Migration

[Ed Wilts]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 05:41:37PM -0700, Michael Scully wrote:
> 	One of the machines, I know I've gotten this all corrupted, and now
> the box seems like a new server to RHN.  I haven't been able to do updates
> in months and haven't had the time to research how to fix it.  I MIGHT be
> able to find a really old tape, now that I know where that file is kept, but
> if not, is there a way to re-create it?

The easy way to start over is to delete the old system from RHN and then
register the new one.  Nothing too fancy is required.  

        .../Ed

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 5:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: Migration
> 
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:46:53PM -0700, Michael Scully wrote:
> > 	Does anyone know how the licensing model works?  Will the new box
> > look like a second machine on the RH network and balk at me moving the
> > entitlement over?  What happens now if you do a clean-from-scratch
> > installation on the same hardware - does that look like a different server
> > for entitlements?  I'm not sure what mechanism RH uses to identify
> machines.
> 
> I usually copy over /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid.  Just copy the file
> over and then do an up2date --hardware to update RHN with your new host
> info. 
> 
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Ed Wilts, RHCE
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