms
reposync –n –repod=rhel-6-server-optional-rpms
Push:
rhnpush –v –channel=$CHANNEL –server=http://$SERVER/APP –dir=./local-dir
My cron job runs this monthly since that is the anticipated patch frequencey for our \
test and dev servers. While our software channels are created ahead of time, you can \
script creation of these channels before the push as well, using the "spacecmd \
softwarechannel_create" command.
From: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> \
<spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com>> On \
Behalf Of Irwin, Jeffrey
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:09 AM
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
HTH,
That sounds better than my solution by far. Well, same solution but more \
streamlined. So you do a reposync using a script, then use rhnpush to push to \
satellite? Is that right?
Jeff
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From: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> \
<spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com>> on \
behalf of William Hongach \
<William.Hongach@marist.edu<mailto:William.Hongach@marist.edu>>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:03 AM
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Hi Phil,
I use Spacewalk to centrally manage multiple distributions and different major \
releases within each distribution, as you are seeking to accomplish. Understanding \
that the Linux server running Spacewalk would not have access to all of the different \
proprietary subscriptions, this was achieved by setting up repository download \
servers for each distribution/release that required a separate subscription. Updates \
are downloaded by a scripted cron job on each local repo server and pushed to the \
central Spacewalk server using rhnpush.
To script update downloads on a local repo server, the reposync command can be used \
for RHEL, the smt-mirror command can be used for SUSE, etc. With this method, you do \
not need to worry about URLs. You can download repositories by their ID/name.
HTH.
From: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> \
<spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com>> On \
Behalf Of P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk<mailto:P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:17 AM
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Hi Jeffrey
Thanks for your reply. It seems I would have been better off by starting with \
installing Spacewalk on a RHEL 7 server rather than an OL 7 server then? Can you just \
clarify/confirm what URL's you've configured for the RHEL 6/7 repositories please \
(obviously, for the RHEL 6 local, just take out any sensitive information)?
Regards
Phil
From: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> \
<spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com>> On \
Behalf Of \
Jeffrey.Irwin@rivertechllc.com<mailto:Jeffrey.Irwin@rivertechllc.com>
Sent: 26 November 2018 19:58
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
I have been able to do this by building a rhel 6 server and creating a local repo \
mirror. I then created a rhel 7 and installed spacewalk. That way i have the \
entitlements for rhel 6 and 7 covered. From there, I set up the channels and pointed \
the rhel 7 to the redhat network, and the rhel 6 was pointed to my local repo server. \
I can now get all the rhel 6 and 7 patches into spacewalk.
________________________________
From: spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> \
<spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com>> on \
behalf of P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk<mailto:P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk> \
<P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk<mailto:P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk>>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com<mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers
Good afternoon
I'm currently looking in to options for introducing a single centralised patching \
solution for both Oracle Linux 6/7 and RHEL 6/7 systems. There are about 100 Oracle \
Linux servers and 50 RHEL servers. I'm starting with the Spacewalk product and \
therefore, built a proof of concept environment by installing Spacewalk 2.8 on an \
Oracle 7 system. Subsequently, I've added channels/repositories for Oracle 6/7 and \
successfully patched a number of test client systems. However, I can't seem to obtain \
clear instructions for how to patch RHEL 6/7 systems using Spacewalk. I believe the \
functionality of Red Hat Satellite and Spacewalk is basically the same but the \
ability to connect directly to RHN to synchronize software repositories and errata's \
has been disabled. I've seen some tentative clues that this can be circumvented as \
well as some reference to using "mrepo" but the latter just seems over complicated \
really.
Alternatively, if Red Hat Satellite is purchased to patch the RHEL 6/7 servers, has \
anyone had success with using it to patch Oracle 6/7 servers?
In addition to patching, I also need to investigate their provisioning capabilities \
too.
Regards
Phil
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it's certainly given me something to think about.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
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spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> <b>On \
Behalf Of </b>waldirio@gmail.com<br> <b>Sent:</b> 27 November 2018 14:40<br>
<b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 \
Servers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A lot of great information to you! :-)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">______________<br>
Best<br>
Waldirio<br>
Skype: waldirio<br>
Site: <a href="http://www.waldirio.com.br" \
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<p class="MsoNormal">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/waldirio" \
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 6:28 AM William Hongach <<a \
href="mailto:William.Hongach@marist.edu">William.Hongach@marist.edu</a>> \
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Hi Jeff,</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Yes, it is a two-step process but it is a \
workaround to the Spacewalk server not having the subscription to other distributions \
(or even major releases). For example, if your Spacewalk server is RHEL 7, and \
you want to download/push RHEL 6 packages using a local machine you can script the \
following:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Download:</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D">Create a local directory</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D">reposync –n –repoid=rhel-6-server-rpms</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D">reposync –n –repod=rhel-6-server-optional-rpms</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Push:</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D">rhnpush –v –channel=$CHANNEL –server=http://$SERVER/APP \
–dir=./local-dir</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D">My cron job runs this monthly since that is the anticipated \
patch frequencey for our test and dev servers. While our software channels are \
created ahead of time, you can script creation of these channels before the push as \
well, using the "spacecmd softwarechannel_create" command.</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span \
lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> <<a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Irwin, \
Jeffrey<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: \
[Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 \
Servers<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" \
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">HTH,</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" \
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">That sounds better \
than my solution by far. Well, same solution but more streamlined. So you \
do a reposync using a script, then use rhnpush to push to satellite? Is that \
right?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" \
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" \
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Jeff</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" \
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:black">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> <a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> <<a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>> on behalf of William \
Hongach <<a href="mailto:William.Hongach@marist.edu" \
target="_blank">William.Hongach@marist.edu</a>><br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November \
27, 2018 9:03 AM<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: \
[Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers</span><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"> </span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Hi Phil,</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">I use Spacewalk to centrally manage multiple \
distributions and different major releases within each distribution, as you are \
seeking to accomplish. Understanding that the Linux server running Spacewalk \
would not have access to all of the different proprietary subscriptions, this was \
achieved by setting up repository download servers for each distribution/release that \
required a separate subscription. Updates are downloaded by a scripted cron \
job on each local repo server and pushed to the central Spacewalk server using \
rhnpush.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">To script update downloads on a local repo server, \
the reposync command can be used for RHEL, the smt-mirror command can be used for \
SUSE, etc. With this method, you do not need to worry about URLs. You \
can download repositories by their ID/name.</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">HTH.</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#212121">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"> <a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> <<a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b><a \
href="mailto:P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk" target="_blank">P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk</a><br> \
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:17 AM<br> <b>To:</b> <a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: \
[Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"> </span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#1F497D">Hi Jeffrey</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for your reply. It seems I would have been better off by \
starting with installing Spacewalk on a RHEL 7 server rather than an OL 7 server \
then? Can you just clarify/confirm what URL's you've configured for the RHEL 6/7 \
repositories please (obviously, for the RHEL 6 local, just take out any sensitive \
information)?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#1F497D">Regards</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#1F497D">Phil</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#212121">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"> <a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> <<a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b><a \
href="mailto:Jeffrey.Irwin@rivertechllc.com" \
target="_blank">Jeffrey.Irwin@rivertechllc.com</a><br> <b>Sent:</b> 26 November 2018 \
19:58<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" \
target="_blank">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: \
[Spacewalk-list] [EXTERNAL] Spacewalk 2.8 - Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span \
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I have been able to do \
this by building a rhel 6 server and creating a local repo mirror. I then \
created a rhel 7 and installed spacewalk. That way i have the \
entitlements for rhel 6 and 7 covered. From there, I set up the channels \
and pointed the rhel 7 to the redhat network, and the rhel 6 was pointed to my local \
repo server. I can now get all the rhel 6 and 7 patches into \
spacewalk.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span \
style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"><a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" \
target="_blank"><span \
lang="EN-GB">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</span></a></span><span \
style="color:black"> <</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"><a \
href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com" target="_blank"><span \
lang="EN-GB">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</span></a></span><span \
style="color:black">> on behalf of </span><span lang="EN-US" \
style="color:#212121"><a href="mailto:P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span \
lang="EN-GB">P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> \
<</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"><a \
href="mailto:P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span \
lang="EN-GB">P.Cookson@bham.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="color:black">><br> \
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 26, 2018 7:20 AM<br> <b>To:</b> </span><span \
lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"><a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com" \
target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</span></a></span><span \
style="color:black"><br> <b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk 2.8 - \
Patching RHEL 6/7 Servers</span><span style="color:#212121"> </span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121">Good afternoon</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> \
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121">I'm currently looking in to options for introducing a single \
centralised patching solution for both Oracle Linux 6/7 and RHEL 6/7 systems. There \
are about 100 Oracle Linux servers and 50 RHEL servers. I'm starting with the \
Spacewalk product and therefore, built a proof of concept environment by installing \
Spacewalk 2.8 on an Oracle 7 system. Subsequently, I've added channels/repositories \
for Oracle 6/7 and successfully patched a number of test client systems.</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121">However, I can't seem to obtain clear instructions for how to \
patch RHEL 6/7 systems using Spacewalk. I believe the functionality of Red Hat \
Satellite and Spacewalk is basically the same but the ability to connect directly to \
RHN to synchronize software repositories and errata's has been disabled. I've seen \
some tentative clues that this can be circumvented as well as some reference to using \
"mrepo" but the latter just seems over complicated really.</span><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121">Alternatively, if Red Hat Satellite is purchased to patch the \
RHEL 6/7 servers, has anyone had success with using it to patch Oracle 6/7 \
servers?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" \
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121">In addition to patching, I also need to investigate their \
provisioning capabilities too.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121">Regards</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121">Phil</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span \
style="color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div>
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