RHEL 4: problem installing OpenManage Server Administrator with up2date

[Kevin Eberman]

Hi,


> >
> > [root at lin3860 ~]# uname -a
> > Linux lin3860 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:30:39 EST 2005 i686
i686
> > i386 GNU/Linux
> > [root at lin3860 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
> > Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant)
> 
> gold release. I dont think I've ever tested with anything that old.
> Probably a bug there.

The installation is off the CDs that came with the server.

> 
> Well, these URLs are correct. You can cut and paste them into a web
> browser to see. The up2date version in gold rhel4 is ancient, and may
> have broken yum support. Can you upgrade at least up2date to something
a
> bit more recent to see if that works?
> 

I started over with a clean install from CD.  Then ran up2date and
updated the OS as follows:


[root at lin3860 rhn]# uname -a
Linux lin3860 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:30:39 EST 2005 i686 i686
i386 GNU/Linux
[root at lin3860 rhn]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 5)
[root at lin3860 rhn]# rpm -qa | grep up2
up2date-4.5.5-7.el4


Next, I ran wget -q -O -
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/bootstrap.cgi | bash

Everything ran okay, and both the indep and specific packages installed.
I than ran up2date -i srvadmin-all and it found the package. Hooray, I
thought, but the install stalled (failed to progress while downloading
packages).  I killed the update and tried to run it again, but got my
old un-friend: 

The following packages you requested were not found:
srvadmin-all

complete output:

[root at lin3860 ~]# up2date -ivv srvadmin-all
D: logininfo: {'X-RHN-Server-Id': 1007652846, 'X-RHN-Auth-Server-Time':
'1183751091.33', 'X-RHN-Auth': '/y5VCld6+NVcXxv1YX6s2g==',
'X-RHN-Auth-Channels': [['rhel-i386-es-4', '20070627091153', '1', '1']],
'X-RHN-Auth-User-Id': '', 'X-RHN-Auth-Expire-Offset': '3600.0'}
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/mirrors.pl?osname=el4&basearch=i386&
repo_config=$repo_config&dellsysidpluginver=$dellsysidpluginver
using mirror:
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/platform_independent/rh40
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/mirrors.pl?sys_ven_id=0x1028&sys_dev
_id=0x01E6&osname=el4&basearch=i386&repo_config=$repo_config&dellsysidpl
uginver=up2date
using mirror:
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/system.ven_0x1028.dev_0x01e6/
rh40
D: availablePackageList::channels:
<up2date_client.rhnChannel.rhnChannelList instance at 0xb7ad440c>
D: listPackages Fetched via: diskcache
D: listPackages Fetched via: yumdiskcache
D: listPackages Fetched via: yumdiskcache
D: obsoletesList::channels: <up2date_client.rhnChannel.rhnChannelList
instance at 0xb7b31a2c>

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: rhel-i386-es-4...
D: getObsoletes Fetched via: diskcache

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: dell-hw-indep-repository...
D: getObsoletes Fetched via: diskcache

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: dell-hw-specific-repository...
D: getObsoletes Fetched via: diskcache

Fetching rpm headers...
D: availablePackageList::channels:
<up2date_client.rhnChannel.rhnChannelList instance at 0xb77dda4c>
D: listAllPackages Fetched via: diskcache
D: listAllPackages Fetched via: diskcache
D: listAllPackages Fetched via: diskcache

Name                                    Version        Rel
----------------------------------------------------------


The following packages you requested were not found:
srvadmin-all





Any thoughts?


--kevin


> --
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael E Brown [mailto:Michael_E_Brown at dell.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 12:29 PM
> > To: Kevin Eberman
> > Cc: linux-poweredge at dell.com
> > Subject: Re: RHEL 4: problem installing OpenManage Server
Administrator
> > with up2date
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 12:29:45PM -0400, Kevin Eberman wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Subsequent to the OMSA moving into the "hardware" repository, I
can no
> > > longer install OMSA via up2date.
> > >
> > > It appears the repo_config and dellsysidpluginver variables are
not be
> > > configured properly.  Please note my output below.
> >
> > repo_config defaults to 'latest' on the server side if it is not
set.
> >
> > dellsysidpluginver is only for debugging. It helps me know when
somebody
> > has an out of date plugin. (And it is not substituted in up2date,
only
> > yum).
> >
> > The actual problem is that your $basearch variable isnt getting
> > replaced. Why? I have no idea.
> >
> > >
> > > [root at lin3860 rhn]# wget -q -O -
> > > http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/bootstrap.cgi | bash
> > >
> > > Downloading GPG key:
> > > http://linux.dell.com//repo/hardware/RPM-GPG-KEY-dell
> > >
> > >     Importing key into RPM.
> > >
> > > Downloading GPG key:
> > > http://linux.dell.com//repo/hardware/RPM-GPG-KEY-libsmbios
> > >
> > >     Importing key into RPM.
> > >
> > > Installing platform-independent RPM:
> > > dell-hw-indep-repository-1-10.el4.noarch.rpm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Installing platform-specific repository RPM.
> > >
> > >
> >
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/mirrors.pl?osname=el4&basearch=$base
> > >
arch&repo_config=$repo_config&dellsysidpluginver=$dellsysidpluginver
> >
> > this is the problem here. Up2date should be substituting $basearch
with
> > i386 or x86_64.
> >
> > Which update level are you running for EL4?
> >
> > --
> > Michael