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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. You then have the option to run a remote command with the package action, if allowed
on the system. Refer to the Remote Command subtab description for details. 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. You then have the option to run a remote command with
the package action, if allowed on the system. Refer to the Remote Command subtab description
for details.
Verify — Validates the installed packages against the RPM database. Specifically, this tab allows
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you to compare the metadata of the system's packages with information from the database, such
as MD5 sum, filesize, permissions, owner, group and file size and type. To verify a package
or packages, select them and click the Verify Selected Packages button and then confirm this
action. Once finished, you can view the results within the History subtab under Events.
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
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 4.6.1 Software
Channels for more information.
Configuration — Assists in managing the configuration of the system. Like software channels,
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configuration channels store files to be installed on systems. Unlike software packages, various
versions of configuration files may prove useful to a system at any given time.
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