On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:31 AM, David Hrbáč <david-lists at hrbac.cz> wrote: > Dne 25.2.2013 14:48, Robert Moskowitz napsal(a): > > I have read a couple old threads here on updates for servers, and I am > > looking for some mechanics to getting the actual updates done. I don't > > want automatic updates; I want to control when and what gets updated. > > > > First I have to determine that a particular server needs updates. I > > suppose a daily script that would run "yum check-updates' and emails me > > the results could work, but then I would only want the email IF there > > was something to update, at my limited use of this option does not show > > anything to trigger a notify on changes. Does anyone know of a script > > that would do this? > > > > Then there is the actual update. I learned long ago NOT to run yum over > > an SSH connection, as WHEN that connection breaks in the middle of an > > update, you can have quite a problem to clean up. All I have done > > todate is to start vncserver and connect via vnc to then run yum. I can > > even drop the vnc connection and come back later to check results. I > > have considered running yum disconnected (? when you end a command with > > &) and log the results to a file that you check later. What are > > practical approaches to this? I only have a few servers here to manage. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Hi, > We update all the boxes over ssh. Works fine. Those who are afraid of > disconnections may always run it within tmux/screen session. As to > +1 for screen For those that want/need to be safe, screen is the best way. > managing the whole infra, the best tool for that is Spacewalk, but it > might be too big for you. So, you can have nagios to check yum status on > all the boxes. There is also a tool called apt-dater, see > http://www.ibh.de/apt-dater/ Regardless the "APT" in the name it handles > yum well. > DH > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //