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Spacewalk allows you to monitor available errata and gives you precise control when applying errata to systems. You can see the errata that are available for a selected system or system groupon the Errata page of the web interface. Applying filters allows you to display errata according to whether they are noncritical, bug fix advisory, product enhancement advisory, or security advisory.
The system_listerrata subcommand of spacecmd provides similar functionality. For example, list the errata that are available for a specified system:
spacecmd {SSM:0}> system_listerrata svr1.mydom.com The erratadetails subcommand displays additional information about a given erratum:
spacecmd {SSM:0}> errata_details ELSA-2015-1115You can specify a system group to the system_applyerrata subcommand to apply errata to multiple systems at the same time:
spacecmd {SSM:0}> system_applyerrata group:grp-prod-db-mke ELSA-2015-1115
If you have configured the OSA daemon (osad) on
a client, the erratum is applied immediately. If a client system
is not configured with Ksplice, you must reboot it for kernel
changes to take effect. A client system that uses Ksplice can take
advantage of the kernel changes that result from a channel change
without needing to reboot.