Red Hat NETWORK 3.6 - CHANNEL MANAGEMENTT GUIDE Manual

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18 Chapter 5. Custom Errata Management• Details — Provides the primary information you entered about the custom Errata Alert during itscreation. This includes a synopsis, advisory name and type, related product, bugs, description, solu-tion, keywords, references, and notes. To change any of this information, make your modificationsin the appropriate fields and click Update Errata.• Channels — Shows the channels associated with the selected Errata. To change these associations,select or unselect the appropriate checkboxes and click the Update Channels button.• Packages — Enables you to manage the packages associated with the selected Errata. This tabcontains two subtabs that allow you to view, add, and remove packages: List/Remove and Add.• List/Remove — Displays all of the packages currently associated with the custom Errata andprovides a means to cancel that association. To remove packages from the Errata, select theircheckboxes and click Remove Packages on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. A con-firmation page appears with the packages to be removed listed. Click Confirm to complete theaction.• Add — Enables the addition of packages to the Errata. To see available packages, select anoption from the View dropdown menu and click View. To add packages to the Errata you areediting, select the appropriate checkboxes and click Add Packages. Refer to Section 5.4 Assign-ing Packages to Errata for a comprehensive discussion of this process.5.3. Creating and Editing ErrataTo make a custom Errata Alert, click the Manage Errata button in the Errata category of the RHNwebsite. Click the create new erratum button at the top-right corner of the Errata Managementpage.Enter an intuitive label for the Erratum in the Advisory field, ideally following a naming conventionadopted by your organization. Note that this label cannot begin with the letters "RH" (capitalized ornot) to prevent confusion between custom Errata and those issued by Red Hat.Then, complete all remaining required fields and click the Create Errata button. View standard RedHat Errata Alerts for examples of properly completed fields.RHN Satellite Server administrators may also create Errata by cloning an existing one. This cloningpreserves package associations and simplifies issuing Errata. Refer to Section 5.5 Cloning Errata forinstructions.To edit an existing Errata Alert’s details, click its Advisory in the Errata Management page, makeyour changes in the appropriate fields of the Details tab, and click the Update Errata button. Clickon the Channels tab to alter the Errata’s channel association. Click on the Packages tab to view andmodify its packages.To delete Errata, select their checkboxes in the Errata Management page, click the Delete Erratabutton, and confirm the action. Note that deleting published Errata may take a few minutes.TipIf you want to receive an email when Errata Alerts are issued for your systems, go to Your RHN =>Your Preferences in the RHN Website and select Receive email notifications.