Chapter 1. Red Hat Network Overview 31.2. ManagementIn addition to the features offered in the RHN Update subscription level, the RHN Man-agement subscription service allows you to manage your network of Red Hat EnterpriseLinux systems, users, and system groups through its System Set Manager interface.RHN Management is based upon the concept of an organization. Each Management-levelRed Hat customer has the ability to establish users who have administration privilegesto system groups. An Organization Administrator has overall control over each Red HatNetwork organization with the ability to add and remove systems and users. When usersother than the Organization Administrator log into the Red Hat Network website, they seeonly the systems they have permission to administer.To create an account that can be used to entitle systems to RHN Management, go tohttps://rhn.redhat.com/ and click on the Create Login link under the Sign In fields. Onthe Create a Red Hat Login page, click Create a new Business Login. After creating abusiness account, you may add users within your organization to it.The Red Hat Network features available to you depend on the subscription level for eachRed Hat Enterprise Linux system. With each Management subscription, you receive thefunctionality provided to Update users, plus:• Package Profile Comparison — Compare the package set on a system with the packagesets of similar systems with one click.• Search Systems — Search through systems based on a number of criteria: packages,networking information, even hardware asset tags.• System Grouping — Web servers, database servers, workstations and other workload-focused systems may be grouped so that each set can be administered in common ways.• Multiple Administrators — Administrators may be given rights to particular systemgroups, easing the burden of system management over very large organizations.• System Set Manager — You may now apply actions to sets of systems instead of singlesystems, work with members of a predefined system group, or work with an ad-hoccollection of systems. Install a single software package to each, subscribe the systems toa new channel, or apply all Errata to them with a single action.• Batch Processing — Compiling a list of outdated packages for a thousand systems wouldtake days for a dedicated sysadmin. Red Hat Network Management service can do it foryou in seconds.1.3. ProvisioningAs the highest management service level, RHN Provisioning encompasses all of the fea-tures offered in the RHN Update and Management subscription levels. It is designed toallow you to deploy and manage your network of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, users,and system groups.
