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3.7.5. Transitioning Custom and Cloned Channels to Content Views
Red Hat Satellite 5 uses the concept of cloned channels to restrict the number of Red Hat-supplied channels and RPM files. Custom content is added to custom channels, which are typically children of cloned channels. In Satellite 6, for both Red Hat and non-Red Hat content, you use a single repository and then provide filtered views of that repository to the systems managed by Satellite 6. These filtered views are called content views.
This section describes how to recreate your Satellite 5 custom and cloned channels as content views. This process provides a near-equivalent set of content to systems in Satellite 6 as was available in Satellite 5.6.
Run the following command to import the Satellite 5 channels as content views in the Satellite 6 server. Use the
--dir option to specify the appropriate export directory.
# hammer import content-view --csv-file /tmp/exports/CHANNELS/export.csv / --dir /tmp/exports/CHANNELS
Run the following command to synchronize the imported channels:
# hammer import content-view --csv-file /tmp/exports/CHANNELS/export.csv --synchronize
You can combine the two commands and synchronize the channels at the same time.
# hammer import content-view --csv-file /tmp/exports/CHANNELS/export.csv / --dir /tmp/exports/CHANNELS --synchronize
The following is an example session of importing channels to content views.
Example 3.8. Importing Channels to Content Views
# hammer import content-view --csv-file /tmp/exports/CHANNELS/export.csv --dir /tmp/exports/CHANNELS Creating new product: Local-repositories Creating new local_repository: Local repository for clone-rhel-x86_64-server-5 No such content_view: 101 Repository Local_repository_for_clone-rhel-x86_64-server-5 is not (fully) synchronized. Retry once synchronization has completed. Product [1Local-repositories->118] already imported. Creating new local_repository: Local repository for clone-rhel-x86_64-server-6 No such content_view: 102 Product [1Local-repositories->118] already imported. Creating new local_repository: Local repository for custom-clone-master-puppet-rhel6-server-x86_64 Repository Local_repository_for_custom-clone-master-puppet-rhel6-server-x86_64 is not (fully) synchronized. Retry once synchronization has completed. Product [1Local-repositories->118] already imported. Creating new local_repository: Local repository for epel-puppet-rhel6-server-x86_64 Repository Local_repository_for_epel-puppet-rhel6-server-x86_64 is not (fully) synchronized. Retry once synchronization has completed.
Example 3.9. Synchronizing Imported Channels
# hammer import content-view --csv-file /tmp/exports/CHANNELS/export.csv --synchronize Product [1Local-repositories->118] already imported. Local_repository [1117->12] already imported. Sync started! No such content_view: 101 Repository Local_repository_for_clone-rhel-x86_64-server-5 is not (fully) synchronized. Retry once synchronization has completed. Product [1Local-repositories->118] already imported. Local_repository [1113->13] already imported. Sync started! No such content_view: 102 Repository Local_repository_for_clone-rhel-x86_64-server-6 is not (fully) synchronized. Retry once synchronization has completed. Product [1Local-repositories->118] already imported. Local_repository [1115->14] already imported. Sync started! Repository Local_repository_for_custom-clone-master-puppet-rhel6-server-x86_64 is not (fully) synchronized. Retry once synchronization has completed. Product [1Local-repositories->118] already imported. Local_repository [1125->21] already imported. Sync started!
Example 3.10. Combining Import and Synchronization of Channels
# hammer import content-view --csv-file /tmp/exports/CHANNELS/export.csv --dir /tmp/exports/CHANNELS --synchronize Product [1Local-repositories->98] already imported. Local_repository [1117->12] already imported. No such content_view: 101 Creating new content_view: Clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 for 64-bit x86_64) Product [1Local-repositories->98] already imported. Local_repository [1113->13] already imported. No such content_view: 102 Creating new content_view: Clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 for 64-bit x86_64) Product [1Local-repositories->98] already imported. Local_repository [1115->14] already imported. No such content_view: 103 Creating new content_view: Clone of RHEL Server Optional (v. 6 64-bit x86_64)
You can use the webUI to monitor the status of the import. Log in as an administrator, select the appropriate organization from the context menu at the upper left, and then click → .
You may need to run the command with synchronize more than once after previous steps have completed, before seeing the content view being generated.
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