System information

Upon the future release of Satellite 5.7, it too will be supported as a platform for moving from
Satellite 5 to 6.
Upon future releases of Satellite (6.1, 6.2, and so on), they too will be supported as platforms for
moving from Satellite 5.
Note
If you plan a more passive transition process, the prior Satellite version does not matter.
A passive transition process is more of an adoption process where legacy workloads
remain on Satellite 5 and new workloads are freshly modeled on Satellite 6 as if it is
treated as new infrastructure for your Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems Management
needs.
Wh ich version s of R ed H at Ent erp rise Lin u x will Sat ellite 5 and Satellit e 6 sup p o rt
as client syst ems?
The following support matrix currently applies:
Satellite 5.6 supports clients of Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Satellite 6 supports clients of Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5.7 and later, 6.1 and later,
and 7.0 and later.
Satellite 6 does not support clients of version Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
Wh at is t h e qu ick versio n of h o w t o t ran sitio n f ro m Satellit e 5 t o Sat ellit e 6 ?
1. Install Satellite 6, activate with a manifest and synchronize Red Hat content from CDN.
Review the documentation, learn and understand the basics of the Satellite 6
product, including new concepts, such as environments.
Back up the new Satellite 6 server, including databases, before using the transition
tools.
2. As root on Satellite 5.6, run the exporter command-line tool.
3. Copy the resulting data onto Satellite 6.
4. As root on Satellite 6, run the importer command-line tools.
5. Validate and test the resulting Satellite 6 system for a subset of end to end functionality
and important use-cases corresponding to the data-types transitioned from Satellite 5.6
to 6.
Red Hat Sat ellit e 6 .0 T ransit ion G uid e
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