Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.1 Installation Manual

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Chapter 8. Maintenance54the advisory will contain specific and detailed information about necessary steps thatmay be required.If instead of installing new Satellite packages, you are attempting to update the server's RHNEntitlement Certificate, such as to increase its number of client systems, refer to Chapter 5,Entitlements for instructions.8.3. Backing Up the SatelliteBacking up an RHN Satellite Server can be done in several ways. Regardless of the method chosen,the associated database also needs to be backed up. For the Stand-Alone Database, consult yourorganization's database administrator. For the Embedded Database, refer to Section 8.4, “Using RHNDB Control” for a complete description of this process and the options available.Here are the minimum files and directories Red Hat recommends backing up:• /rhnsat/ - Embedded Database only (never to be backed up while the database is running - referto Section 8.4.2, “Backing up the Database”)• /etc/sysconfig/rhn/• /etc/rhn/• /etc/sudoers• /etc/tnsnames.ora• /var/www/html/pub/• /var/satellite/redhat/1 - custom RPMs• /etc/pxtdb.conf - pertains only to RHN Satellite Server 1.1.x.• /root/.gnupg/• /root/ssl-build/If possible, back up /var/satellite/, as well. In case of failure, this will save lengthy downloadtime. Since /var/satellite/ (specifically /var/satellite/redhat/NULL/) is primarily aduplicate of Red Hat's RPM repository, it can be regenerated with satellite-sync. Red Hatrecommends the entire /var/satellite/ tree be backed up. In the case of disconnected satellites,/var/satellite/ must be backed up.Backing up only these files and directories would require reinstalling the RHN Satellite Server ISORPMs and reregistering the Satellite. In addition, Red Hat packages would need to be resynchronizedusing the satellite-sync tool. Finally, you would have to reinstall the /root/ssl-build/\rhn-org-httpd-ssl-key-pair-MACHINE_NAME-VER-REL.noarch.rpm.Another method would be to back up all of the files and directories mentioned above but reinstallthe RHN Satellite Server without reregistering it. During the installation, cancel or skip the RHNregistration and SSL certificate generation sections.The final and most comprehensive method would be to back up the entire machine. This would savetime in downloading and reinstalling but would require additional disk space and back up time.