Table Of Contents - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE 10 SP2 - SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT TOOL GUIDE Manual

Contents
1 SMT Installation
1.1 Installation During the Initial Installation Process . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2 Installation On Top of an Already Installed System . . . . . . . . . . .
1.3 SMT Configuration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 Configuring SMT Using YaST
2.1 Activating and Deactivating SMT with YaST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2 Setting NU Credentials with YaST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.3 Setting SMT Database Password with YaST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.4 Setting E-mail Addresses to Receive Reports with YaST . . . . . . . . .
2.5 Setting the SMT Job Schedule with YaST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 Mirroring Installation and Update Sources Using SMT
3.1 Getting Mirror Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.2 Managing Software Catalogs with SMT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.3 The /srv/www/htdocs Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.4 Using Test Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Managing Client Machines With SMT
4.1 Listing Registered Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.2 Deleting Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.3 Manual Registration of Clients at Novell Customer Center . . . . . . . .
4.4 Scheduling Periodic Registrations of Clients at Novell Customer Center . .
5 SMT Reports
5.1 Report Schedule and Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.2 Types of SMT Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.3 Report Output Formats and Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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