How to take a backup of the Red Hat Satellite 6 server without packages?

Environment

Red Hat Satellite

Issue

• How to take a backup of the Red Hat Satellite 6 server without packages?
• How to exclude packages in katello-backup command?

Resolution

• To take a backup of the Red Hat Satellite 6 server without packages, pass --skip-pulp-content flag to foreman-maintain command, with the backup option:

# foreman-maintain backup online --skip-pulp-content -y <Export_Directory_Path>

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x backup issues, please refer to the Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x backup-related Issues

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