Synchronizing Errata And Packages Via Local Media - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 4.0 Installation Manual

50 Chapter 6. Importing and Synchronizing

6.3.2. Synchronizing Errata and Packages via Local Media

For customers who cannot connect their Satellite directly to RHN, Red Hat recommends
downloading Channel Content ISOs to a separate, Internet-connected system and then
transferring them to the Satellite. Refer to Section 6.2.2 Preparing for Import for instruc-
tions on downloading the ISOs. For ease of import, we recommend that the data be copied
from media directly into a common repository through a command such as the following:
cp -rv /mnt/cdrom/* /var/rhn-sat-sync/
Then, the following command:
satellite-sync -c rhel-i386-as-3 --mount-point /var/rhn-sat-sync
This can be used to perform the sync process described above, using the dump files in
to perform the necessary comparisons and imports. See
/var/rhn-sat-sync
Section 6.2.3 Running the Import for precise steps.