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50 Chapter 6. Importing and Synchronizing
6.2.3. Running the Import
The
rhns-satellite-tools
package provides the
satellite-sync
program for man-
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
-m
or
--mount-point
option of
satellite-sync
and include the directory that contains
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
-c
flag, like so:
satellite-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.