Installing Software Via The Satellite Web Interface; Installing Software Via Yum From The Virtual System; Deleting Virtual Systems - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.1 Reference Manual

Chapter 8. Virtualization

8.3.3. Installing Software Via the Satellite Web Interface

1. Browse to the virtual system's profile in your Satellite's web interface by logging in and navigating to
Systems Systems
2. In the virtual system's profile, click on the Software
3. Click on Install New Packages in the Packages tab menu.
4. Select the packages you wish to install and click the Install Selected Packages button in the lower
right-hand corner of the screen.
5. Review the package install details and click on the Confirm button in the lower right-hand corner of
the screen.
6. The package install will take place the next time the guest system checks in with the Satellite. To
force the install to take place immediately, you may run the rhn_check command on the guest
system.

8.3.4. Installing Software Via Yum From the Virtual System

Your virtual system registered to your Satellite as part of the guest provisioning process, so you may
simply use the yum command to install and update software. For example, to install the text editor vim,
issue the following command:
yum install -y vim-enhanced

8.3.5. Deleting Virtual Systems

Deleting a virtual system is a multi-step process.
1. First you must shut down the virtual system that you wish to delete. You may do this by browsing
to the host system's profile in the Satellite web interface, clicking on the virtualization tab, and
checking off the virtual systems that you would like to delete. Finish shutting down by clicking the
Shutdown Systems button at the bottom of the screen.
2. Next, delete the virtual system from Satellite. This is accomplished by checking off the virtual
system's checkbox and clicking the Delete System button at the bottom of the screen>
Tip
Please allow for at least two minutes between shutting down a virtual system and
deleting it. Otherwise, the virtual system may not shut down properly and you will
delete it while it is running. If you delete a virtual system from Satellite while it is
running, it will reappear on the Satellite the next time it checks in. If this happens,
simply shutdown the system, wait two minutes, and delete it again.
3. Delete the disk image for the virtual system you would like to delete. You will find the disk image for
guest1, for example, at the following location on the host system:
/var/lib/xen/disk-images/guest1.disk
172
Virtual Systems and clicking on the name of your virtual system's profile.
Packages tab.