Chapter 1. Introduction
This document explains how Red Hat Satellite 6 can support a rigid patching lifecycle for Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
This document explains how to perform in Satellite 6 patching procedures that are similar to the patching procedures defined in Rich Jerrido’s Red Hat Satellite 5.6 Errata Management Guide. In that guide, the command spacewalk-clone-by-date
was the primary mechanism by which a patching schedule was defined. Satellite 6 has no such command and instead uses hammer
. This guide explains how to use hammer
to define a Content View that performs the same function as spacewalk-clone-by-date
.
1.1. Audience
The audience for this guide is Systems and Security Administrators who are responsible for implementing a scalable and rigid patching schedule.
1.2. Requirements
Readers of this guide should be familiar with Red Hat Satellite and its terminology.