Description of problem: 6GB of storage per channel as recommended is insufficient. http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/satellite/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite-5.2.0/html/Installation_Guide/s1-requirements-hardware.html After having installed Satellite and sync'ing multiple channels, namely rhel-x86_64-server-5, rhel-i386-server-5, rhel-i386-as-4, and rhel-x86_64-as-4, /var/satellite had filled up. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Revision 1.0 How reproducible: satellite-sync -c rhel-x86_64-server-5 -c rhel-i386-server-5 -c rhel-x86_64-as-4 -c rhel-i386-as-4 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install a satellite 2. create /var/satellite with 30GB of space (6GB more than necessary) 3. satellite-sync -c rhel-x86_64-server-5 -c rhel-i386-server-5 -c rhel-x86_64-as-4 -c rhel-i386-as-4 Actual results: Insufficient disk space Expected results: Channels fit into recommended storage size guidelines Additional info:
Verified. 30 gigs is the current recommended minimum in the docs.
verified in stage on xen5
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1434.html