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7.4.4.12.7. System Set Manager
Toggle the Yes and No radio buttons and click the Change Preferences button to alter your
notification preferences for the selected systems. You may apply these preferences to individual
systems through the Properties subtab of the System Details page. Refer to
"System Details Details
• Receive Notifications of Updates/Errata — This setting keeps you abreast of all advisories
pertaining to your systems. Any time an update is produced and released for a system under your
supervision, a notification is sent via email.
• Include system in Daily Summary — This setting includes the selected systems in a daily
summary of system events. (By default, all Management and Provisioning systems are included in
the summary.) These system events are actions that affect packages, such as scheduled Errata
Updates, system reboots, or failures to check in. In addition to including the systems here, you
must choose to receive email notifications in the Your Preferences page of Your RHN. Refer to
Section 7.3.2, "Your Preferences"
verified email addresses.
• Automatic application of relevant Errata — This setting enables the automatic application of
Errata Updates to the selected systems. This means packages associated with Errata are updated
without any user intervention. Customers should note that Red Hat does not recommend the
use of the auto-update feature for production systems because conflicts between packages and
environments can cause system failures.
7.4.5. Advanced Search —
The System Search page allows you to search through your systems according to specific criteria.
These criteria include custom system information, system details, hardware, devices, interface,
networking, packages, and location.
Searches can be refined using the Fields to Search drop-down menu, which is set to Name/
Description by default.
The following list details the Fields to Search drop-down menu.
• DMI Info — The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is a standard for management of
components on computer system. You can search for RHN Satellite systems using the following
DMI retrieval methods:
• System — Product names or numbers, Manufacturer names, Serial numbers, and other
information that may be unique to a system
• BIOS — BIOS support information such as BIOS vendor name and version, hardware support
enabled in the BIOS, and more
• Asset Tag — A unique identifier assigned by an IT department (or vendor) to a system for better
tracking, management and inventory
• Location — The physical location of a system, which includes the following:
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for instructions.
for instructions. Note that RHN sends these summaries only to
System Preferences —
Section 7.4.2.9.1.2,