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identifies only the latest action related to an Errata. For instance, if an action fails and you resched-
ule it, this column will show the status of the Errata as Pending only (with no mention of the
previous failure). Clicking a status other than None takes you to the Action Details page. This
column corresponds to one on the Affected Systems tab of the Errata Details page.
Packages — Manages the packages on the system.
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Packages — The default display of the Packages tab describes the options available to you and
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provides the means to update your package list. If after exploring the packages, you believe the
list is outdated or incomplete (or you installed the packages manually and did not have RHN
install them), click the Update Package List button on the bottom right-hand corner of this
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
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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
attempted package removal are displayed on the page.
Upgrade — Displays a list of packages that have a new version available based on the package
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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. 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
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on the package name to view its Package Details page. To install packages, select them and click
the Install Selected Packages button.
Profiles — Gives you the ability to compare the packages on this system with the packages of
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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.
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Software — Provides a predetermined method for systems to obtain regular updates, based upon
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their operating systems, packages and, functionality. Click a channel name to view its Channel
version 3.1 or higher, any dependency-related errors generated by the
up2date
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