Hi,

I have 7 servers which are in a network but not connected to internet. All servers are using RedHat 6.5 O.S. Currently am required to update the servers to install new softwares. I have been using yumdownloader to download all the packges and then using createrepo to make it a yum repository. Hence updating the servers. I have now found that postgresql and epel are providing rsync servers using which we can synchronise the downloaded packges and the new ones. This is very good when the packages are synced. Now i would like to know or get suggestions if the same can be done with RedHat repositories.

Redhat sells a thing called "satellite" for this purpose that is based on "spacewalk". Spacewalk is used for more open distros like Fedora and CentOS but Satellite is used for the subscription based Redhat. I've seen folks suggest Spacewalk can be setup for RHEL but I've yet to see anyone actually post details of having done so. If you don't want to pay for Satellite you can research Spacewalk to see if it can be adapted (or has been).

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Hi,

Thanks for the info regarding "Spacewalk", need to check it.

But i have some licenses for Rhel Servers (Satellite). In that case what are the options?

Subscription for RHEL and license for Satellite don't go hand in hand. If you have the former you don't automatically have the latter.

If you do have the latter you should contact RedHat on how to set up Satellite.

Duplicate of http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...1/#post5220198, which re-opened a five year old thread.

And if you want to know what options you have as a Red Hat customer, then call Red Hat support/sales, and ask them.

First at all, if you want to use Red Hat Satellite, you need all your RHEL systems with smart management add-on available. Then when you have all your RHEL systems with that add-on then you can think use Red Hat Satellite. You don't need buy new subscriptions for Red Hat Satellite (it doesn't necessary a RHEL subscription, it is include in Rd Hat Satellite). I know that the starter pack for Satellite is $5000 USD with that you can manage 50 RHEL servers. You have 800, if you call Red Hat they have another kind of bundle for you (more cheap obviously).