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Red Hat Satellite pros and cons

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PROS

Red Hat Satellite enables targeted deployments, allowing administrators to send updates or provisions to specific groups, significantly reducing administrative time for patching in large environments.
It features a Capsule management system which simplifies handling of multiple branches from a central location.
Patch and configuration management are streamlined into a complete, self-sufficient tool, eliminating dependency on third parties and enhancing internal security by not exposing the mission-critical environment to the Internet.
Compliance auditing and vulnerability management features are highly valued for maintaining system integrity and security.
Red Hat Satellite supports offline patching and updates, making it adaptable for environments without internet access.

CONS

Red Hat Satellite could have more diversity in deployment options and should support more than just Red Hat products.
There needs to be improvement in the way Satellite manages subscriptions, especially with different contracts and bundles.
Satellite should include a complete system management and monitoring toolset such as Nagios for a more comprehensive solution.
Satellite's integration capabilities need enhancement to provide a more unified management experience for multiple operating systems.
The initial setup of Satellite is tricky and could be simplified without requiring a patch manager subscription.
 

Red Hat Satellite Pros review quotes

JonathanShilling - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 3, 2020
Satellite gives administrators the ability to target deployments and only send out the updates or provision updates to certain groups.
Ugochukwu Okorie - PeerSpot reviewer
May 22, 2023
The most valuable feature is the fact that you don't have to expose your mission-critical environment to the Internet. With the Satellite system in place, it acts as a barrier between your Red Hat infrastructure and the public Internet.
Erik Widholm - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 18, 2022
The 'remote execution' feature further helps manage systems on a consistent basis.
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reviewer1486413 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 8, 2023
The most valuable feature is the management of the distributed tool we use in the Red Hat Linux Servers.
reviewer1556661 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 21, 2021
Technical support has been good.
reviewer1779945 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 14, 2022
I like the integration with other tools.
BG
Jun 12, 2023
The product helps me to manage a large number of servers from one console.
reviewer1486413 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 8, 2021
Patch management is, for sure, most valuable. For license management and patch management, I would rate it a 10 out of 10.
Hamad Shahrani - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 9, 2023
It has been a stable solution...It is a totally scalable solution.
reviewer1450230 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 24, 2020
Fixing is the most valuable. When you deal with a lot of hardware and software and you have a lot of packages, fixing is a bit difficult. You need to track and pull up all such things, but Satellite makes this task easy. We have branches in other locations, and I can manage other branches by using Satellite Capsule, which is a great feature.
 

Red Hat Satellite Cons review quotes

JonathanShilling - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 3, 2020
The product could have more diversity in what it is able to deploy and might do better if it was not dedicated to Red Hat products only.
Ugochukwu Okorie - PeerSpot reviewer
May 22, 2023
The dashboard of Satellite is not encouraging. It does not adequately showcase all the functionality it offers.
Erik Widholm - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 18, 2022
I would like the direct integration with insights to be re-established.
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reviewer1486413 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 8, 2023
Red Hat Satellite has a short life cycle and we constantly need to update.
reviewer1556661 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 21, 2021
There needs to be some margin for improvement in terms of the way Satellite manages subscriptions. It is still very confusing when we have different contracts or different bundles of subscriptions, and we need to manage those within Satellite in a way that's very user-friendly.
reviewer1779945 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 14, 2022
Automation can always be improved and refined to continue to make it better.
BG
Jun 12, 2023
The documentation could be better.
reviewer1486413 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 8, 2021
It should basically include a complete slew of system management and monitoring tools such as Nagios. It should be a single pane of glass that gives us a complete solution. It is a good solution, but it is missing a few important things. We're using Capsule for DMVs on other secured zones. Capsule is a part of Satellite to be a proxy of sorts.
Hamad Shahrani - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 9, 2023
Regarding the product's ability to support third-party tools, Red Hat doesn't support all the layers from the open-source version of Linux.
reviewer1450230 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 24, 2020
It wasn't easy in the beginning, and some effort was required to work it out. I already had the product documentation, but it was not well organized. It wasn't easy to follow. There were a lot of documents here and there.