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6.2.2.2. Preparing RHN Satellite Exporter Data

In order to perform the import from data previously exported using RHN Satellite Exporter, you must first copy that data onto the local system. Steps such as the following will enable you to procede to running the import as described in Section 6.2.3, “Running the Import”.
  1. Log into the machine as root.
  2. Create a target directory for the files, such as: 
    mkdir /var/rhn-sat-import/
  3. Make the export data available on the local machine in the directory created in the previous step. This can be done by copying the data directly, or by mounting the data from another machine using NFS. It is perhaps easiest to copy the data into the new directory with a command such as the following: 
    scp -r root@storage.example.com:/var/sat-backup/* /var/rhn-sat-import
Now that the data is available, you can procede to performing the import.