[BlueOnyx:11457] Re: yum update error - cannot resolve host updates.blueonyx.it

[Christoph Schneeberger]

Hi Michael,

Michael Stauber wrote:
>> I just brought a new BX 5107 server online last week. While preparing
>> the server in my LAN I had no problem with YUM updates, but now that
>> it is  live it will not update. Here's the error message:
>>
>> [root at bx ~]# yum update
>> Loaded plugins: security
>> Could not retrieve mirrorlist 
>> http://updates.blueonyx.it/mirror.php?release=6.3&arch=i386 error was
>> 14: PYCURL ERROR 6 - "Couldn't resolve host 'updates.blueonyx.it'"
>> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: 
>> BlueOnyx. Please verify its path and try again
> 
> No idea, sorry. Might have been a temporary issue. The mirror was a bit
> taxed during the last few days, but it seems to be working fine at the
> moment.

I'd like to add that I've seen this error pretty regulary in the last 
days whenever I issued a yum related command on any 5106R or 5107R VPS. 
Often in the second or third try I suceeded then. It's not a drama, but 
I was about to report it too.

Cheers,
Christoph