How to schedule a Sync plan for specific days in a week on Red Hat Satellite 6?

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

• Scheduling a sync plan on specific days in a week (For example: scheduling sync plan three days in a week or alternate days)

Resolution

• With Satellite 6.5, the sync plan scheduling is moved from pulp to foreman tasks. As part of this, the user is now also able to set up a schedule using a cron syntax. This will easily allow for a sync plan that executes on particular days in a week.

• Navigate to Satellite WebUI -> Content -> Sync Plans -> Create Sync Plan -> select Interval as custom cron.

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

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