Red Hat Satellite Minor Version Upgrade Best Practice - Satellites and Capsules

Hi there,

A quick question on the best practice for upgrading Red Hat Satellite and Capsule servers. I know that I need to keep the versions in sync and I know that I need to run "katello-installer --upgrade" or "capsule-installer --upgrade" after the packages are updated.

An example, upgrading from 6.1.6 to 6.1.7 RHSA-2016:0174 can anyone comment whether these steps are appropriate for a Satellite Server and Capsule running on RHEL 7.2?

Synchronize the following repos on the Satellite server if not synchronized recently:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server (RPMs)
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.1 (for RHEL 7 Server) (RPMs)

On the satellite server:

• katello-service stop (Any need to do this?)
• yum update (If kernel updates are applied should I reboot after this point or do this as a final step?)
• katello-installer --upgrade
• Check whether any tuning parameters need to be reapplied Red Hat Bugzilla 1273168
• katello-service start (Depending on if I stopped earlier)

Once the server is complete, update the capsule:

• katello-service stop (Any need to do this?)
• yum update (If kernel updates are applied should I reboot after this point or do this as a final step?)
• capsule-installer --upgrade
• Check whether any tuning parameters need to be reapplied Red Hat Bugzilla 1273168
• katello-service start (Depending on if I stopped earlier)

I presume it's OK to have the Satellite server on 6.1.7 and the capsule on 6.1.6 for a short period as would be the case in the above procedure? Or should I shutdown the Satellite services on the capsule server before I begin.

Many thanks,

Richard.