Chapter 9. Restoring Satellite Server or Capsule Server from a Backup

Prerequisites

• Ensure that you are restoring to the correct instance. The Red Hat Satellite instance must have the same host name, configuration, and be the same minor version (X.Y) as the original system.
• Ensure that you have an existing target directory. The target directory is read from the configuration files contained within the archive.

• Ensure that you have enough space to store this data on the base system of Satellite Server or Capsule Server as well as enough space after the restoration to contain all the data in the /etc/ and /var/ directories contained within the backup.

  To check the space used by a directory, enter the following command:

  # du -sh /var/backup_directory

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  To check for free space, enter the following command:

  # df -h /var/backup_directory

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  Add the --total option to get a total of the results from more than one directory.

• Ensure that all SELinux contexts are correct. Enter the following command to restore the correct SELinux contexts:

  # restorecon -Rnv /

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Additional Resources

• For troubleshooting, you can check /var/log/foreman/production.log and /var/log/messages.

Additional Resources

• For troubleshooting, you can check /var/log/foreman/production.log and /var/log/messages.