2.9. Creating Partition Tables

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Hosts > Partition Tables and click Create Partition Table.
2. In the Name field, enter a name for the partition table.
3. Select the Default check box if you want to set the template to automatically associate with new organizations or locations.
4. Select the Snippet check box if you want to identify the template as a reusable snippet for other partition tables.
5. From the Operating System Family list, select the distribution or family of the partitioning layout. For example, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Fedora are in the Red Hat family.

6. In the Template editor field, enter the layout for the disk partition. For example:

   zerombr
   clearpart --all --initlabel
   autopart

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   You can also use the Template file browser to upload a template file.

   The format of the layout must match that for the intended operating system. For example, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 requires a layout that matches a kickstart file.

7. In the Audit Comment field, add a summary of changes to the partition layout.
8. Click the Organizations and Locations tabs to add any other provisioning contexts that you want to associate with the partition table. Satellite adds the partition table to the current provisioning context.
9. Click Submit to save your partition table.

For CLI Users

1. Before you create a partition table with the CLI, create a plain text file that contains the partition layout. This example uses the ~/my-partition file.

2. Create the installation medium using the hammer partition-table create command:

   # hammer partition-table create --name "My Partition" --snippet false \
   --os-family Redhat --file ~/my-partition --organizations "My_Organization" \
   --locations "My_Location"

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