Chapter 11. Recovering corrupted content

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Content > Products.
2. Select the product containing the corrupted repository.
3. Select the name of a repository you want to synchronize.
4. To perform optimized sync or complete sync, select Advanced Sync from the Select Action menu.
5. Select the required option and click Sync.
6. Optional: To verify the checksum, click Verify Content Checksum from the Select Action menu.

Procedure

1. Obtain a list of repository IDs:

   $ hammer repository list \
   --organization "My_Organization"

2. Synchronize a corrupted repository using the necessary option:

   • For the optimized synchronization:

     $ hammer repository synchronize \
     --id My_ID

   • For the complete synchronization:

     $ hammer repository synchronize \
     --id My_ID \
     --skip-metadata-check true

   • For the validate content synchronization:

     $ hammer repository synchronize \
     --id My_ID \
     --validate-contents true

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Capsules.
2. Select your Capsule Server.

3. Recover corrupted content on your Capsule Server.

   • To repair content in a lifecycle environment, select the ellipsis next to your lifecycle environment and click Verify Content Checksum.
   • To repair content in a content view, select the ellipsis next to your content view and click Verify Content Checksum.

Verification

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Monitor > Satellite Tasks > Tasks.
2. Search for Verify checksum for content.
3. Verify that the task completed successfully.

Procedure

1. Display a list of all Capsules:

   $ hammer capsule list

   Note the ID of your Capsule Server.

2. Recover corrupted content on your Capsule Server:

   • Repair content in a content view:

     $ hammer capsule content verify-checksum \
     --content-view-id My_Content_View_ID \
     --id My_Capsule_Server_ID \
     --organization-id My_Organization_ID

   • Repair content in a lifecycle environment:

     $ hammer capsule content verify-checksum \
     --id My_Capsule_Server_ID \
     --lifecycle-environment-id My_Lifecycle_Environment_ID \
     --organization-id My_Organization_ID

   • Repair content in a repository:

     $ hammer capsule content verify-checksum \
     --id My_Capsule_Server_ID \
     --organization-id My_Organization_ID \
     --repository-id My_Repository_ID

   • Repair all content on your Capsule Server:

     $ hammer capsule content verify-checksum \
     --id My_Capsule_Server_ID

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Content > Products.
2. Select the product that includes the repository for which you want to republish metadata.
3. On the Repositories tab, select a repository.

4. To republish metadata for the repository, click Republish Repository Metadata from the Select Action menu.

   Note

   This action is not available for repositories that use the Complete Mirroring policy because the metadata is copied verbatim from the upstream source of the repository.

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Content > Lifecycle > Content Views.
2. Select a content view.
3. On the Versions tab, select a content view version.
4. To republish metadata for the content view version, click Republish repository metadata from the vertical ellipsis icon.