Re: DSU triggering yum update

Thanks for the reply

That sounds more like a workaround rather than an acceptable option (also remember that if you have RHEL chances are that you are receiving your software channels via satellite and not declaring them on the yum.repos). One thing I've found useful tho is the option to select which category I want updates for , I'd be a good thing to be able to update more than one at the time.
The tool is kinda rough on the edges but I found it to be more useful than what we had before, I'm hoping for upcoming updates that improve overall functionality and a better approach to how the tool actually works

Some interesting stuff I've found while looking into yum.


YUM History snippets

The transaction it ran while trying to get OMSA updated. A tool designed for firmware updates shouldn't be running yum upgrade -y like that.

Transaction ID : 65
Begin time     : Tue Nov  3 12:53:40 2015
Begin rpmdb    : 575:f47897383efcc8088ba99ee407505b96232fd8da
End time       :            12:56:00 2015 (140 seconds)
End rpmdb      : 576:f970a1cb073046be5a480f9a65bb15ec66c26650
Return-Code    : Success
Command Line   : upgrade -y



Also , every time I run dsu the tool installs the following RPMs and removes them afterwards, might be more efficient to use update if you want to ensure that you have the latest catalog and invcol.

Transaction ID : 149
Return-Code    : Success
Command Line   : install -y dsucatalog
Transaction performed with:
    Installed     rpm-4.8.0-47.el6.x86_64                   @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     subscription-manager-1.14.10-1.el6.x86_64 @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     yum-3.2.29-69.el6.noarch                  @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64   @anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201311111358.x86_64/6.4
Packages Altered:
    Install dsucatalog-0HW03-15.10.00.noarch @dell-dsu-patch-6-dsu

Transaction ID : 150
Return-Code    : Success
Command Line   : install -y invcol_V8336_LN64_15.06.00_A00
Transaction performed with:
    Installed     rpm-4.8.0-47.el6.x86_64                   @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     subscription-manager-1.14.10-1.el6.x86_64 @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     yum-3.2.29-69.el6.noarch                  @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64   @anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201311111358.x86_64/6.4
Packages Altered:
    Install invcol_V8336_LN64_15.06.00_A00-A00-15.10.00.x86_64 @dell-dsu-patch-6-dsu

Transaction ID : 151
Return-Code    : Success
Command Line   : remove -y dsucatalog
Transaction performed with:
    Installed     rpm-4.8.0-47.el6.x86_64                   @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     subscription-manager-1.14.10-1.el6.x86_64 @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     yum-3.2.29-69.el6.noarch                  @ey-build-rhel-6
Packages Altered:
    Erase dsucatalog-0HW03-15.10.00.noarch @dell-dsu-patch-6-dsu

Transaction ID : 152
Return-Code    : Success
Command Line   : remove -y invcol_V8336_LN64_15.06.00_A00
Transaction performed with:
    Installed     rpm-4.8.0-47.el6.x86_64                   @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     subscription-manager-1.14.10-1.el6.x86_64 @ey-build-rhel-6
    Installed     yum-3.2.29-69.el6.noarch                  @ey-build-rhel-6
Packages Altered:
    Erase invcol_V8336_LN64_15.06.00_A00-A00-15.10.00.x86_64 @dell-dsu-patch-6-dsu


Anyway , thanks for the confirmation , I'll be waiting for new updates to come and get this stuff sorted around :)

Regards!
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 7:13 AM
To: Pablo Ilarragorri; [email protected]
Subject: DSU triggering yum update


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Try disabling ('enabled=0') the repos configured in /etc/yum.repos.d/ except the one for dsu (usually dell-system-update.repo  or dsu_repository.repo) while updating OMSA.

You can remove the existing srvadmin packages and install from new also.

rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep srvadmin)

yum install srvadmin-all


From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Pablo Ilarragorri
Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 6:22 PM
To: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: [Linux-PowerEdge] DSU triggering yum update

Hi ,

I'm currently testing DSU on RHEL 6.7 over a Poweredge R730  and found out that when I choose to update OMSA DSU tries to run a full yum update command, not only updating the OMSA software but also tiggering a full OS update. Is this an intended behaviour?
On the other hand , I didn't see an easy way to make this scriptable since the non-interactive option automatically installs all the updates (including the OMSA one which triggers the yum update)

Regards!


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