Downloading child channels using the Patch Downloader utility

In the configuration file, you provide information about child channels that is used by the Patch Downloader utility.

To download child channels on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

1. Obtain the list of supported base channels and their child channels.
   1. Obtain the list of supported channels by running the listChannels command.
   2. Identify the child channels. The child channels are listed after the base channels. To help you to distinguish between the child channels and the base channels, the output displays a blank line after the base channels. In the following sample output of the listChannels command, the supported child channels start with MRG Grid v. 2 (for RHEL 6 Server x86).
2. For each child channel that you want to download, specify an <errata-type> entry in your XML configuration file, and provide the channel label of the child channel within the <channel-label> parameter.
3. Save the XML configuration file.
4. Run the Patch Downloader Utility for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

5. Save the file.
   
   A sample output of the listChannels command is shown below: 

   Channel Name Channel Label OS Arch
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v.4for32-bitx86) rhel-i386-es-4RHES4 x86
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v.3forx86) rhel-i386-as-3RHAS3 x86
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v.6for32-bit x86) rhel-i386-server-6 RHES6 x86
   
   MRG Grid v.2(forRHEL6Server x86) rhel-i386-server-6-mrg-grid-2 RHES6 x86
   MRG Grid v.2Debuginfo (forRHEL6Server x86) rhel-i386-server-6-mrg-grid-2-debuginfo RHES6 x86
   MRG Management v.2(forRHEL6Server x86) rhel-i386-server-6-mrg-management-2RHES6
   x86
   ...