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Red Hat Satellite pros and cons

Vendor: Red Hat
4.1 out of 5
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PROS

Satellite provides the ability to target deployments and updates, significantly reducing administrative time for patching systems in large environments.
Satellite Capsule allows efficient management of remote branches, enhancing branch control without third-party dependencies.
The integration with other tools and the management of distributed tools on Red Hat Linux Servers are highly valued features.
Satellite acts as a protective barrier between Red Hat infrastructure and the public Internet, allowing secure management and updates.
Subscription management for servers and environments enables organized grouping and patch management based on patch levels.

CONS

Red Hat Satellite's ability to support third-party tools is limited, as Red Hat does not support all layers from the open-source version of Linux.
Improving integration could lead to a more unified management experience for multiple operating systems within data centers.
There is a request for the bundling of Satellite with Ansible Tower and the Ansible Automation platform to ease management and security challenges.
The management of subscriptions within Satellite is confusing and requires improvements for better usability.
There is a need for better documentation, as existing materials are not well organized or easy to follow.
 

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.
DS
Dec 18, 2024
Our customers primarily look for two main features: reliability and flexibility.
 

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.
DS
Dec 18, 2024
Migration from one version to another should be simplified further.