How to prevent system snapshot data from taking up a huge amount of space in the Satellite database?

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Issue

  • Why is the size of the rhnSnapshot table in the Satellite database is huge? How can this be prevented?
  • Is there any way to automate the expiry of old snapshots in Satellite?

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.4
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.5
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.6

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