zlmmirror ERROR: "Unrecognised key in patch file: updatescript" when mirroring

  • 3093601
  • 01-Mar-2007
  • 30-Apr-2012

Environment


Novell ZENworks 7 Linux Management - ZLM7

Situation

zlmmirror gives the error: "Unrecognised key in patch file: updatescript" when mirroring
SLES 9 bundles from you.novell.com, and the mirroring operation aborts.

Resolution

To obtain access to a hot patch with the fix for this problem, follow the instructions in KB 3469853 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

Status

Top Issue

Additional Information

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Use the following mirror configuration:



https://you.novell.com/update

yast

myuserid
secret



zlm
Administrator
secret


sles-9-i586
sles-9-i586
/Bundles/Novell/SLES/9
sles-9-i586








2.- Excecute the mirroring operatation by typing: zlmmirror m -c


The following are the last lines of the output:
.......
.......
No mirroring is necessary for patch bundle
"/Bundles/Novell/SLES/9-64/patch-11314" since it already exists.
No mirroring is necessary for patch bundle
"/Bundles/Novell/SLES/9-64/patch-11317" since it already exists.
Bundle "patch-11326" (catalog "sles-9-x86_64") has 5 files to download.
Patch file "patch-11326" already exists locally (skipping download).
Package file "kernel-default (patch RPM) 2.6.5-7.283 sles-9-x86_64 (x86_64)"
already exists locally (skipping download).
Package file "kernel-smp (patch RPM) 2.6.5-7.283 sles-9-x86_64 (x86_64)"
already exists locally (skipping download).
Package file "kernel-source (patch RPM) 2.6.5-7.283 sles-9-x86_64 (x86_64)"
already exists locally (skipping download).
Package file "kernel-syms (patch RPM) 2.6.5-7.283 sles-9-x86_64 (x86_64)"
already exists locally (skipping download).
Error: An error occurred while trying to add the patch "patch-11326" to the
bundle "/Bundles/Novell/SLES/9-64/patch-11326". (java.rmi.RemoteException:
unknown exception at server could not load patch file: Unrecognised key in
patch file: updatescript; nested exception is:
com.novell.zenworks.datamodel.extensions.packages.PatchFileException:
Unrecognised key in patch file: updatescript; nested exception is:
com.sssw.jbroker.web.portable.ApplicationException)