Red Hat NETWORK BASIC - USER 4.2, User Reference Manual

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40 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website
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Your RHN — Obtain a quick overview of your account. It notifies you if your systems need
attention, provides a quick link to go directly to them, and displays the most recent Errata Alerts
for your account.
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Your Account
— Update your personal profile and addresses.
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Your Preferences — Indicate if you wish to receive email notifications about Errata Alerts for
your systems, set how many items are displayed at one time for lists such as system lists and
system group lists, set your time zone, and identify your contact options.
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Buy Now
— Purchase Basic subscriptions and obtain contact information to buy Enterprise
subscriptions.
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Purchase History
— View a history of your entitlements, including the expiration date and the
number available.
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Help
— Learn how to use Red Hat Network and receive support if needed.
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Systems
— Manage your systems here.
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Systems
— Select and view portions of your systems by specific criteria, such as Out of Date,
Unentitled, Ungrouped, and Inactive.
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System Entitlements — Change the entitlement levels of systems.
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Errata
— View and manage Errata Alerts here.
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Errata — List Errata Alerts and download associated RPMs.
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Advanced Search
— Search Errata Alerts based on specific criteria, such as synopsis, advisory
type, and package name.
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Software — View and manage the available RHN channels and the packages they contain.
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Channels — View a list of all channels and those applicable to your systems.
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Channel Entitlements — View a list of channels for which you have paid, as well as the systems
associated with each.
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Easy ISOs — Access priority downloading of Red Hat ISO images. ISO images are used to
write to CD.
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Advanced Search — Search RPMs using all or some portion of the package name.
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Schedule
— Keep track of your scheduled actions.
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Pending Actions
— List scheduled actions that have not been completed.
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Failed Actions
— List scheduled actions that have failed.
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Completed Actions
— List scheduled actions that have been completed. Completed actions can
be archived at any time.
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Archived Actions
— List completed actions that have been selected to archive.
4.2.1. Errata Alert Icons
Throughout Red Hat Network you will see three Errata Alert icons. represents a Security Alert.
represents a Bug Fix Alert. represents an Enhancement Alert.
In the
Your RHN
page, click on the Errata advisory to view details about the Errata or click on the
number of affected systems to see which are affected by the Errata Alert. Both links take you to tabs
of the
Errata Details
page. Refer to Section 4.5.2.2 Errata Details for more information.