Conducting Satellite-Specific Tasks; Using The Tools Menu - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.2 Installation Manual

redistribute the client-side certificate. If you also created another bootstrap script, you may use this
to install the certificate on client systems.
5. If you did not create a new bootstrap script, copy the contents of /var/www/html/pub/
bootstrap/ from the primary Satellite to the secondary. If you did generate a new one, copy that
directory's contents to the primary Satellite.
6. Turn off the RHN Task Engine on the secondary Satellite with the following command:
/sbin/service taskomatic stop
You may use custom scripting or other means to establish automatic start-up/failover of the RHN
Task Engine on the secondary Satellite. Regardless, it will need to be started upon failover.
7. Share channel package data (by default located in /var/satellite) between the Satellites over
some type of networked storage device. This eliminates data replication and ensures a consistent
store of data for each Satellite.
8. Make the various Satellites available on your network via Common Name and a method suiting
your infrastructure. Options include round-robin DNS, a network load balancer, and a reverse-proxy
setup.

8.7. Conducting Satellite-Specific Tasks

Using a RHN Satellite Server is quite similar to using the hosted version of Red Hat Network. For this
reason, you should consult the RHN Reference Guide to obtain detailed instructions to standard tasks,
such as editing System Profiles and updating packages. Tasks directly related to managing custom
channels and Errata are covered in the RHN Channel Management Guide. This section seeks to
explain activities available only to Satellite customers.

8.7.1. Using the Tools menu

In addition to the standard categories available to all users through the top navigation bar, Satellite
Organization Administrators also have access to a Tools menu. Clicking this opens the RHN Internal
Tools page.
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