User manual REDHAT NETWORK 2.8 MANAGEMENT REFERENCE GUIDE

[. . . ] Red Hat Network 2. 8 Management Reference Guide Red Hat Network 2. 8: Management Reference Guide Copyright © 2001 - 2003 by Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Drive Raleigh NC 27606-2072 USA Phone: +1 919 754 3700 Phone: 888 733 4281 Fax: +1 919 754 3701 PO Box 13588 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA RHNent(EN)-2. 8-Print-RHI (2003-09-26T14:43) Copyright © 2003 by Red Hat, Inc. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, V1. 0 or later (the latest version is presently available at http://www. opencontent. org/openpub/). Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. [. . . ] System List Links in the left navigation bar below Systems enable you to select and view predefined sets of your systems. All of the options described above can be applied within these pages. 48 4. 4. 2. 1. Red Hat Network Website The All page contains the default set of your systems. It displays every system you've registered with Red Hat Network. Out of Date The Out of Date page displays the registered systems that have applicable Errata Alerts that have not been applied. Unentitled The Unentitled page displays the registered systems that have not yet been entitled for Red Hat Network service. Ungrouped The Ungrouped page displays the registered systems that have not yet been assigned to a specific system group. Inactive The Inactive page displays the registered systems that have not checked into RHN for 24 hours or more. When the Red Hat Update Agent connects to RHN to see if there are any updates available or if any actions have been scheduled, this is considered a checkin. If you are seeing a message indicating checkins are not taking place, the RHN client on your system is not successfully reaching Red Hat Network for some reason. This indicates: · · · · · The system is not entitled to any RHN service. System Profiles that remain unentitled for 180 days (6 months) are removed. The system is entitled, but the Red Hat Network Daemon has been disabled on the system. Refer to Chapter 5 Red Hat Network Daemon for instructions on restarting and troubleshooting. The system is behind a firewall that does not allow connections over https (port 443). The system is behind a proxy that has not been properly configured. Some other barrier exists between the system and the RHN Servers. 4. 4. 2. 6. System Details If you click on the name of a system on any page, it will display the System Details page for the system. From here, you may modify this information or remove the system altogether by clicking the delete system link on the top-right corner. The System Details page is further divided into tabs: · Details -- Displays information about the system. This is the first tab you see when you click on a system. Under the System Info heading, a message should appear describing the status of this machine. [. . . ] Red Hat Update Agent The RHN client application (up2date) that allows users to retrieve and install all updated packages for the client system on which the application is run. Use the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool to configure its preferences, including whether to install the packages after they are downloaded. RPM A software package manager that was developed by Red Hat. It can be used to build, install, query, verify, update, and uninstall software packages. [. . . ]