How to remove a Content View from a Lifecycle Environment in Red Hat Satellite 6

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

• Is it possible to remove or demote a Content View from a Lifecycle environment?

Resolution

• To remove a Content View from a Lifecycle Environment using the WebUI

  • Log in to the Satellite WebUI -> Content -> Content View -> Click on the Content View that is to be demoted.
  • Click on the arrow next to the Promote button opposite the version that has to be removed, click on Remove from the drop-down menu.
  • Select the environment from which you want to remove the content view then click on Next.
  • If there are any Content Hosts in this Environment that are using this version of the Content View, then you will be prompted to move these hosts to a different version of the Content View.
  • Click on Confirm Remove.

• To achieve this via command line, the hammer utility can be used.

  • Obtain the content view ID, lifecycle environment, organization ID using the below commands:

      # hammer content-view list
      # hammer lifecycle-environment list
      # hammer organization list
    

  • Plug the above values into the following command:

      # hammer content-view remove-from-environment --lifecycle-environment <environment_name> --id <content_view_ID> --organization-id <organization_id>
    

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

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