Chapter 5. Deprecated functionality
This part provides an overview of functionality that has been deprecated in Red Hat Satellite 6.15.
Deprecated functionality will likely not be supported in future releases of this product and is not recommended for new deployments. For the most recent list of deprecated functionality within a particular major release, refer to the latest version of release documentation.
The support status of deprecated functionality remains unchanged within Red Hat Satellite 6.15. For information about the length of support, see Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Application Streams Life Cycle.
Deprecated hardware components are not recommended for new deployments on the current or future releases. Hardware driver updates are limited to security and critical fixes only. Red Hat recommends replacing this hardware as soon as reasonably feasible.
A package can be deprecated and not recommended for further use. Under certain circumstances, a package can be removed from a product. Product documentation then identifies more recent packages that offer functionality similar, identical, or more advanced to the one deprecated, and provides further recommendations.
Entitlement-based subscription management
Simple Content Access (SCA) will be the only subscription management mode as of Satellite 6.16.
Entitlements
Entitlement-based Subscription Management will be removed in Satellite 6.16. It is recommended to use Simple Content Access, which simplifies the entitlement experience for administrators in regards to subscriptions as a substitute.
Jira:SAT-20195
Snapshot based backup
The snapshot based backup functionality is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
Jira:SAT-20862
Asynchronous SSH remote execution mode
The async-ssh remote execution mode is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. When you have unstable connectivity between Capsules and managed hosts, Red Hat advises you to use the pull mode instead. For more information about pull mode, see Transport Modes for Remote Execution in Managing hosts.
Foreman Hooks
The Foreman Hooks functionality is deprecated and will be replaced by Foreman Webhooks in Satellite 6.16.
Provisioning on Red Hat Virtualization
The integration of Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) with Satellite is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. All the existing compute resources of RHV type will be removed and the hosts associated with RHV will be disconnected.
Bootstrap.py
The bootstrap.py script used to register a host to Satellite or Capsule Server has been replaced with the curl command created with the global registration template. Users are encouraged to use Registration as a primary tool.
Jira:SAT-21137
