Running The Import - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 4.0.5 Installation Manual

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6.2.3. Running the Import

The
rhns-satellite-tools
aging all package, channel, and errata imports and synchronizations.
The following process assumes in the previous step the user has copied all data to
/var/rhn-sat-import
The first step in importing channels into the database is listing the channels available for
import. This is accomplished with the command:
satellite-sync --list-channels --mount-point /var/rhn-sat-import
The next step is to initiate the import of a specific channel. Do this using a channel label
presented in the previous list. The command will look like:
satellite-sync -c rhel-i386-as-3 --mount-point /var/rhn-sat-import
If you are importing content that was exported from another Satellite, be sure to use the
or
--mount-point
the exported content.
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
satellite-sync -c channel-label-1 -c channel-label-2 --mount-point /var/rhn-sat-imp
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
2. Creating a particular channel in the database and importing the metadata describing
the channel. Individually, use the
3. Moving the RPM packages from the temporary repository into their final location.
Individually, use the
package provides the
.
option of
satellite-sync
option to
--step=channels
--step=rpms
Chapter 6. Importing and Synchronizing
satellite-sync
and include the directory that contains
flag, like so:
-c
satellite-sync
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