Chapter 6. Importing and Synchronizing
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Note
Importing package data can take up to two hours per channel. You may begin registering
systems to channels as soon as they appear in the RHN Satellite Server’s website. No
packages are necessary for registration, although updates cannot be retrieved from the
Satellite until the channel is completely populated.
You may repeat this step for each channel or include them all within a single command by
passing each channel label preceded by an additional
-c
flag, like so:
s
atellite-sync -c
channel-label-1
\
-c
channel-label-2
\
--mount-point /var/rhn-sat-import
This conducts the following tasks in this order:
1. Populating the tables describing common features for channels (
channel
families
). This can also be accomplished individually by passing the
--step=
channel-families
option to
satellite-sync
.
2. Creating a particular channel in the database and importing the metadata describing
the channel. Individually, use the
--step=
channels
option.
3. Moving the RPM packages from the temporary repository into their final location.
Individually, use the
--step=
rpms
option.
4. Parsing the header metadata for each package in the channel, uploading the package
data, and associating it with the channel. Individually, use the
--step=
packages
option.
5. Identifying Errata associated with the packages and including them in the repository.
Individually, use the
--step=
errata
option.
After running the preceding sample command, the population of the channel should be
complete. All of the packages should have been moved out of the repository; this can be
verified with the command
cd /var/rhn-sat-import/; ls -alR | grep rpm
. If
all RPMs have been installed and moved to their permanent locations, then this count will
be zero, and the administrator may safely remove the temporary repository (in this case,
/var/rhn-sat-import/
).
6.3. Synchronizing
An update channel is only as useful as the freshness of the information in that channel.
Since the RHN Satellite Server is designed to be a standalone environment, any update
Summary of Contents for NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 4.1.0
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