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Table 6.1. RHN Satellite Exporter Options
Option Description
-d, --dir= Place the exported information into this directory.
-cCHANNEL_LABEL, --
channel=CHANNEL_LABEL
Process data for this specific channel (specified
by label) only. NOTE: the channel's *label* is
NOT the same as the channel's *name*.
--list-channels List all available channels and exit.
--list-steps List all of the steps that rhn-satellite-exporter
takes while exporting data. These can be used
as values for --step.
-p --print-configuration Print the configuration and exit.
--print-report Print a report to the terminal when the export is
complete.
--no-rpms Do not retrieve actual RPMs.
--no-packages Do not export RPM metadata.
--no-errata Do not process Errata information.
--no-kickstarts Do not process kickstart data (provisioning only).
--debug-level=LEVEL_NUMBER Override the amount of messaging sent to log
files and generated on the screen set in /etc/
rhn/rhn.conf, 0-6 (2 is default).
--start-date=START_DATE The start date limit that the last modified
dates are compared against. Must be in the
format YYYYMMDDHH24MISS (for example,
20071225123000)
--end-date=END_DATE The end date limit that the last modified dates
are compared against. Must be typed in the
format YYYYMMDDHH24MISS (for example,
20071231235900)
--make-isos=MAKE_ISOS Create a channel dump ISO directory called
satellite-isos (for example, --make-
isos=cd or dvd
--email Email a report of what was exported and what
errors may have occurred.
--traceback-mail=EMAIL Alternative email address for --email.
--db=DB Include alternate database connect string:
username/password@SID.
--hard-links Export the RPM and kickstart files with hard links
to the original files.
6.1.2. Exporting
To perform a RHN Satellite Exporter export, the following prerequisites must be met:
• The RHN Satellite installation must have been performed successfully.
• There must be sufficient disk space in the directory specified in the --dir option to contain the
exported contents.
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