Chapter 8.1 mentions how to start & stop the satellite. This assumes the old behavior of the satellite which used SysVinit scripts. The satellite now is started & stopped with /usr/sbin/rhn-satellite. While the intent of the blurb is still correct, the commands are not.
Fixed in the latest upcoming (5.3.1) version of the Satellite Installation Guide. All
*** Bug 527184 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 523246 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fails QA. Although the original issue has been fixed, it is still incomplete. The documentation I see on: https://rlx-3-14.rhndev.redhat.com/rhn/help/satellite/en-US/ch-maintenance.jsp#s1-maintenance-rhn-satellite reads as: Since the RHN Satellite consists of a multitude of individual components, Red Hat provides a command-line tool that allows you to stop, start, or retrieve status information from the various services in the appropriate order: rhn-satellite. This tool accepts all of the typical commands: /usr/sbin/rhn-satellite start /usr/sbin/rhn-satellite stop /usr/sbin/rhn-satellite restart /usr/sbin/rhn-satellite status Use rhn-satellite to shut down and bring up the entire RHN Satellite and retrieve status messages from all of its services at once. However, this is missing reload, enable, and disable.
Added reload, enable, and disable to the commands list: http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/5.3.1/html/Installation_Guide/ch-maintenance.html#s1-maintenance-rhn-satellite Moving to MODIFIED. Thanks for pointing out the additional commands.
Verified. Checked on: https://rlx-3-14.rhndev.redhat.com/rhn/help/satellite/en-US/ch-maintenance.jsp#s1-maintenance-rhn-satellite
Section 8.4 on DB Control is still referencing "service rhn-database" as well. See BZ518930: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518930
Release Pending. Checked on rlx-3-10.rhndev.redhat.com with: rhn-i18n-guides-5.3.0.16-1.el5sat rhn-i18n-release-notes-5.3.0.8-1.el5sat satellite-branding-5.3.0.28-1.el5sat satellite-doc-indexes-5.3.24-1.el5sat
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/RHBA-2010-0413.html