- Table of Contents
- Introduction to the Guide
- 1. Red Hat Network Overview
- 2. Red Hat Update Agent
- 2.1. Starting the Red Hat Update Agent
- 2.2. Registration
- 2.2.1. Registering a User Account
- 2.2.2. Activate
- 2.2.3. Channels
- 2.2.4. Packages Flagged to be Skipped
- 2.2.5. Available Package Updates
- 2.2.6. Retrieving Packages
- 2.2.7. Installing Packages
- 2.3. Command Line Version
- 2.3.1. Installing the Red Hat GPG key
- 2.3.2. Manual Package Installation
- 2.3.3. Synchronizing Your System Profile
- 2.3.4. Log File
- 2.4. Configuration
- 2.5. Registering with Activation Keys
- 3. Red Hat Network Daemon
- 3.1. Configuring
- 3.2. Viewing Status
- 3.3. Disabling
- 3.4. Troubleshooting
- 4. Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool
- 4.1. Configuring the Applet
- 4.2. Notification Icons
- 4.3. Viewing Updates
- 4.4. Applying Updates
- 4.5. Launching the RHN Website
- 5. Red Hat Network Registration Client
- 5.1. Configuring the Red Hat Network Registration Client
- 5.2. Starting the Red Hat Network Registration Client
- 5.3. Registering a User Account
- 5.4. Registering a System Profile
- 5.4.1. Hardware System Profile
- 5.4.2. Software System Profile
- 5.5. Finishing Registration
- 5.6. Entitling Your System
- 5.7. Text Mode RHN Registration Client
- 6. Red Hat Network Website
- 6.1. Navigation
- 6.1.1. Entitlement Views
- 6.1.2. Categories and Pages
- 6.1.3. Errata Alert Icons
- 6.1.4. Quick Search
- 6.1.5. Systems Selected
- 6.1.6. Lists
- 6.2. Logging into the RHN Website
- 6.3. Your RHN
- 6.3.1. Your Account
- 6.3.2. Your Preferences
- 6.3.3. Locale Preferences
- 6.3.4. Subscription Management
- 6.4. Systems
- 6.4.1. Overview —
- 6.4.2. Systems
- 6.4.3. System Groups —
- 6.4.4. System Set Manager —
- 6.4.5. Advanced Search —
- 6.4.6. Activation Keys —
- 6.4.7. Stored Profiles —
- 6.4.8. Custom System Info —
- 6.4.9. Kickstart —
- 6.4.1. Overview —
- 6.5. Errata
- 6.5.1. Relevant Errata
- 6.5.2. All Errata
- 6.5.3. Advanced Search
- 6.6. Channels
- 6.6.1. Software Channels
- 6.6.2. Channel Entitlements
- 6.6.3. Download Software
- 6.6.4. Package Search
- 6.6.5. Manage Software Channels
- 6.6.6. Manage Config Channels —
- 6.7. Schedule
- 6.7.1. Pending Actions
- 6.7.2. Failed Actions
- 6.7.3. Completed Actions
- 6.7.4. Archived Actions
- 6.7.5. Actions List
- 6.8. Users —
- 6.8.1. User List ⇒ Active —
- 6.8.2. User List ⇒ Deactivated —
- 6.8.3. User List ⇒ All —
- 6.8.1. User List ⇒ Active —
- 6.9. Monitoring —
- 6.9.1. Probe Status —
- 6.9.2. Notification —
- 6.9.3. Probe Suites
- 6.9.4. Scout Config Push —
- 6.9.5. General Config —
- 6.9.1. Probe Status —
- 6.10. Satellite Tools
- 6.11. Help
- 6.11.1. Help Desk
- 6.11.2. Quick Start Guide
- 6.11.3. FAQ
- 6.11.4. Migration FAQ
- 6.11.5. Reference Guide
- 6.11.6. Best Practices Guide
- 6.11.7. Contact RHN
- 6.11.8. Satellite Installation Guide
- 6.11.9. Proxy Guide
- 6.11.10. Client Configuration Guide
- 6.11.11. Channel Management Guide
- 6.11.12. Terms & Conditions
- 6.11.13. Outage Policy
- 6.11.14. Release Notes
- 6.11.15. Get RHN Software
- 7. Monitoring
- 7.1. Prerequisites
- 7.2. Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon (rhnmd)
- 7.2.1. Probes requiring the daemon
- 7.2.2. Installing the Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon
- 7.2.3. Configuring SSH
- 7.2.4. Installing the SSH key
- 7.3. mysql-server package
- 7.4. Notifications
- 7.4.1. Creating Notification Methods
- 7.4.2. Receiving Notifications
- 7.4.3. Redirecting Notifications
- 7.4.4. Filtering Notifications
- 7.4.5. Deleting Notification Methods
- 7.5. Probes
- 7.5.1. Managing Probes
- 7.5.2. Establishing Thresholds
- 7.5.3. Monitoring the RHN Server
- 7.6. Troubleshooting
- 8. UNIX Support Guide
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.1.1. Supported UNIX Variants
- 8.1.2. Prerequisites
- 8.1.3. Included Features
- 8.1.4. Differences in Functionality
- 8.1.5. Excluded Features
- 8.2. Satellite Server Preparation/Configuration
- 8.3. Client System Preparation
- 8.4. Registration and Updates
- 8.4.1. Registering Systems
- 8.4.2. Obtaining Updates
- 8.5. Remote Commands
- 8.5.1. Enabling Commands
- 8.5.2. Issuing Commands
- A. Command Line Config Management Tools
- A.1. Red Hat Network Actions Control
- A.1.1. General command line options
- A.2. Red Hat Network Configuration Client
- A.2.1. Listing Config Files
- A.2.2. Getting a Config File
- A.2.3. Viewing Config Channels
- A.2.4. Differentiating between Config Files
- A.2.5. Verifying Config Files
- A.3. Red Hat Network Configuration Manager
- A.3.1. Creating a Config Channel
- A.3.2. Adding Files to a Config Channel
- A.3.3. Differentiating between Latest Config Files
- A.3.4. Differentiating between Various Versions
- A.3.5. Downloading All Files in a Channel
- A.3.6. Getting the Contents of a File
- A.3.7. Listing All Files in a Channel
- A.3.8. Listing All Config Channels
- A.3.9. Removing a File from a Channel
- A.3.10. Deleting a Config Channel
- A.3.11. Determining the Number of File Revisions
- A.3.12. Updating a File in a Channel
- A.3.13. Uploading Multiple Files at Once
- B. RHN API Access
- C. Probes
- C.1. Probe Guidelines
- C.2. Apache 1.3.x and 2.0.x
- C.2.1. Apache::Processes
- C.2.2. Apache::Traffic
- C.2.3. Apache::Uptime
- C.3. BEA WebLogic 6.x and higher
- C.3.1. BEA WebLogic::Execute Queue
- C.3.2. BEA WebLogic::Heap Free
- C.3.3. BEA WebLogic::JDBC Connection Pool
- C.3.4. BEA WebLogic::Server State
- C.3.5. BEA WebLogic::Servlet
- C.4. General
- C.4.1. General::Remote Program
- C.4.2. General::Remote Program with Data
- C.4.3. General::SNMP Check
- C.4.4. General::TCP Check
- C.4.5. General::UDP Check
- C.4.6. General::Uptime (SNMP)
- C.5. Linux
- C.5.1. Linux::CPU Usage
- C.5.2. Linux::Disk IO Throughput
- C.5.3. Linux::Disk Usage
- C.5.4. Linux::Inodes
- C.5.5. Linux::Interface Traffic
- C.5.6. Linux::Load
- C.5.7. Linux::Memory Usage
- C.5.8. Linux::Process Counts by State
- C.5.9. Linux::Process Count Total
- C.5.10. Linux::Process Health
- C.5.11. Linux::Process Running
- C.5.12. Linux::Swap Usage
- C.5.13. Linux::TCP Connections by State
- C.5.14. Linux::Users
- C.5.15. Linux::Virtual Memory
- C.6. LogAgent
- C.6.1. LogAgent::Log Pattern Match
- C.6.2. LogAgent::Log Size
- C.7. MySQL 3.23 - 3.33
- C.7.1. MySQL::Database Accessibility
- C.7.2. MySQL::Opened Tables
- C.7.3. MySQL::Open Tables
- C.7.4. MySQL::Query Rate
- C.7.5. MySQL::Threads Running
- C.8. Network Services
- C.8.1. Network Services::DNS Lookup
- C.8.2. Network Services::FTP
- C.8.3. Network Services::IMAP Mail
- C.8.4. Network Services::Mail Transfer (SMTP)
- C.8.5. Network Services::Ping
- C.8.6. Network Services::POP Mail
- C.8.7. Network Services::Remote Ping
- C.8.8. Network Services::RPCService
- C.8.9. Network Services::Secure Web Server (HTTPS)
- C.8.10. Network Services::SSH
- C.8.11. Network Services::Web Server (HTTP)
- C.9. Oracle 8i and 9i
- C.9.1. Oracle::Active Sessions
- C.9.2. Oracle::Availability
- C.9.3. Oracle::Blocking Sessions
- C.9.4. Oracle::Buffer Cache
- C.9.5. Oracle::Client Connectivity
- C.9.6. Oracle::Data Dictionary Cache
- C.9.7. Oracle::Disk Sort Ratio
- C.9.8. Oracle::Idle Sessions
- C.9.9. Oracle::Index Extents
- C.9.10. Oracle::Library Cache
- C.9.11. Oracle::Locks
- C.9.12. Oracle::Redo Log
- C.9.13. Oracle::Table Extents
- C.9.14. Oracle::Tablespace Usage
- C.9.15. Oracle::TNS Ping
- C.10. RHN Satellite Server
- C.10.1. RHN Satellite Server::Disk Space
- C.10.2. RHN Satellite Server::Execution Time
- C.10.3. RHN Satellite Server::Interface Traffic
- C.10.4. RHN Satellite Server::Latency
- C.10.5. RHN Satellite Server::Load
- C.10.6. RHN Satellite Server::Probe Count
- C.10.7. RHN Satellite Server::Process Counts
- C.10.8. RHN Satellite Server::Processes
- C.10.9. RHN Satellite Server::Process Health
- C.10.10. RHN Satellite Server::Process Running
- C.10.11. RHN Satellite Server::Swap
- C.10.12. RHN Satellite Server::Users
- Glossary
- Index