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DescriptionStephen Wadeley
2018-10-29 10:15:48 UTC
Document URL:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.4/html/upgrading_and_updating_red_hat_satellite/upgrading_red_hat_satellite#upgrading_a_disconnected_satellite
Section Number and Name:
3.1.2. Upgrading a Disconnected Satellite Server
Describe the issue:
The foreman-maintain tool has been added to the ISO for Satellite 6.4
The foreman-maintain tool is the preferred way to upgrade from Sat6.3 to Sat6.4
Suggestions for improvement:
Change:
Obtain the latest ISO file, mount it, and install the packages by following the procedures in the Downloading and Installing from a Disconnected Network section of the Installing Satellite Server from a Disconnected Network.
To:
Obtain the latest ISO file and mount it, but do not install any packages, by following the procedures in the Downloading and Installing from a Disconnected Network section of the Installing Satellite Server from a Disconnected Network.
I think we need to make that more verbose, use separate steps, and link directly to the subsections. The safest would be to have two steps I think:
then have these two subsystems:
Obtain the latest ISO files by following Downloading the Binary DVD Images in the Installing Satellite Server from a Disconnected Network guide.
Mount the ISO files by following Configuring the Base System with Offline Repositories in the Installing Satellite Server from a Disconnected Network guide. Do not install or update any packages at this stage.
Then add this new step:
. Copy the ISO file's repository data file for the Red Hat Satellite packages.
+
[options="nowrap"]
----
# cp /media/sat6/media.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/sat6.repo
----
. Edit the repository data file:
.. Add the `baseurl` directive.
+
[options="nowrap"]
----
baseurl=file:///media/sat6/
----
.. Change the default `InstallMedia` repository name to something suitable.
+
[options="nowrap"]
----
[Sat6.4]
----
Then add this new step:
. Copy the ISO file's repository data file for Red Hat Software Collections.
+
[options="nowrap"]
----
# cp /media/sat6/RHSCL/media.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/RHSCL.repo
----
. Edit the repository data file:
.. Add the `baseurl` directive.
+
[options="nowrap"]
----
baseurl=file:///media/sat6/RHSCL/
----
.. Change the default `InstallMedia` repository name to something suitable.
+
[options="nowrap"]
----
[RHSCL]
----
Then add this new step:
. Copy the ISO file's repository data file for Red Hat Satellite Maintenance.
+
[options="nowrap"]
----
# cp /media/sat6/sat-maintenance/media.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/sat-maintenance.repo
----
. Edit the repository data file:
.. Add the `baseurl` directive.
+
[options="nowrap"]
----
baseurl=file:///media/sat6/sat-maintenance/
----
.. Change the default `InstallMedia` repository name to something suitable.
+
[options="nowrap"]
----
[sat-maintenance]
----
(the procedure then continues with "If you have custom Apache server configurations,")
Additional information:
Change these commands:
foreman-maintain upgrade check --target-version 6.4
foreman-maintain upgrade run --target-version 6.4
by adding:
--whitelist="repositories-validate,repositories-setup"
(because in a disconnected environment the repos are not set up by subscription-manager)