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6.4.2.6.3.3. System Details
Displays a list of packages that have a new version available based on the package versions in the
channels 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. If the system is
Provisioning-entitled and set to allow remote commands, you then have the option of running a remote
command with the package action. Refer to the Remote Command subtab description for details. To
download the packages as a .tar file, select them and click the Download Packages button. Refer to
Section 6.6.5.2 Package Download for details.
6.4.2.6.3.4. System Details
Enables you to install new packages on the system from the available channels. Click on the pack-
age name to view its Package Details page. To install packages, select them and click the Install
Selected Packages button. If the system is Provisioning-entitled and set to allow remote commands,
you then have the option of running a remote command with the package action. Refer to the Remote
Command subtab description for details.
6.4.2.6.3.5. System Details
Validates the packages installed on the system against its RPM database. This is the equivalent of
running . Specifically, this tab allows you to compare the metadata of the system's packages
rpm -V
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 by selecting this action
within the History subtab under Events.
6.4.2.6.3.6. System Details
Gives you the ability to compare the packages on this system with the packages of 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 syn-
chronize 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 profile. 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 but-
ton. On the confirmation screen, review the changes, select a time frame for the action, and click the
Schedule Sync button.
6.4.2.6.4. System Details
Manage the channels associated with the system.
Packages Upgrade
Packages Install
Packages Verify —
Packages Profiles —
Channels
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