Publishing Content View increasing disk space utilization on Red Hat Satellite 6

Solution Verified - Updated

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.8

Issue

  • After publishing new version of Content View or Composite Content View, disk space utilization of /var/lib/pulp is increasing on Red Hat Satellite 6.8

Resolution

  • As a workaround, Regenerate Repository Metadata of Content View or Composite Content View.

    Go to Satellite Web UI → Content → Content Views → Select the particular Content View → Click on the drop-down beside Promote for the concerned version → Regenerate Repository Metadata

  • This can be done using command line as well.

       # hammer content-view list 

   # hammer content-view info --id <Content View ID>

   # hammer content-view version republish-repositories --content-view-id <Content View ID>  --version <Content View Version number>

   or 

   # hammer content-view version republish-repositories --content-view-id <Content View ID>  --id <Content view version identifier>

  • If there are too many CVS that need to clean up, we need to use the foreman-maintain command:

  • Run a verification first:

    # foreman-maintain advanced procedure run pulp-cleanup-old-metadata-files

  • To actually clean up, run:

    # foreman-maintain advanced procedure run pulp-cleanup-old-metadata-files --remove-files true

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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