After updating to RHEL-5.7 or RHEL-6.1 rhn_check fills up /var/cache/yum with big xml.gz.sqlite files
Issue
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The
/var/partition fills up whenrhn_checkis run. -
rhn_registerdownload over 200MB of metadata and causes absurd high network-usage on registring new servers rhnsdcallsrhn_checkand downloads a couple of 100MB of metadata when new erratas are made available on Red Hat Network
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.1
- yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5
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