Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, Reference Manual

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also schedule the action by clicking the Schedule package installs for no sooner than radio
button and using the drop-down menus to configure date and time, then clicking Enable RHN
Configuration Management.
4.4.11. System Set Manager # Provisioning —
Options for provisioning systems through the following subtabs:
4.4.11.1. System Set Manager # Provisioning # Kickstart —
Use this subtab to re-install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the selected Provisioning-entitled
systems. To schedule kickstarts for these systems, select a distribution, identify the type (IP
address or manual), and click Continue. Finish choosing from the options available on the
subsequent screen. If any of the systems connect to RHN via a RHN Proxy Server, choose
either the Preserve Existing Configuration radio button or the Use RHN Proxy radio button. If
you choose to kickstart through a RHN Proxy Server, select from the available Proxies listed in
the drop-down box beside the Use RHN Proxy radio button. All of the selected systems will
kickstart through the selected Proxy. Click the Schedule Kickstart button to confirm your
selections. When the kickstarts for the selected systems are successfully scheduled, the web
interface returns you to the System Set Manager page.
4.4.11.2. System Set Manager # Provisioning # Tag Systems —
Use this subtab to add meaningful descriptions to the most recent snapshots of your selected
systems. To tag the most recent system snapshots, enter a descriptive term in the Tag name
field and click the Tag Current Snapshots button.
4.4.11.3. System Set Manager # Provisioning # Rollback —
Use this subtab to rollback selected Provisioning-entitled systems to previous snapshots
marked with a tag. Click the name of the tag, verify the systems to be reverted, and click the
Rollback Systems button.
4.4.11.4. System Set Manager # Provisioning # Remote Command —
Use this subtab to issue remote commands on selected Provisioning-entitled systems. First
create a
run
file on the client systems to allow this function to operate. Refer to the description
of the Configuration subtab of the Channels tab for instructions. You may then identify a
specific user, group, timeout period, and the script on this page. Select a date and time to
perform the command, and click Schedule Remote Command.
4.4.12. System Set Manager # Misc —
Misc — Update System Profiles and preferences for the system set through the following links:
System Set Manager —
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