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page. The next time the RHN Daemon connects to RHN, it will update your System Profile with
the latest list of installed packages.
•
List/Remove
— Lists installed packages from the system’s software System Profile and enables
you to remove them. Click on a package name to view its
Package Details
page. (Refer to Section
4.6.5.3
Package Details
.) To delete packages from the system, select their checkboxes and click
the
Remove Packages
button on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. A confirmation page
will appear with the packages listed. Click the
Confirm
button to remove the packages.
Note
If you are using
up2date
version 3.1 or higher, any dependency-related errors generated by the
attempted package removal are displayed on the page.
•
Upgrade
— Displays a list of packages that have a new version available based on the package
versions in the channel for the system. Click on the latest package name to view its
Package
Details
page. To upgrade packages immediately, select them and click the
Upgrade Packages
button. You then have the option to run a remote command with the package action, if allowed
on the system. Refer to the
Remote Command
subtab description for details. To download the
packages as .tar files, select them and click the
Download Packages
button. Refer to Section
4.6.5.2
Package Download
for details.
•
Install
— Enables you to install new packages on the system from the available channels. Click
on the package name to view its
Package Details
page. To install packages, select them and click
the
Install Selected Packages
button. You then have the option to run a remote command with
the package action, if allowed on the system. Refer to the
Remote Command
subtab description
for details.
•
Verify
— Validates the installed packages against the RPM database. Specifically, this tab allows
you to compare the metadata of the system’s packages with information from the database, such
as MD5 sum, filesize, permissions, owner, group and file size and type. To verify a package
or packages, select them and click the
Verify Selected Packages
button and then confirm this
action. Once finished, you can view the results within the
History
subtab under
Events
.
•
Profiles
— Gives you the ability to compare the packages on this system with the packages of
stored profiles and other Management and Provisioning systems. To make the comparison with
a stored profile, select that profile from the pulldown menu and click the
Compare
button. To
make the comparison with another system, select it from the associated pulldown menu and click
the
Compare
button. To create a stored profile based upon the existing system, click the
Create
System Profile
button, enter any additional information you desire, and click the
Create Profile
button. These profiles are kept within the
Stored Profiles
page linked from the left navigation
bar.
Once package profiles have been compared, Provisioning customers have the ability to synchro-
nize the packages of the selected system with the package manifest of the compared profile. Note
that this action may delete packages on the system not in the profile, as well as install packages
from the profile. To install specific packages, select the checkboxes of packages from the pro-
file. To remove specific packages already installed on the system itself, select the checkboxes of
packages showing a difference of "This system only." To synchronize the system’s packages with
the compared profile entirely, select the master checkbox at the top of the column. Then click the
Sync Packages to
button. On the confirmation screen, review the changes, select a timeline for
the action, and click the
Schedule Sync
button.
•
Channels
— Manage the channels associated with the system.
•
Software
— Provides a predetermined method for systems to obtain regular updates, based upon
their operating systems, packages and, functionality. Click a channel name to view its
Channel
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