Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 3.6, Installation Manual

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Chapter 8. Maintenance 51
Figure 8-1. Internal Tools
To refresh the view of channels that have been updated but do not yet reflect those modifications on
the Satellite website, click the
Update Errata cache now
link on this page.
8.7.1.1. Maintaining the RHN Task Engine
The default display shows the status of the RHN Task Engine . This tool is a daemon that runs on the
Satellite server itself and performs routine operations, such as database cleanup, Errata mailings, etc.,
that must be performed in the background. The page displays the execution times for various activities
carried out by the daemon.
Administrators should ensure the
RHN Task Engine
stays up and running. If this daemon hangs for
any reason, it can be restarted using it’s filename,
taskomatic
. As root, run the command:
/sbin/service taskomatic restart
Other service commands can also be used, including
start
,
stop
, and
status
.
8.7.1.2. Accessing the String Manager
The
Tools
menu also offers a
String Manager
function. This page allows you to edit footers, headers
and other universal information displayed in emails, error messages and elsewhere.