First check to see if the errata is available to your local satellite server. To accomplish this log into your organizations satellite server and click on the “Errata” tab. Then on the left side of the page click on “Advanced Search”.

In the search box enter the RHSA number (Redhat Security Advisory Number) for the errata that you want to clone/update. In this example I am searching for RHSA-2014:1924, which is a Thunderbird security update.

If your search does not return any results, you will need to manually sync your local Satellite Server with Redhat.To accomplish this you need to ssh into your local satellite server and run the command shown below. Note that this does not update any packages/errata. This does update the list of availbile packages/errata.

/usr/bin/satellite-sync
[root@myserver ~]# satellite-sync –email
10:08:09 Red Hat Satellite – live synchronization
10:08:09 url: https://satellite.rhn.redhat.com
10:08:09 debug/output level: 1
….truncated….

Once you are able to locate the specific fix in via “Erratum Search” you may proceed to the next step. In this example, as I stated above, I am searching for RHSA-2014:1924.

Now that our local Satellite server is aware of our specific errata, click on “Clone Errata” on the left side of the page. Search the page “Errata Management” for the specific fix that you want to apply. Note that the “Errata Management” page does have built in search functionality — don’t ask me why — so you must search using your browser’s own page search function.

Once you have located the correct Security Advisory, put a check in the box and spend about 5 minutes scrolling down to the bottom of the page. Stop when your arm is tired, or once you locate the “Clone Errata” button. Obviously you want to click this.

Note that your newly added and updated errata/package may not become immediatley availible to install. You nay need to run the following commands to refresh/reload your repos.

#yum clean all

Then check for updates with the command below.

#yum check-update