Using The Tools Menu - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 Installation Manual

Chapter 8. Maintenance
editing System Profiles and updating packages. Tasks directly related to managing custom channels
and Errata are covered in the RHN Channel Management Guide. This section seeks to explain
activities available only to Satellite customers.

8.7.1. Using the Tools menu

In addition to the standard categories available to all users through the top navigation bar, Satellite
Organization Administrators also have access to a Tools menu. Clicking this opens the RHN Internal
Tools page.
Figure 8.1. Internal Tools
To refresh the view of channels that have been updated but do not yet reflect those modifications on
the Satellite website, click the Update Errata cache now link on this page.
8.7.1.1. Maintaining the RHN Task Engine
The default display shows the status of the RHN Task Engine. This tool is a daemon that runs on the
Satellite server itself and performs routine operations, such as database cleanup, Errata mailings, etc.,
that must be performed in the background. The page displays the execution times for various activities
carried out by the daemon.
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