Procedure 4.23. Activate Satellite 5 Repository

• Enable the Satellite 5 repository
  For ⁠AMD64 and Intel 64:

  # subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-6-server-satellite-5.7-rpms
  

  For IBM System z:

  # subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-6-system-z-satellite-5.7-rpms
  

Procedure 4.24. Update Packages and the Database Schema

• For detailed instructions, follow the procedure in Section 13.2, “Performing Critical Updates to the Server”.

Procedure 4.25. Switch Satellite to Connected Mode

1. Edit the Red Hat Network configuration file /etc/rhn/rhn.conf and make the following changes:
2. 1. Edit the server.satellite.rhn_parent line as follows.

      # server.satellite.rhn_parent = satellite.rhn.redhat.com
      

   2. Change the line disconnected=1 to disconnected=0.

      disconnected=0
      

3. Validate the configuration changes.

   1. # spacewalk-cfg-get get server disconnected
      

      The expected output is 0, confirming that disconnected mode is not enabled.

   2. # spacewalk-cfg-get get server.satellite rhn_parent
      

      The expected output is satellite.rhn.redhat.com.
4. Reactivate the Satellite Server. The rhn-satellite-activate command requires the entitlement certificate. In this example, the certificate Satellite-57.cert is used.

   # rhn-satellite-activate -vvv --rhn-cert=Satellite-57.cert
   RHN_PARENT: satellite.rhn.redhat.com