diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/check4updates smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/check4updates
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/check4updates	2019-12-05 20:33:02.976000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/check4updates	2019-12-05 21:05:07.132000000 -0500
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 if [ $? = 100 ]; then
   echo -e "===\n=== yum reports available updates:\n===" >> $TMPFILE
   cat $TMP1 >> $TMPFILE
+  # we have updates, let's inform the server-manager
+  /usr/bin/sv o yum
+
 fi
 
 if [ -s $TMPFILE ]; then
diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/yum_update_dbs smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/yum_update_dbs
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/yum_update_dbs	2019-12-05 20:33:03.007000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/yum_update_dbs	2019-12-05 21:03:32.393000000 -0500
@@ -40,12 +40,16 @@
 # For speed and to reduce log noise, we don't use 
 # the esmith::DB routines here
 
-# XXX - FIXME - We should add -R xxx to sleep for a while
-
+# We do not use -R xxx to sleep for a while, as we do this at cron level
+# this allows faster results when needed or delayed when not
+ 
 use constant YUM_CMD => "/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 ";
 
 # avoid error with no installed groups file.
-system("YUM_CMD groups mark convert -d 0 -e 0 1>/dev/null") unless (-d "/var/lib/yum/groups/");
+system(YUM_CMD." groups mark convert -d 0 -e 0 1>/dev/null") unless (-d "/var/lib/yum/groups/");
+
+# yum check to have fresh metadata
+system(YUM_CMD." check-update 1>/dev/null");
 
 my $tmp_file;
 
diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/usr/lib/yum-plugins/smeserver.py smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/usr/lib/yum-plugins/smeserver.py
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/usr/lib/yum-plugins/smeserver.py	2019-12-05 20:33:02.989000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/usr/lib/yum-plugins/smeserver.py	2019-12-05 22:20:38.831000000 -0500
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@
     if smechange:
         os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, config_set, config_set, 'set', 'UnsavedChanges', 'yes')
         os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, navigation_conf, navigation_conf)
+    print "Reload yum db for server-manager"
+    os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, yum_update_dbs, yum_update_dbs)
 
 def close_hook(conduit):
     if ourfile and os.path.isfile('/var/run/yum.status'):