[ale] Satellite 6 opinions?

[James Sumners]

I have a license for Satellite. That's not an issue. Plus, when shit
breaks, and it does, I can push the problem off on RH while I get on with
other things.

I just wanted to get some opinions from the list about wether the upgrade
is worth my time right now.

On Sunday, October 19, 2014, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:

> James,
>
> Can I recommend that you build you a CentOS 6 box ( RHEL 6 ), install
> Spacewalk on it, and yes Satellite is bas on Spacewalk.  Then create and
> set up RHEL4 channel to see if it still supports it before you waste
> thousand of dollars on Satellite.
>
> If I had time I would build a second server and let you know. But with
> Spacewalk being free, it worth a try.
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 10:08 AM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','james.sumners at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Scott McBrien <smcbrien at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','smcbrien at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think 5.10 would be better.  But again, you have to be using extended
>>> life subscriptions on those boxes.  If you let them expire when the initial
>>> 7 years of RHEL4 was up, you won't have the bits to allow them to join sat6.
>>
>>
>> I could get by with not having support for the RHEL4 boxes. I only have 6
>> of them, and I _really_ hate the software that we have to have them for.
>> Thankfully, that software is being EOLed in ~14 months. So I can hopefully
>> kick it to the curb soon(ish).
>>
>>
>> --
>> James Sumners
>> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>>
>> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological
>> personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the
>> corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a
>> condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>>
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-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological
personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the
corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a
condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59
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