While importing content to a disconnected satellite server expand_export.sh script is just expanding exported content. cat expand_export.sh #!/bin/bash cat content-export-* | tar xzpf - echo "*** Done expanding archives. ***" it should remove exported directories at the end. Its consuming double space. Suppose if you are exporting rhel 6.5 rpm+kickstart (25 G), after running this script it will consume 50+ G on satellite. For syncing we just need content folder (http://repo-host/content) https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Satellite/6.0/html/Installation_Guide/Importing_Content_to_the_Disconnected_Satellite_Server.html
Since this issue was entered in Red Hat Bugzilla, the release flag has been set to ? to ensure that it is properly evaluated for this release.
The katello-disconnected server synchronization and export functions are being moved into the Satellite server itself. With 6.2, the katello-disconnected command will no longer be delivered and instead will be replaced with a new export and import functions delivered via the UI and hammer CLI. This bug is being closed as "WONTFIX" since it relates only to the existing katello-disconnected tooling. Please check the Satellite docs with the release of Satellite 6.2 on how to use the new content export and import features.