Description of problem:

Old CV versions and CVs should be removed to prevent the DB from growing unnecessarily. If there are a lot of CVs to remove it is very time consuming.

Removing a CV takes multiple steps and a bit of investigation. If the CV is in use in a CCV, AK, or hosts are attached the admin has to clean that up first.

Can we make it easier from either the UI or hammer to remove CV versions in a single step when dependent components also must be dealt with?

For instance, removing a CV version that is a component of a CCV will result in an error which requires changing screens to change the CCV and then return to the CV screen.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
N/A

How reproducible:

Easy

Steps to Reproduce:
1. From the Content View screen, select a CV that is included in a CCV
2. Try to delete the CV

Actual results:

Something went wrong while deleting versions Cannot delete version while it is in use by composite content views: CCV-RHEL7 Version 3.0

Expected results:

Make it easier to see what dependencies exist for removing a CV version so a bulk remove is more successful.

Additional info:

We do have content_view_version_cleanup available as a workaround, but many aren't yet familiar, so it introduces a learning curve.

https://console.redhat.com/ansible/automation-hub/repo/published/redhat/satellite/content/role/content_view_version_cleanup/