How to remove old exported content from Red Hat Satellite 6 to manage disk space.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.

Issue

  • Old exported content occupying disk space.
  • # hammer content-export list shows the export entry.

Resolution

  • Remove the content export file from /var/lib/pulp/exports.

    # rm -r /var/lib/pulp/exports/ABC/cv_version_1/
# ls -l /var/lib/pulp/exports/ABC/cv_version_1/
ls: cannot access /var/lib/pulp/exports/ABC/cv_version_1/: No such file or directory

  • The export entry is still visible using hammer.

    # hammer content-export list
---|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------
ID | DESTINATION SERVER | PATH                                                                             | TYPE     | CONTENT VIEW VERSION                        | CONTENT VIEW VERSION ID | CREATED AT              | UPDATED AT
---|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------
1  |                    | /var/lib/pulp/exports/MBDA/cv-os-rhel-7Server-M2_2022/1.0/2022-02-11T11-08-05... | complete | cv-os-rhel-7Server-M2_2022 1.0              | 197                     | 2022-02-11 15:07:44 UTC | 2022-02-11 15:07:44 UTC

  • The entry is exported history and not occupying any space.

  • Future incremental exports use the history and information from the Satellite db to generate the incremental export files. They are not dependent on existing files.
  • If an entry is removed from the history, an incremental export will start from the latest information in the history table and generate an appropriate export.

Root Cause

  • On every non Incremental content-export new file entry will be generated under /var/lib/pulp/exports occupying disk space.

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