RHEL Patching - RHELDownload Cacher

(imported topic written by DavidFrancis)

Hi - I have been using the download cacher tool (RHELDownloadcacher-5.4.exe) to load the IEM server with rpm’s for patching. I have found that it mostly reports failed downloads in the logs - not always but this inconsistency is the problem. Having read through this forum on patching I found one similiar issue reported “Error patching Red Hat Linux” - Dec 11, 2012 and a reply to use the manual method!

Is this running the tool via that CLI - that gives the same result for me - can any one expand on this. How to download rpm’s to the IEM server. Because this works for some rpm’s and not others - I have registered the server to RHEL, proxy is set and can contact - i am just lost as to why certain RHSA’s come through and not others…

Using IBM Endpoint Manager v9

Regards

David

(imported comment written by DavidFrancis)

Resolved - an examination of the timeline of rpm downloads showed that by a particular date, they became unsuccessful - the subscription to the RHEL site had ended -

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