Red Hat NETWORK 3.2 - MANAGEMENT Reference Manual

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50 Chapter 4. Red Hat Network Website• Errata — Contains a list of Errata Alerts applicable to the system. To apply updates, select themand click the Apply Errata button. Double-check the updates to be applied on the confirmationpage, then click the Confirm button. After confirming, the action is added to the Pending Actionslist under Schedule. Errata that have been scheduled cannot be selected for update. In the place ofa checkbox, you will find a clock icon that, when clicked, takes you to the Action Details page.To help users determine whether an update has been scheduled, a Status column exists within theErrata table. Possible values are: None, Pending, Picked Up, Completed, and Failed. This columnidentifies only the latest action related to an Errata. For instance, if an action fails and you resched-ule it, this column will show the status of the Errata as Pending only (with no mention of theprevious failure). Clicking a status other than None takes you to the Action Details page. Thiscolumn corresponds to one on the Affected Systems tab of the Errata Details page.• Packages — Manages the packages on the system.• Packages — The default display of the Packages tab describes the options available to you andprovides the means to update your package list. If after exploring the packages, you believe thelist is outdated or incomplete (or you installed the packages manually and did not have RHNinstall them), click the Update Package List button on the bottom right-hand corner of thispage. The next time the RHN Daemon connects to RHN, it will update your System Profile withthe latest list of installed packages.• List/Remove — Lists installed packages from the system’s software System Profile and enablesyou to remove them. Click on a package name to view its Package Details page. (Refer to Section4.6.5.3 Package Details.) To delete packages from the system, select their checkboxes and clickthe Remove Packages button on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. A confirmation pagewill appear with the packages listed. Click the Confirm button to remove the packages.NoteIf you are using up2date version 3.1 or higher, any dependency-related errors generated by theattempted package removal are displayed on the page.• Upgrade — Displays a list of packages that have a new version available based on the packageversions in the channel for the system. Click on the latest package name to view its PackageDetails page. To upgrade packages immediately, select them and click the Upgrade Packagesbutton. To download the packages as .tar files, select them and click the Download Packagesbutton. Refer to Section 4.6.5.2 Package Download for details.• Install — Enables you to install new packages on the system from the available channels. Clickon the package name to view its Package Details page. To install packages, select them and clickthe Install Selected Packages button.• Profiles — Gives you the ability to compare the packages on this system with the packages ofstored profiles and other Management systems. To make the comparison with a stored profile,select that profile from the pulldown menu and click the Compare button. To make the compar-ison with another system, select it from the associated pulldown menu and click the Comparebutton. To create a stored profile based upon the existing system, click the Create System Profilebutton, enter any additional information you desire, and click the Create Profile button. Theseprofiles are kept within the Stored Profiles page linked from the left navigation bar.• Channels — Manage the channels associated with the system.• Software — Provides a predetermined method for systems to obtain regular updates, based upontheir operating systems, packages and, functionality. Click a channel name to view its ChannelDetails page. To modify the child channels associated with this system, use the checkboxes next