Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.0 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, Справочное руководство

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• Probes — Dozens of probes can be run against each system. These range from simple
ping
checks to custom remote programs designed to return valuable data.
• Notification — Alerts can be sent to email and pager addresses with contact methods
identified by you when a probe changes state. Each probe notification can be sent to a
different method, or address.
• Central Status — The results of all probes are summarized in a single Probe Status page,
with the systems affected broken down by state.
• Reporting — By selecting a probe and identifying the particular metric and a range of time,
you can generate graphs and event logs depicting precisely how the probe has performed.
This can be instrumental in predicting and preventing costly system failures.
• Probe Suites — Groups of probes may be assigned to a system or set of systems at once
rather than individually. This allows Administrators to be certain that similar systems are
monitored in the same way and saves time configuring individual probes.
• Notification Filters — Probe notifications may be redirected to another recipient, halted, or
sent to an additional recipient for a specified time based on probe criteria, notification method,
scout or organization.
5. Errata Notifications and Scheduled Package
Installations
You can configure Red Hat Network to send you email notifications of new and updated
software packages as soon as the packages are available through RHN. You receive one email
per Erratum, regardless of the number of affected systems. You can also schedule package
installs or package updates. The benefits include:
• Reduced time and effort required by system administrators to stay on top of the Red Hat
Errata list
• Minimized security vulnerabilities in your network through the application of updates as soon
as Red Hat releases them
• Filtered list of package updates (packages not relevant to your network are not included)
• Reliable method of managing multiple systems with similar configurations
6. Security, Quality Assurance, and Red Hat Network
Red Hat Network provides significant benefits to your network, including security and quality
assurance. All transactions made between your systems and Red Hat Network are encrypted
and all RPM packages are signed with Red Hat's GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) signature to
ensure authenticity.
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