This is tab allows you to create a new virtual guest on a host system or allows you to change the status of virtual guests.
The Virtualization tab has two subtabs, Details and Kickstart. These tabs appear the same for both virtual hosts and guests, but the functionality only makes sense for virtual hosts. It is not possible to create a guest system that runs on another guest system.
Details is the default tab. For host systems, it presents a table of the host system's virtual guests. For each guest system, the following information is provided:
- Status
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This field indicates whether the virtual system is running, paused, stopped, or has crashed.
- Updates
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This field indicates whether errata applicable to the guest have yet to be applied.
- Base Software Channel
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This field indicates the Base Channel to which the guest is subscribed.
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If a guest system has not registered to the Satellite, this information appears as plain text in the table.
If you have System Group Administrator responsibilities assigned for your guest systems, it is possible that a user could see the message You do not have permission to access this system within the table. This is because it is possible to assign virtual guests on a single host to multiple System Group Administrators. Only users that have System Group Administrator privileges on the host system may create new virtual guests.
This tab is only visible for systems registered to a RHN Satellite Server with Monitoring enabled and that are Monitoring entitled. It displays all of the probes monitoring the system. The State column shows icons representing the status of each probe. Refer to Section 6.9, “Monitoring — 
” for descriptions of these states. Clicking the Probe Description takes you to its Current State page. The Status String column displays the last message received from the probe.
To add a probe to the system, click the create new probe link at the top-right corner of the page and complete the fields on the following page. Refer to Section 7.5.1, “Managing Probes” for detailed instructions.
Once the probe has been added, you must reconfigure your Monitoring infrastructure to recognize it. Refer to Section 6.9.4, “Scout Config Push —
” for details. After the probe has run, its results become available on the Current State page. Refer to Section 6.9.1.7, “Current State —
” for details.
To remove a probe from a system, click on the name of the probe, then click the delete probe link in the upper right corner. Finally, click the Delete Probe button to complete the process.
This tab and its subtabs allow you to manage the system's group memberships.
This subtab lists groups to which the system belongs and enables you to cancel those associations. Only System Group Administrators and Organization Administrators can remove the system from groups. Non-admins just see a Review this system's group membership page. To remove the system from groups, select the groups' checkboxes and click the Leave Selected Groups button. Click on a group's name to go to its System Group Details page. Refer to Section 6.4.3.3, “System Group Details — 
” for more information.
Lists groups that the system may be subscribed to. Only System Group Administrators and Organization Administrators can add the system to groups. Non-admins see a Review this system's group membership page. To add the system to groups, select the groups' checkboxes and click the Join Selected Groups button.
Displays past, current, and scheduled actions on the system. You may cancel pending events here. The following sections describe the Events sub-tabs and the features they offer.
Lists events that are scheduled but have not begun. A prerequisite action must complete successfully before a given action is attempted. If an action has a prerequisite, no checkbox is available to cancel that action. Instead, a checkbox appears next to the prerequisite action; canceling the prerequisite action causes the action in question to fail.
Actions can be chained in this manner so that action 'a' requires action 'b' which requires action 'c'. Action 'c' is the first one attempted and has a checkbox next to it until it is completed successfully - if any action in the chain fails, the remaining actions also fail. To unschedule a pending event, select the event and click the Cancel Events button at the bottom of the page. The following icons indicate the type of events listed here:
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— Package Event
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— Errata Event
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— Preferences Event
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— System Event
The default display of the Events tab lists the type and status of events that have failed, occurred or are occurring. To view details of an event, click its summary in the System History list. To again view the table, click Return to history list at the bottom of the page.