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3.7.7. Transitioning Kickstart Profiles
The Satellite transition tools do not migrate entire kickstart profiles. Due to some significant differences between the Satellite 5 and Satellite 6 infrastructures, there is no suitable migration path between the two versions.
The transition tools can migrate kickstart scripts, and these can be used in Satellite 6 Provisioning Templates, which are an approximation of kickstart profiles.
Exporting Kickstart Scripts
The transition tools extract and export kickstart scripts from kickstart profiles as part of the overall export process on the Satellite 5 server. These scripts are stored in the kickstart-scripts.csv file in the export archive, which is copied to the Satellite 6 server.
Importing Template Snippets
When you extract the export archive onto the Satellite 6 server, the hammer import command uses the kickstart-scripts.csv file to create template snippets. These snippets are in the form of %pre and %post scripts that you can use with any new kickstart profiles in Satellite 6.
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