<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"></style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr"> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I've been trying to research this and it appear to me that the "Retired Channel" tab is used only when Red Hat retires a channel in RHN, and the channel would then get retired in Satellite/Spacewalk. Is that correct? </p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">What do others do when you are no longer using a channel? Do you delete it, or just leave it? I've considered making a clone of it, so I can rename it, with something like "Archive" or similar in the name so everyone knows that this channel is for references only.</p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">If I archive the channel, I don't need the corresponding repository, correct? Can I remove that so no one attempts to initiate a sync. </p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Any thoughts on the subject?</p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Thanks</p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Daryl</p> <br> <br> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com <spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com> on behalf of Daryl Rose <darylrose@outlook.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 7, 2017 3:29 PM<br> <b>To:</b> spacewalk-list@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> [Spacewalk-list] How to retire a channel?</font> <div> </div> </div> <div dir="ltr"> <div id="x_divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">I have an older SLES 11 SP3 channel that I would like to retire. SP3 went EOL over a year ago, and I don't have any clients registered to use it, but I would like to keep the channel and packages if possible. I see a "Retired Channels" tab, but I don't see a way to change the status of the channel.</p> <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Thanks</p> <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><br> </p> <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Daryl</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>