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How to fix the warning: "RPMDB altered outside of yum"?

I have a RHEL 6 system, that I primarily manage through RHN Satellite. Recently I scheduled some updates through Satellite and received a response that the updates had failed. I ssh'd into the system to investigate, and saw this warning when…
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How to remove this warning "This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register."

I get the following error when i am listing the updates.Server is currently registered with ULN. Although its a warning, i do not want the below message displayed when i am issuing yum command.i found out subscription-manager plugin is loaded. How…
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Convert Oracle enterprise to redhat

Has someone converted successfully a running Oracle Enterprise Linux server to redhat enterprise and was able to register it on RHN network? Tried to install kernel from redhat, updated the rhnsd binaries. I have the following errors every time I…
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RHEL: Errata Explained

When doing an "Erratum Search" on the RHN site, and provide a specific package name, I get a result. The result is returned, and I have a single RHBA number, and I click on the link. The next page is a list of bugs and issues under "Description". …
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YUM RHEL Update Server

I need to create a local RHEL5 Update Server to help eliminate the number of servers exposed to the web. All the local rhel5 servers need to be able to use this server as a repository for patches. I have a server registered with Redhat and would…
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Fresh Red Hat 6.4 kickstarts out-of-date

I am using an updated rhel-x86_64-server-6.4 channel to kickstart RHEL 6.4. What can explain servers being kickstarted with an out-of-date RHEL? I would like to kickstart the server with the latest packages. It uses the same channel for…
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Spacewalk dosen't install package unless "rhn_check" excuted on client

From Spacewalk server ( from UI), I could install packages on client only after executing "rhn_check" command on client; until then, it simply shows the action as pending. Date and time are synchronized. Keys are working fine. I didn't schedule it…
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Red Hat and Likewise

Is likewise available via RHN? I've used likewise-open a few times in ubuntu on small projects but looking at it again for a larger project. I have seen press releases regarding the support of likewise and redhat but can't find it in RHN. The…
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Register RedHat (rhn_register vs subscription-manager)

Currently, I do a inventory of the register into own account. I saw two types of registers: First, in these list. And second, in these one: When I tried to compare both, some systems are into both but others only are register in one list. Those…
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redhat satellite + downgrade procedure - how

I used the RHN - red-hat satellite version 5.x in order to install errata patch: ( on linux version 6.x ) glibc-2.12-1.166.el6_7.7.x86_64 while the curent patch on my linux was: glibc-devel-2.12-1.166.el6_7.3.x86_64 WITH RHN the patch…
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Which package contains rhn_register?

Spacewalk has been installed, runs and can be accessed. The expectation was that installing Spacewalk was sufficient in order to run rhn_register. [vagrant@localhost ~]$ sudo rhn_register sudo: rhn_register: command not found The idea was that…
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RHEL servers with no access to Internet constantly polling DNS for xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com

We have several servers, all RHEL6 (x86_64), that are constantly querying our DNS server for xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com. We have nscd installed and configured on each of those servers and hosts caching is enabled, but doesn't seem to apply to this. Even…
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Pin package versions in RHN?

Is there a way in RHN/Satellite to pin versions of packages to ensure that they don't get upgraded past a certain version? I have some custom applications that require certain packages to be locked at particular versions. I'm looking for the best…
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What to do with subscription-manager in a Red Hat Network Satellite environment?

Yum commands all give the following error message: Unable to read consumer identity It seems however that subscription-manager plugin should be disabled if I use RHN/Satellite? What to do after registering the server with RHN Satellite with this…
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Upating centos using yum

I am trying to update my system, been looking but cannot find any solution to my problem. When I execute yum update I am getting following error Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, rhnplugin There was an error communicating with RHN. Red Hat Satellite or…
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