Issued:
2011-06-16
Updated:
2011-06-16

RHEA-2011:0876 - RHN Satellite Server 5.4.1 Upgrade

Synopsis

RHN Satellite Server 5.4.1 Upgrade

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

This is the upgrade component to the RHN Satellite Server 5.4.1 General Availability Release.

Description

Red Hat Network Satellite Server provides a solution to organizations requiring absolute control over and privacy of the maintenance and package deployment of their servers. It allows organizations to utilize the benefits of Red Hat Network (RHN) without having to provide public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. RHN Satellite Server 5.4.1 may be upgraded from earlier releases of the RHN Satellite product.

The upgrade documentation for RHN Satellite 5.4.1 specifically covers:

  • All steps that must be executed prior to the upgrade.

  • Upgrade of RHN Satellite Server with upgrade of the underlying operating system.

  • Upgrade of RHN Satellite Server on an existing operating system.

  • Point release update of RHN Satellite Server.

  • Basic validation procedure for upgraded RHN Satellite Server.

Users of RHN Satellite Server are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

For those updating from Satellite 5.4 to Satellite 5.4.1, please read the update instructions in the newest rhn-upgrade package at /etc/sysconfig/rhn/satellite-upgrade/point-release-update.txt.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle5.4x86_64
Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle5.4x86_64
Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle5.4s390x
Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle5.4i386
Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle5.3x86_64
Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle5.3i386
Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle5.2x86_64
Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle5.2i386

Updated Packages

  • rhn-upgrade-5.4.0.25-1.el5sat.src.rpm
  • rhn-upgrade-5.4.0.25-1.el6sat.noarch.rpm
  • rhn-upgrade-5.4.0.25-1.el5sat.noarch.rpm
  • rhn-upgrade-5.4.0.25-1.el6sat.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information