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Mandriva Corporate Server uses urpmi --parallel.

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Tools/urpmi#urpmi_--parallel_pushes_updates_to_machines_in_your_network

urpmi --parallel pushes updates to machines in your network

This chapter applies only to Mandriva Linux Corporate Server

Updates are downloaded to one of the machines and from there pushed to the others on your network (see: http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/expert/2006-03/msg00001.php )

urpmi --parallel will update all machines you specify. See man urpmi for more and man urpmi.files, as well as: http://www.happyassassin.net/2005/05/04/a-quick-guide-to-urpmi-parallel .

urpmi parallel mode does what it sounds like: you run an urpmi command and it happens on many machines in parallel. In more detail - the machine you run the command on tests its result on each machine in the group in turn, downloads all necessary packages for all machines in the group, distributes the appropriate packages to each machine, then calls urpmi on the machine to do the actual installation. It's brilliant for quickly installing software on all your machines, or even keeping them all up to date with a couple of commands, and it saves on bandwidth, as each necessary package is downloaded only once. The only drawback at the moment is that you cannot include the server machine in the group, which makes it a little less good for small home networks.


On my home network, I have created a local mirror, on my file server, which is updated daily, and all the machines are simply pointed at the local repository.

Posted by: tracy anne   Posted on: 01/02/09  (Edited: 01/02/2009 @ 04:33) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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