[rhn-satellite-beta-users] Need to remove sync'd channels

[Thomas Cameron (Red Hat)]

Matt Micene wrote:
> I am currently evaluating the beta on a system that I know does not have
> the disk capacity to hold all of the channels we need.  However, it
> looks like several aborted sync attempts and two successful attempts
> have filled up the local disk.  I am looking at about 6GB for the DB and
> 8GB in /var/rhn.  Is there a way I can "reset" the sync'd channels and
> remove all of the downloaded packages to try to get 1 clean channel to
> play with?
> 
> I saw no way in the UI to delete any of the entitled channels, only
> channels created by the user.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt

cd /usr/share/rhn
export PYTHONPATH=/usr/share/rhn
python satellite_tools/satrm.py -c [channel] -c [channel]

You can also run

python satellite_tools/satrm.py -l

to list the channels.

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Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Enterprise Solutions Architect - Red Hat
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