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Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website
4.4.4. System Set Manager
The System Set Manager allows you to perform many actions possible individually through the
System Details page on multiple systems at once, including:
Apply Errata updates
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Upgrade packages to the most recent versions available
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Add/remove systems to/from system groups
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Subscribe/unsubscribe systems to/from channels
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Update system profiles
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Modify system preferences such as scheduled download and installation of packages
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Kickstart or re-install entire several Provisioning-entitled systems at once
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Set the subscription and rank of configuration channels for Provisioning-entitled systems
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Tag the most recent snapshots of your selected Provisioning-entitled systems
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Revert Provisioning-entitled systems to previous snapshots
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Run remote commands on Provisioning-entitled systems through the RHN website
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Before performing actions on multiple systems, you must select systems you wish to modify. Note that
Update-level systems cannot be selected. Pages including Systems list, System Search, and System
Groups list have a column of checkboxes under the Select heading. Mark the checkboxes beside the
systems or groups you want to select, and click the Update List button below the column to add them
to the System Set Manager.
You can access the System Set Manager page in two ways: 1)Add systems and groups from their
respective lists to the System Set Manager and click System Set Manager in the left navigation bar.
2)Click Use Group in the System Groups list or Work with Group on the System Group Details
page to work with a predefined system group.
The System Set Manager page contains a set of tabs:
Overview — Description of the various options available to you in the remaining tabs.
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Systems — List of systems now selected. To delete systems from this particular set, select them
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and click the Remove button.
Errata — List of Errata Updates applicable to the current system set. To apply updates, select the
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Errata and click the Apply Errata button.
Packages — Options to modify packages on the system set:
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Install new packages — Clicking this link takes you to a list of channels from which you may
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retrieve packages. Click on the channel name and select the packages from the list. Then click
the Install Packages button.
Upgrade existing packages — Clicking this link takes you to a list of all the packages installed
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on the selected systems. Select the packages to be upgraded, then click the Upgrade Packages
button.
Remove existing packages — Clicking this link takes you to a list of all the packages installed
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on the selected systems. Select the packages to be deleted, then click the Remove Packages
button.
Groups — Tools to create groups and manage group membership. These functions are limited to
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Organization Administrators. To add a new group, click create new group on the top-right corner.
In the resulting page, type its name and description in the identified fields and click the Create
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