[BlueOnyx:11459] Re: yum update error - cannot resolve hostupdates.blueonyx.it

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

David Thacker wrote:
> Hmmnn, I still get the same error message. Tried it last night when I saw 
> your note, and again just now, as well as the cron event running it at the 
> scheduled time.
> 
> I did do the "yum clean all" a few times too.
> 
> Should I try plugging in the IP address for the updates.blueonyx.it 
> server, or ???

I would not recommend inserting just the IP address, since that could 
possibly change, and that would be without notice so you'd wind up 
seeing a failure again in the future.  I think it would just add more 
possibility for confusion than it would to actually fix the issue you're 
seeing.

Is your server getting good DNS resolution to the Internet?

I just tried a yum clean all and a yum update on some 5106R and 5108R 
boxes (I don't think there's a single 5107R in our building, so I can't 
try that) and both worked without issue.   Now, I should probably note 
that we're located in the same building to updates.blueonyx.it and using 
the same recursive nameservers.  But our recursive nameservers are not 
the blueonyx.it authoritative DNS, so we're still at "arms length" as 
far as that goes.

What happens when you do this:
# host updates.blueonyx.it

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