Importing And Synchronizing; Rhn Satellite Synchronization Tool; Import/Sync Steps - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 4.0 Installation Manual

Importing and Synchronizing

After installing the RHN Satellite Server, you must provide it the packages and channels
to be served. This chapter explains how to import that data and keep it up-to-date.

6.1. RHN Satellite Synchronization Tool

With the Satellite installation, Red Hat Network provides an application designed specif-
ically to import and synchronize data - the RHN Satellite Synchronization Tool. This
tool, which comes with the
Server to update its database metadata and RPM packages with that of Red Hat. To launch
it, as root execute the command:
satellite-sync
The tool can be used in a closed environment, such as the one created with a disconnected
install, or it may obtain data directly over the Internet. For disconnected importing and
synchronization, local media in the form of Red Hat Network Channel Content ISOs are
required. After installing and mounting the discs, the sole difference in use will be the
addition of the
--mount-point
This will be covered in more detail in a moment.

6.1.1. Import/Sync Steps

The RHN Satellite Synchronization Tool works incrementally, or in steps. For it to ob-
tain Errata information, it must first know the packages contained. For the packages to be
updated, the tool must first identify the associated channel(s). For this reason, the RHN
Satellite Synchronization Tool performs its actions in the following order:
1.
channel-families
2. — Import/synchronize channel data.
channels
3. — Import/synchronize RPMs.
rpms
4. — Import/synchronize full package data for those RPMs retrieved suc-
packages
cessfully.
5. — Import/synchronize Errata information.
errata
Each of these steps can be initiated individually for testing purposes with the effect of forc-
ing the tool to stop when that step is complete. All steps that precede it, however, will have
taken place. Therefore, calling the
rhns-satellite-tools
option and path to the files appended to every command.
— Import/synchronize channel family (architecture) data.
step will automatically ensure the
rpms
Chapter 6.
package, enables an RHN Satellite
and
channels