Hello,

Is there a way to update RHEL servers with patches not connected to the internet ?

Thanks

Yes, one can oder the updates (when released) on media from RHN for example. One can also create a local repo on CD or DVD using createrepo also.

Thanks Lenard,

Since Iam new to linux, I would immensely appreciate it if you could please tell me the procedure to use "createrepo" to build a CD/DVD with patches and to install these patches on servers.

Thanks

Install the createrepo package:

http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/createrepo/

yum install createrepo
rpm -ivh createrepo*.rpm

Create a local directory (lets say RHELupdates) that has the updates and place all the updates in that directory then use createrepo from that directory;

cd RHELupdates
createrepo RHELupdates

Copy the contents of the dirctory to the media and use a local.repo file located in the /etc/yum.repos.d directory which looks something like;

[rhelupdates]
name=Red Hat-$releasever - Media
baseurl=file:///media/cdrecorder
gpgcheck=0
enabled=0

Mount the media and as root do something like; yum update --enablerepo=rhelupdates