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Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Website
Upgrade
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. To
download the packages as a .tar file, select them and click the Download Packages button.
Install
Enables you to install new packages on the system from the available channels. Click on the
package name to view its Package Details page. To install packages, select them and click the
Install Selected Packages button.
Verify
Validates the packages installed on the system against its RPM database. This is the equivalent
of running rpm -V. Specifically, this tab allows you to compare the metadata of the system's
packages with information from the database, such as MD5 sum, file size, permissions, owner,
group and type. To verify a package or packages, select them, click the Verify Selected
Packages button, and confirm this action. Once finished, you can view the results by selecting this
action within the History subtab under Events.
Profiles
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
synchronize 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 fully the
system's packages with the compared profile, 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 time frame for the action, and click the Schedule Sync button.
6.4.2.9.2.3. System Details
Software channels provide a well-defined method to determine which packages should be available
to a system for installation or upgrade based upon its 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.
Section 6.6.1, "Software Channels"
Refer to
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Software Software Channels
for more information.