System information

# hammer import organization --csv-file /tmp/exports/users.csv --
upload-manifests-from /root/manifest-dir
Perf o rming t h e T ran sit ion
After you have completed the steps described in Preparing for Transition, the Satellite 6 instance is
ready to accept transition data. This phase consists of the following steps:
1. Export the entities (metadata and content) from an installed Satellite 5 system, using tools
installed on the Satellite 5 server machine.
2. Transfer the exported entities to the Satellite 6 instance, using SC P , a USB device, or other
suitable means.
3. Import the Satellite 5 entities, using tools installed on the Satellite 6 server machine.
4. Tune the Satellite 6 configuration to suit your deployment.
The existing spacewal k-repo rt tool extracts most of the information from the Satellite 5 instance.
Several new reports have been added, as well as two new tools that are used as part of the export
process:
spacewal k-channel -expo rt: This tool exports channel data and metadata beyond that
available at the report level.
spacewal k-expo rt: This tool is a wrapper that combines the various export processes into a
single tool, and packages the resulting export data into a single data set that can be transferred
to the Satellite 6 system.
The existing hammer tool has been extended with a new plug-in. This plug-in is compatible with the
Satellite 5 export data format, and accesses the Satellite 6 instance using its public API. The import
tools track which Satellite 5 entities have been mapped to which Satellite 6 entities. This means you
can run the import tools multiple times without duplicating entities.
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3.4. Frequent ly Asked Quest ions
Can I perf o rm an in- p lace u p g rad e fro m Sat ellit e 5 to Sat ellite 6 ?
The underlying technologies between Satellite 5 and 6 are significantly different. For this
reason, the in-place upgrade process (such as from version 4.x to 5.x or from 5.x to 5.y) does
not apply for version 5 to 6. Satellite 6 needs to be installed on a new server as part of the side-
by-side transition process. Consequently, this is referred to as a transition process and not an
upgrade process.
Wh ich version s of Sat ellite 5 are su p p o rt ed f o r t h e t ran sit io n ?
The transition path begins with Satellite 5.6. If you are running an earlier version of Satellite
you first need to upgrade to version 5.6.
⁠Chapt er 3. T ransit ioning from Sat ellit e 5 t o 6
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