Chapter 3. Removed functionality
This section lists functionality that has been removed in Red Hat Satellite 6.16.
3.1. Security and authentication
OVAL-only contents and policies
Management of the Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) contents and policies, which were provided as Technology Previews, are no longer available. If you used an OVAL policy on your clients, you must reconfigure them.
3.2. Content management
Entitlement-based subscription management
Entitlement-based subscription management has been removed. You must use Simple Content Access, which simplifies the entitlement experience for administrators. For more information, see the Subscription Management Administration Guide for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the Red Hat Customer Portal.
Jira:SAT-27936[1]
3.3. Host provisioning and management
Telemetry disablement in Convert2RHEL job templates
You cannot disable telemetry when you use the Convert2RHEL utility.
Jira:SAT-24654[1]
foreman_hooks plugin
The foreman_hooks plugin has been removed. You must use the foreman_webhooks plugin instead.
Jira:SAT-16036[1]
3.4. Backup and restore
Snapshot backup
satellite-maintain no longer supports snapshot backups. You must use online backups instead.
Jira:SAT-20955[1]
3.5. Hammer CLI tool
Removed Hammer commands and options
The following Hammer command has been removed:
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hammer simple-content-access
The following Hammer options have been removed:
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--simple-content-accessremoved from thehammer organization createcommand -
--simple-content-accessremoved from thehammer organization updatecommand -
--source-urlremoved from thehammer repository synchronizecommand
Jira:SAT-28141[1]
3.6. REST API
Removed API endpoints and routes
The following API endpoints have been removed:
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/katello/api/organizations/:organization_id/simple_content_access/eligible -
/katello/api/organizations/:organization_id/simple_content_access/enable -
/katello/api/organizations/:organization_id/simple_content_access/disable -
/katello/api/organizations/:organization_id/simple_content_access/status -
/api/compliance/oval_contents -
/api/compliance/oval_contents/:id -
/api/compliance/oval_contents/sync -
/api/compliance/oval_policies -
/api/compliance/oval_policies/:id -
/api/compliance/oval_policies/:id/assign_hostgroups -
/api/compliance/oval_policies/:id/assign_hosts -
/api/compliance/oval_policies/:id/oval_content -
/api/compliance/oval_reports/:cname/:oval_policy_id/:date
Jira:SAT-28135[1]
