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Note
For some systems you may either need to add ksdevice=eth0 to the command
above or disable one of two or more NICs in the system's BIOS to avoid confusion
during the kickstart process.
4. The kickstart for your host system should begin. It should take around fifteen minutes to complete.
Upon successful completion of this kickstart, you will have provisioned a host system for your virtual
guest and registered it to you Satellite.
8.1.2.3. Your Host System Has Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Installed
You should register your host system to your Satellite and check to see if the required xen packages
are installed on the system. If they are not, install them using the Satellite
1. Fist, register your host system to your Satellite. Use ssh to connect to your host system. Register
your host system to your satellite issuing the following command as root:
rhnref_ks --serverUrl=http://your-satellite.example.com/XMLRPC \
--username=username --password=password
Note
If your host system is already registered to a different Red Hat Network server, add
the --force to the command above.
2. Next, open up the host system's profile in the Satellite web interface. Log into the web interface
of your Satellite at https://your-satellite.example.com/. Click on the Systems tab in the top red
navigational bar. You should see the host system you just registered - click on its profile name to
access its system profile page.
3. Make sure your system has access to the software channels it needs to access the software
required for hosting virtual guests. From your host system's profile page, click on the Alter
Channel Subscriptions link in the upper right side of the profile page under the Subscribed
Channels header. Check the RHEL Virtualization and Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL Server
checkboxes and click the Change Subscriptions button underneath the list of channels.
4. Next, check to see if you have the necessary software installed for hosting virtual guest on the
system. On the host system, issue the following command as root:
rpm -q xen kernel-xen rhn-virtualization-host
If rpm indicates these packages are not installed, you must install them by running the following
command as root on the system:
yum install dxen kernel-xen rhn-virtualization-host
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