How to avoid rsync at importing time to save "import time" ??

[Ravi A]

Hi, I am using cobbler-2.4.0-1.el6. I could import "CentOS v6 u3 64bit" as shown below without using "--rsync-flags" with "cobbler import" command. From /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log during import time, 'rsync -a' requires more time and as a result more "importing" time. I don't want any updates/continuous updates about "CentOS v6 u3" and also don't want any regular/continuous "sync".

I also need few examples about using "--rsync-flags=RSYNC_FLAGS" with "cobbler import" commnad. Kindly do the needful.

[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# cobbler import --path=/var/www/html/Cobbler/Mounted_ISO_Images/64bit_CentOS_v6u3/ --name="CentOS_v6u3" --arch="x86_64" --breed="redhat" --os-version="rhel6"
task started: 2013-07-10_231320_import
task started (id=Media import, time=Wed Jul 10 23:13:20 2013)
Found a candidate signature: breed=redhat, version=rhel6
Found a matching signature: breed=redhat, version=rhel6
Adding distros from path /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64:
creating new distro: CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
creating new profile: CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
associating repos
checking for rsync repo(s)
checking for rhn repo(s)
checking for yum repo(s)
starting descent into /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64 for CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
processing repo at : /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
need to process repo/comps: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
looking for /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64/repodata/*comps*.xml
running: createrepo -c cache -s sha --groupfile /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64/repodata/0dae8d32824acd9dbdf7ed72f628152dd00b85e4bd802e6b46e4d7b78c1042a3-c6-x86_64-comps.xml /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS_v6u3-x86_64
3487/3887 - Packages/yum-3.2.29-30.el6.centos.noarch.rpm
iso-8859-1 encoding on Ville Skyttä  - 2.8.2-2

3887/3887 - Packages/gconfmm26-2.28.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata

received on stderr:
*** TASK COMPLETE ***
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]#

Thank you,
Ravi

[James Cammarata]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Ravi A  wrote:
> Hi, I am using cobbler-2.4.0-1.el6. I could import "CentOS v6 u3 64bit" as
> shown below without using "--rsync-flags" with "cobbler import" command.
> From /var/log/cobbler/cobbler.log during import time, 'rsync -a' requires
> more time and as a result more "importing" time. I don't want any
> updates/continuous updates about "CentOS v6 u3" and also don't want any
> regular/continuous "sync".
>
> I also need few examples about using "--rsync-flags=RSYNC_FLAGS" with
> "cobbler import" commnad. Kindly do the needful.

Please read the manual in regards to the --available-as option:

http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.4.0/4/2/4_-_Import.html

The rsync flags are pretty self-explanatory: they are just extra arguments
that are passed to the rsync command. The options "-a --progress" are
always passed into the rsync command, so please see the man page for rsync
to see what other options are available.