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•
Name
— The name of the system as configured when registering the system. The default name
is the hostname of the system. Clicking on the name of a system takes you to the System Details
page for the system. Refer to Section 5.4.4, System Details for more information.
•
Entitled
— If
Yes
, the system is entitled (subscribed to the Software Manager service level).
• Base Channel — The base channel for the system. To view all the channels for a system, go to
its System Detail page by clicking on the name of the system in the
System List
.
5.4.2 System Search
The results of the last search are on the bottom of the page. You can create a new result set, choose to
union with the previous result set, or intersect with the previous result set.
The System Search page allows you to search through your systems according to specific criteria.
Select the criteria to search by and click
Submit Query
. The results appear at the bottom of the page.
For details about the resulting system list, refer to Section 5.4.1, System List.
5.4.3 System Preferences
From the
System Preferences
page, you can select three configuration preferences:
•
Receive Notifications of Updates
— If you select this, you will receive email notifications when
Errata Alerts are issued for any of your registered systems.
•
Automatic Download of New Packages
— If you select this, packages will be automatically
downloaded to your systems when Errata Alerts are issued for them. The download is peformed
the next time the RHN Daemon connects to RHN and asks if any actions are required for the sys-
tem. The packages are downloaded into the directory
/var/spool/up2date
by default. Run
up2date-config
to specify a different directory. You must have the RHN Daemon enabled on
your systems. Refer to Chapter 6, Red Hat Network Daemon for more details.
•
Automatic Installation of New Packages
— If you select this, packages will be automatically
downloaded and installed on your systems when Errata Alerts are issued for them. These actions
are performed by the RHN Daemon. You must have the RHN Daemon enabled on your systems.
Refer to Chapter 6, Red Hat Network Daemon for more details.
Before you can configure the preferences for one or more systems using the
System Preference Wiz-
ard
, you must select one or more systems and add them to the current selections list. Refer to Section
5.2.2, Selection List for details. After the systems have been added to the selection list, go to the Do It!
tab of the
System Preference Wizard
, choose your preferences, and click
Confirm
. The preferences
are applied to all selected systems.