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Warning
Changing a system's entitlement is an irreversible action. You may be unable to change the entitle-
ment levels of some systems. For more information, refer to the RHN entitlement policy linked from
the System Entitlements page.
In addition, you may entitle all newly registered systems to the Managements service level at once
by clicking the Auto-Entitle Newest Servers Now link at the bottom of the page. To use this link,
which appears only when new, unentitled systems exist, first make sure you have enough Management
entitlements available. If you need to purchase additional entitlements, click the Buy them now link
at the top of the page. After auto-entitling, a message appears at the top of the System Entitlements
page indicating the number of systems successfully entitled to the Management service level.

4.4.6. Advanced Search

The System Search page allows you to search through your systems according to specific criteria.
These criteria include custom system information, system details, hardware, devices, interface, net-
working, packages, and location. The activity selections (Days Since Last Checkin, for instance) can
be especially useful in finding and removing outdated System Profiles. Type the keyword, select the
criterion to search by, use the radio buttons to identify whether you wish to query all systems or only
those loaded in the System Set Manager, and click the Search button. Yo may also select the Invert
Result checkbox to reverse your results list.
The results appear at the bottom of the page. For details about using the resulting system list, refer to
Section 4.4.2 Systems.

4.4.7. Activation Keys

RHN Management and Provisioning customers can generate activation keys through the RHN web-
site. These keys can then be used to register the Red Hat Linux system, entitle the system to an RHN
service level and subscribe the system to specific channels and system groups through the command
line utility
rhnreg_ks
Note
System-specific activation keys created through the Reactivation subtab of the System Details page
do not show up in this list because they are not reusable across systems.
To generate an activation key:
1. Select Systems => Activation Keys from the top and left navigation bars.
2. Click the create new key link at the top-left corner.
3. Provide the following information:
Description — User-defined description to identify the generated activation key.
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Usage Limit — The number of times the key can be used to register a system before the
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activation key is disabled. Leave blank for unlimited use.
Base Channel — The primary channel for the key. Selecting nothing will enable you to select
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from all child channels, although systems can be subscribed to only those that are applicable.
. Refer to Section 2.5 Registering with Activation Keys for instructions on use.
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