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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 synchronize 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 profile. To remove specific packages already installed on
the system itself, select the checkboxes of packages showing a difference of This system
only. To synchronize fully the system's packages with the compared profile, 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 time frame for the action, and click the
Schedule Sync button.
4.2.9.2.3. System Details # Software # Software Channels
Software channels provide a well-defined method to determine which packages should be
available to a system for installation or upgrade based upon its operating systems, packages,
and functionality. Click a channel name to view its Channel Details page. To modify the child
channels associated with this system, use the checkboxes next to the channels and click the
Change Subscriptions button. You will receive a success message or be notified of any errors.
To change the system's base channel, select the new one from the pulldown menu and click the
Modify Base Channel button. Refer to Section 6.1, “Software Channels” for more information.
4.2.9.3. System Details # Configuration —
This tab and its subtabs, which do not appear without a Provisioning entitlement, assist in
managing the configuration files associated with the system. These configuration files may be
managed solely for the current system, or may be distributed widely via a Configuration
Channel. The following section describe these and other available options on the System
Details # Configuration subtabs.
Note
To manage the configuration of a system, it must have the latest
rhncfg*
packages installed. Refer to Section 7.1, “Preparing Systems for Config
Management” for instructions on enabling and disabling scheduled actions for a
system.
This section is available to normal users with access to systems that have configuration
management enabled. Like software channels, configuration channels store files to be installed
on systems. While software updates are provided by RHN, configuration files are managed
solely by you. Also unlike software packages, various versions of configuration files may prove
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