Chapter 3. New Features and Enhancements

3.1. New Features
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The following new features have been added to Red Hat Satellite 5.6:

Embedded database now uses PostgreSQL instead of Oracle. This provides the following database options:
- Embedded PostgreSQL - PostgreSQL Database contained on the Satellite host.
- Managed PostgreSQL - PostgreSQL Database managed on an external host created from Satellite installation.
- External PostgreSQL - User-supplied PostgreSQL database on an external host.
- External Oracle - User-supplied Oracle database on an external host.
The ability to provide online or hot backups of the database for Embedded and Managed PostgreSQL deployments.
Enhanced Reporting features that integrate with Subscription Asset Manager 1.3 and later to allow details on subscription reporting over time.
ABRT system failure reporting for Satellite clients, which proovides a centralized reporting of detected ABRT crashes.
Improved SCAP auditing features and support for XCCDF 1.2 to provide capturing of detailed HTML reports.
Inter-Satellite Synchronization now managed within the Web UI, including the ability to preserve Multi-Orgranization permissions and trusts, and mapping them to other Satellites within an Inter-Satellite-Synchronization environment.
Provisioning Enhancements:
- Support for the usage of the cobbler buildiso option for PXE-less provisioning on Satellite hosts using x86_64 architecture.
- Kickstart profiles can now automatically track to newest kickstart trees when available.
Web UI Enhancements.
- Reband to "Red Hat Satellite" from "Red Hat Network Satellite".