Description of problem: After applying errata patch update to client using push-to-client function, osad client will still keep polling the spacewalk server with the log /var/log/osad in client node shows: .... 2017-09-13 11:51:18 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13014 2017-09-13 11:51:27 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13015 2017-09-13 11:51:33 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13016 2017-09-13 11:51:40 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13017 2017-09-13 11:51:50 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13018 2017-09-13 11:51:59 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13019 2017-09-13 11:52:05 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13020 2017-09-13 11:52:14 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13021 2017-09-13 11:52:20 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13022 2017-09-13 11:52:27 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13023 2017-09-13 11:52:33 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13024 2017-09-13 11:52:41 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13025 2017-09-13 11:52:47 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13026 2017-09-13 11:52:54 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13027 2017-09-13 11:53:04 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13028 2017-09-13 11:53:11 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13031 2017-09-13 11:53:18 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13032 2017-09-13 11:53:26 osad_client.run_rhn_check_async: executed /usr/sbin/rhn_check with pid 13050 .... # ps -ef | grep rhn root 3367 1 0 Sep07 ? 00:00:00 rhnsd root 5910 3410 10 11:51 ? 00:00:00 [rhn_check] <defunct> root 5914 5892 0 11:51 pts/2 00:00:00 grep rhn It could be fixed and back to normal by restarting osad: # service osad restart Please help to check as I need to restart the osad client manually after apply the patch for every node. Thanks. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # rpm -qa | grep -i osad osad-5.11.74-1.el6.noarch
Hi, I've found more info about what the clients are doing during polling, from /var/log/rhn_server_xmlrpc.log (spacewalk server) 2017/09/15 10:23:19 +08:00 23111 192.168.90.51: xmlrpc/queue.get(1000010003, 2, 'checkins enabled') 2017/09/15 10:23:19 +08:00 23086 192.168.90.51: xmlrpc/up2date.listChannels(1000010003,) 2017/09/15 10:23:19 +08:00 23093 192.168.90.51: xmlrpc/registration.welcome_message('lang: None',) 2017/09/15 10:23:20 +08:00 23090 192.168.90.52: xmlrpc/queue.get(1000010005, 2, 'checkins enabled') 2017/09/15 10:23:20 +08:00 23082 192.168.90.52: xmlrpc/up2date.listChannels(1000010005,) 2017/09/15 10:23:20 +08:00 23020 192.168.90.52: xmlrpc/registration.welcome_message('lang: None',) 2017/09/15 10:23:21 +08:00 23082 192.168.90.50: xmlrpc/queue.get(1000010018, 2, 'checkins enabled') 2017/09/15 10:23:21 +08:00 23020 192.168.90.50: xmlrpc/up2date.listChannels(1000010018,) 2017/09/15 10:23:22 +08:00 23111 192.168.90.50: xmlrpc/registration.welcome_message('lang: None',) 2017/09/15 10:23:25 +08:00 23093 192.168.90.26: xmlrpc/queue.get(1000010016, 2, 'checkins enabled') 2017/09/15 10:23:25 +08:00 23024 192.168.90.26: xmlrpc/up2date.listChannels(1000010016,) 2017/09/15 10:23:25 +08:00 23090 192.168.90.26: xmlrpc/registration.welcome_message('lang: None',) 2017/09/15 10:23:26 +08:00 23020 192.168.90.52: xmlrpc/queue.get(1000010005, 2, 'checkins enabled') 2017/09/15 10:23:26 +08:00 23111 192.168.90.52: xmlrpc/up2date.listChannels(1000010005,) 2017/09/15 10:23:26 +08:00 23086 192.168.90.52: xmlrpc/registration.welcome_message('lang: None',) 2017/09/15 10:23:26 +08:00 23090 192.168.90.51: xmlrpc/queue.get(1000010003, 2, 'checkins enabled') 2017/09/15 10:23:26 +08:00 23020 192.168.90.51: xmlrpc/up2date.listChannels(1000010003,) 2017/09/15 10:23:27 +08:00 23111 192.168.90.51: xmlrpc/registration.welcome_message('lang: None',)
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