SAM reporting 0 repositories when YUM repositories are being used created by ZCM

  • 7010663
  • 22-Aug-2012
  • 22-Aug-2012

Environment


Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.1
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2

Situation

sam reports the following: *** Found package repositories: 0

To update a server, yum repositories are being used that are created by ZCM.

Resolution

The problem has 2 parts:
  • The yum repositories are not signed. Please see this cool solution how this can be achieved.
  • Run sam with the option --no-strict-repo-description

Cause

When creating a YUM repository with ZCM, the repomd.xml is not digitally signed and also ZCM is not providing label, distribution and version. This prevents sam, when started with no options, to display the repository information

Status

Reported to Engineering