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© 2008 IBM CorporationManaging your Red Hat Enterprise Linux Guests With RHN Satellite Speaker Names: Shawn WellsSession ID: 9204

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationProvisioning ModuleImprove consistency by using RHN to manage and deploy configuration filesUndo problematic changes

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationMonitoring ModuleDozens of low-impact probes can be set for each systemGroup probes into suites for fast deploymentR

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationWhat Can Be Monitored?Linux: CPU Usage, Disk I/O Throughput, Disk Usage, Interface Traffic, Load, Memory Usage, Proc

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationHosted Deployment ModelRHN Hosted● System Management● Software Distribution● Account Management● Subscription Manage

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationSatellite Deployment Module Local database stores all packages, profiles, and system information Syncs content f

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationExample – Single Satellite

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationExample – Multi Tiered Satellite

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationExample – Proxy Vertically Tiered Satellite

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationExample – System z

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation19How It WorksDatabaseYour existing database (standalone) or bundled (embedded Oracle 9i R2)RHN Satellite Server–E

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationAgendaWhat is Red Hat Network?– What are the modules?– What are the deployment architectures?– How's it run on

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation20How It WorksManagement Tools– Database and file system syncrhonization tools– RPM importing tools– Channel mainte

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation21Installation RequirementsSoftware– RHEL 4 (31-bit or 64-bit)– @Base installHardware– 1 to 2 (virtual) IFLs– 2 to

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation22Infrastructure RequirementsNetwork Ports– (80, 443) outbound, unless running in disconnected mode– (80, 443) inbo

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation23Example RHN Certificate (XML)<rhn-cert version="0.1"><rhn-cert-field name="product"&g

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation24Installing RHN Satellitemount -o loop iso_filename /media/cd /media; ./install.pl– ./install.pl --help – ./insta

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation25Importing Packages (satellite-sync)Synchronize metadata/packages with RHN– Satellite connected to RHNInternal st

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation26Importing Packages (disconnected)Synchronize metadata/packages from Channel Content ISO–Released shortly after ea

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation27Further Information●Problem●Where can I find further information on RHN Satellite?●Solution●Red Hat Knowledgebase●

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation28Contacting Red Hat Support●Problem●My Satellite is not working, what should I do?●Solution●1) Gather data, include

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation29QUESTIONS?

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation3Red Hat NetworkRed Hat's modular, Web-based Linux management platform●Highly scalable solution●Integrates wit

© 2008 IBM CorporationAPPENDIXSystem z ExpoOctober 13 – 17, 2008 – Las Vegas, Nevada

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation31Tech Data●RHN Satellite Components●Apache●Java & RHN Push●Monitoring●Database & Taskomatic●Misc data

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation32RHN Satellite Components●Web Server – Apache●Satellite Web UI●/XMLRPC●/API●Java – Tomcat (new)●RHN Push – Jabber●o

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation33RHN Satellite: ApacheApache processes within RHN Satellite handle multiple types of requests– Satellite Web UI w

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation34RHN Satellite: Java & RHN PushTomcat is communicated to via Apache for portions of the Java Web UI within RH

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation35RHN Satellite: MonitoringMonitoring BackendMonitoring ScoutSome of the monitoring configuration files●/etc/rhn

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation36RHN Satellite: DatabaseRHN Satellite needs communication to an Oracle 9i Database Server●Embedded or External Or

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation37Anything Else To Know?The most important configuration file ●/etc/rhn/rhn.confTwo common general options of inte

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation38TrademarksThe following are trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, ot

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation4What Is Red Hat Network? A systems management platform designed to provide complete lifecycle management of the op

IBM Training© 2008 IBM Corporation5Benefits of Red Hat Network Lower system administration costs Improve security Increase productivity●4-10X syste

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationExample Usage Many enterprises want to use hardware more efficiently Re-deploy systems quickly Detect when demand

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationRed Hat Network Components Architectures●Hosted●Satellite Service Modules●Update●Management●Provisioning●Monitoring

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationUpdate ModuleEasily obtain security updates, patches, and new OS versionsRemove undesired packages through the simpl

IBM Training© 2008 IBM CorporationManagement ModuleEasily obtain security updates, patches, and new OS versionsRemove undesired packagesSchedule updat