Description of problem: There's currently no official RHN Satellite documentation for upgrading a Satellite. This needs to be resolved to better communicate the Satellite upgrade process to customers. There's currently the confusion for some users to just activate a new certificate then conduct an yum update and consider it an "upgrade". Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.3.0 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. See above. Actual results: See above. Expected results: Documentation for upgrading a Satellite included as part of official Satellite docs. Additional info: Suggested content from kbase article in next comment.
sister BZs are bug 579588 and bug 579591
The 5.4.0 RHN Satellite and RHN Proxy release has occurred. This issue has been resolved with this release. RHEA-2010:0801 - RHN Satellite Server 5.4.0 Upgrade https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/errata/details/Details.do?eid=10332 RHEA-2010:0803 - RHN Tools enhancement update https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/errata/details/Details.do?eid=10333 RHEA-2010:0802 - RHN Proxy Server 5.4.0 bug fix update https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/errata/details/Details.do?eid=10334 RHEA-2010:0800 - RHN Satellite Server 5.4.0 https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/errata/details/Details.do?eid=10335 Docs are available: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/index.html Regards, Clifford