System information

Ensure you start with a fully-functional, up-to-date Satellite 5.6 server.
Satellite 6 must be correctly installed and configured on a second machine. This installation must
include a manifest that provides access to the same content as the Satellite 5.6 instance, and for
the same number of clients.
The Satellite 6 instance must be synchronized with the desired Red Hat content before you start
the transition process. The transition tools are purposely designed not to copy Red Hat content
from Satellite 5.6 to Satellite 6.
The transition tools are designed to work in environments where network security prevents direct
connection between the Satellite 5 and Satellite 6 instances. Consequently, the tools were
designed to work in isolation, in two stages. The first stage is to export data from Satellite 5.6, and
the second stage is to import data into Satellite 6. After the first stage is complete, you can use
network tools (for example, SC P ) or physical media to transfer the exported data to the Satellite 6
server.
The export tools run on the Satellite 5.6 system. This allows direct access to the Satellite 5.6
database, repositories, and existing tools such as spacewal k-repo rt. It is also necessary
because some customer sites have networking restrictions that limit access to the Satellite 5.6
instance.
The import tools run on the Satellite 6 system, for similar reasons.
Given the differences in data models and functionality between Satellite 5.6 and Satellite 6, importing
Satellite 5.6 data cannot achieve a perfectly-configured Satellite 6 instance. The goal is to reduce the
amount of configuration as much as possible.
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3.3. T he T ransit ioning Workflow
The transitioning workflow consists of two main phases, each consisting of several steps. These are
described in the following sections.
Prep arin g f o r Tran sition
The preparation phase consists of the following steps:
1. Install Satellite 6.
2. Navigate to the Red Hat Customer Portal and create a manifest for each organization that you
are going to import.
3. Download those manifests to the Satellite 6 instance.
Important
Rename each manifest according to the organization for which it is intended. That is,
ORG_NAME. zi p.
4. Use the hammer i mpo rt o rg ani zati o n command to import your organizations and their
manifests. For example:
Red Hat Sat ellit e 6 .0 T ransit ion G uid e
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