Thanks for the reply, I am also looking at the academic subscription for my test environment, I already subscribe and have support for my production systems. This should work I think. Any suggestions?? Vince > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 9:22 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Red Hat updates > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 08:05:56AM -0500, Esquivel, Vicente wrote: > > Can anyone share how they get updates for their test > > enviroment(non-production) systems running RHEL ES or AS? > > For starters, you need a subscription for your test environments too. > If you plan on installing RHEL ES or AS on your test systems, they > *must* be subscribed as long as your production systems have > subscriptions - that's in the Red Hat subscription agreement. > > On the other hand, you could run a 3rd-party rebuild of RHEL > sources (CentOS, WBL, etc.) and get a "close-enough" test > environment. The rebuilds aren't 100% - some stuff could > fail whereas they'll work with RHEL binaries - but it might > suit your purposes. > > For my organization, we typically subscribe our test systems > too. The only rebuild running here is in a virtual machine > on my desktop. > > .../Ed > > -- > Ed Wilts, RHCE > Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
