Unable to list Red Hat Satellite server version 6.11 for performing an upgrade of the Satellite server.

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6.10

Issue

• # satellite-maintain upgrade list-versions command does not list Red Hat Satellite version 6.11 for running an upgrade.

     # satellite-maintain upgrade list-versions
  Checking for new version of satellite-maintain...
  Nothing to update, can't find new version of satellite-maintain.
  6.10.z
  

• We want to upgrade the existing Red Hat Satellite server to 6.11 but the required version is not available.

Resolution

• Enable rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6.11-rpms repository on Red Hat Satellite server using the below command:

  # subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6.11-rpms 
  

• Run the below command to list the available Satellite versions for the upgrade.

  # satellite-maintain upgrade list-versions
  

• Re-run the above command if the satellite-maintain related packages were updated in the previous attempt.

Root Cause

• The required repository rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6.11-rpms for upgrading the Red Hat Satellite to 6.11 is not enabled on the Satellite server.

• For upgrading the previous versions of the Red Hat Satellite server, the required repository is rhel-7-server-satellite-maintenance-6-rpms, but a different repository is required for upgrading theRed Hat Satellite to 6.11

Diagnostic Steps

• Check the enabled repositories on the Red Hat Satellite server.

  # yum repolist
  

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