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create new group
on the top-right corner. In the resulting page, type its name and de-
scription in the identified fields and click the
Create Group
button. To add or remove the
selected systems in any of the system groups, toggle the appropriate radio buttons and click
the
Alter Membership
button.
6.4.4.9. System Set Manager
⇒
Channels —
Options to manage channel associations through the following subtabs:
6.4.4.9.1. System Set Manager
⇒
Channels
⇒
Channel Subscriptions —
To subscribe or unsubscribe the selected systems in any of the channels, toggle the appro-
priate radio buttons and click the
Alter Subscriptions
button. Keep in mind that subscrib-
ing to a channel uses a channel entitlement for each system in the selected group. If too
few entitlements are available, some systems fail to subscribe. Systems must subscribe to
a base channel before subscribing to a child channel.
6.4.4.9.2. System Set Manager
⇒
Channels
⇒
Config Channels —
Like the options within the
System Details
⇒
Channels
⇒
Configuration
tab, the
subtabs here can be used to subscribe the selected systems to configuration channels and
deploy and compare the configuration files on the systems. The channels are created
in the
Manage Config Channels
interface within the
Channels
category. Refer to
Section 6.6.6
Manage Config Channels —
for channel creation instructions.
To manage the configuration of a system, install the latest
rhncfg*
packages. Refer to
Section 6.6.6.1
Preparing Systems for Config Management
for instructions on enabling
and disabling scheduled actions for a system.
6.4.4.9.2.1. System Set Manager
⇒
Channels
⇒
Config Channels
⇒
Deploy —
Use this subtab to distribute configuration files from your central repository on RHN to
each of the selected systems. The table lists the configuration files associated with any of
the selected systems. Clicking its system count displays the systems already subscribed to
the file.
To subscribe the selected systems to the available configuration files, select the checkbox
for each desired file. When done, click
Deploy Configuration
and schedule the action.
Note that the files deployed are of the latest version at the time of scheduling and do not
account for versions that may appear before the action takes place.
Summary of Contents for NETWORK 4.0 -
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Page 24: ...8 Chapter 1 Red Hat Network Overview...
Page 40: ...24 Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent Figure 2 11 Available Package Updates...
Page 58: ...42 Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent...
Page 80: ...64 Chapter 5 Red Hat Network Registration Client Figure 5 15 Text Mode Welcome Screen...
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