You synchronize a software channel by running the satellite-sync command on the slave server as follows:

# satellite-sync [--iss-parent=master_swksvr_FQDN] [--orgid=N] -c channel_label

channel_label specifies the label of the software channel to synchronize from the master server.

The argument to the --orgid option specifies the ID of the organization on the slave into which the channel is synchronized. If not specified, the Spacewalk Default Organization with ID 1 is assumed.

The master_swksvr_FQDN value specifies the FQDN of the master Spacewalk server. If not specified, and the slave server has more than one master, the default master server is assumed.

Output similar to the following is displayed when running this command to perform an initial synchronization of a software channel on a slave server from the Spacewalk Default Organization on the default master server:

# satellite-sync -c oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch
16:16:52 Spacewalk - live synchronization
16:16:52    url: https://swksvr.mydom.com
16:16:52    debug/output level: 1
16:16:52    db:  c##spacewalk2/<password>@//odbsvr.mydom.com/company.mydom.com
16:16:52 
16:16:52 Retrieving / parsing orgs data
16:16:52 orgs data complete
16:16:52 
16:16:52 Retrieving / parsing channel-families data
16:16:52 channel-families data complete
16:16:52 
16:16:52 Retrieving / parsing product names data
16:16:52 product names data complete
16:16:52 
16:16:52 Retrieving / parsing arches data
16:16:53 arches data complete
16:16:53 
16:16:53 Retrieving / parsing additional arches data
16:16:53 additional arches data complete
16:16:53 
16:16:53 Retrieving / parsing channel data
16:16:54    p = previously imported/synced channel
16:16:54    . = channel not yet imported/synced
16:16:54    base-channels:
16:16:54         NONE RELEVANT                                 
16:16:54    oraclelinux6-x86_64:
16:16:54       . oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch    1367    full import from Fri Jul 10 13:02:52 2015
16:16:54 
16:16:54 Channel data complete
16:16:54 
16:16:54 Retrieving short package metadata (used for indexing)
16:16:54    Retrieving / parsing short package metadata: oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch (1367)
16:17:01 Diffing package metadata (what's missing locally?): oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch
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Diffing:    ######################################## - complete
16:17:04 
16:17:04 Downloading package metadata
16:17:04    Retrieving / parsing *relevant* package metadata: oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch (1357)
16:17:04    * WARNING: this may be a slow process.
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Downloading:######################################## - complete
16:42:30 
16:42:30 Downloading rpm packages
16:42:30    Fetching any missing RPMs: oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch (1357)
16:42:53    Total size: 5.31 GiB
16:47:53 Processing rpm packages complete
16:47:53 
16:47:53 Importing package metadata
16:47:53    Importing *relevant* package metadata: oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch (1357)
            ________________________________________
Importing:  ######################################## - complete
18:06:44 
18:06:44 Linking packages to channels
18:07:02 
18:07:02 Downloading errata data
18:07:02    Retrieving / parsing errata data: oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch (216)
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Downloading:######################################## - complete
18:07:06 Downloading errata data complete
18:07:06 
18:07:06 Downloading kickstartable trees metadata
18:07:06    Retrieving / parsing kickstart data: oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch (NONE RELEVANT)
18:07:06 
18:07:06 Downloading kickstartable trees files
18:07:06    Retrieving / parsing kickstart tree files: oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch (NONE RELEVANT)
18:07:06 
18:07:06 Importing channel errata
18:07:13    Importing *relevant* errata: oraclelinux6-x86_64-patch (468)
            ________________________________________
Downloading:######################################## - complete
18:07:31    No new kickstartable tree to import
    Import complete:
        Begin time: Fri Jul 10 16:16:51 2015
        End time:   Fri Jul 10 18:07:31 2015
        Elapsed:    1 hours, 50 minutes, 40 seconds