Download your updates on one server. They get downloaded to /var/spool/up2date. Each package has .hdr and .rpm file. Once done, copy files over to your other servers (or to some network share).
Then run
There is a way to edit etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources and point it to /your/local/directory, but I'm not sure how "exactly" to do that.
Hi,
I'm under Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon)
and I want to go from compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.122
to compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128.
Then I downloaded compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128 and I issued :
up2date -i compat-gcc
But I receive :
This system may not be updated until it is associated... (2 Replies)
Does anyone else think RHEL's way of getting software updates to their customers (via the up2date utility) is not a friendly process?
UP2DATE is fine to use, but it either has to be connected to the internet to get updates, or a "satellite server" has to be setup ( which ocsts more money).
And... (3 Replies)
Hi folks,
I really hope someone can help me (soon :) ) as I can't work out what I'm doing wrong and google is not helpful either.
Basically I have to setup 20 Dell servers with RHEL 4.8 (no, not 5, must be 4.8). Of course I have tftp and I'm trying to install them via nfs with kickstart and... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I really hope someone can help me (soon :) ) as I can't work out what I'm doing wrong and google is not helpful either.
Basically I have to setup 20 Dell servers with RHEL 4.8 (no, not 5, must be 4.8). Of course I have tftp and I'm trying to install them via nfs with kickstart and PXE. OS... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I heard a command that can collect all RHEL 5 log in a single compress file before I forget.
Does any body know...What the command is ?
Thanks. (4 Replies)
Folks; New to redhat coming from hp-ux.. After fresh install of Ent 6.2, can not find up2date on the system except the manpage .. Does 6.2 stop using up2date ?? Googled it but nothing concrete came up.. Thnx (2 Replies)
Hi all,
Im studying rhcsa as of now, so yum installation and dependencies are messing me to not workit out.
i have dual os, win 7 & rhel 6.
i have tried this installation of vsftpd package with rhel 6 dvd in VM rhel 6 in win 7 as well as host rhel 6.still the same issue.
below error... (6 Replies)
Hello all, I am having a bit of an issue on my Spacewalk installation. Some amplifying information is that it is Spacewalk 2.3 installed on a RHEL 6 machine and I am attempting to install/update a RHEL 5 channel/repository. I am fairly new to Spacewalk so I am still learning but this is what I... (3 Replies)
I know this question might have been asked a lot but couldn't find anything that worked. From a windows machine 'A' I can only SSH into Linux server 'B' from where I can SSH into another Linux server 'C'. I need to be able to run GUI interfaces on server C which run on my Windows machine. I... (3 Replies)
Hi
We have RHEL 6.7 on an HP physical server and want to install RHEL 7 (not upgrade) on top of it by means of virtualization. Is it possible to install/configure RHEV/KVM virtualization on base RHEL 6.7 OS instance and then install RHEL 7 as a VM guest on it? If yes, could you please guide me... (1 Reply)
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rhn_check
RHN_CHECK(8) Red Hat, Inc. RHN_CHECK(8)NAME
rhn_check - Check for and execute queued actions on RHN.
SYNOPSIS
rhn_check [options]
DESCRIPTION
rhn_check is a client program that connects to "Spacewalk Server", "Red Hat Satellite" or "Red Hat Network Classic" and receives queued
actions for this particular system. After receiving the actions, rhn_check will then process them, and return the results to Spacewalk.
OPTIONS -v, --verbose
Increase the debugging output.
--proxy=PROXY
Specify an http proxy to use.
--proxyUser=PROXYUSER
Specify a username to use for an authenticated proxy. This option must be used in conjunction with proxyPassword.
--proxyPassword=PROXYPASSWORD
Specify a password to use for an authenticated proxy. This option must be used in conjunction with proxyUser.
--version
Show the program's version number and exit.
-h, --help
Show a help message and exit.
FILES
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
The digital server ID for this machine if the system has been registered onto "Spacewalk Server", "Red Hat Satellite" or "Red Hat
Network Classic". This file does not exist otherwise.
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
The common configuration file used by RHN client programs.
SEE ALSO rhn_register(8), rhnreg_ks(8), rhnsd(8), rhn-profile-sync(8), rhnplugin(8), up2date(5).
AUTHORS
See the AUTHORS file included with this software.
This manual page was written by James Bowes <jbowes@redhat.com>
BUGS
Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Red Hat, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
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