[Fwd: Re: [rhn-users] Automated RHN Registration]

[Jason Dunn]

Thanks for the help everyone.  I found a script called rhnreg_ks that
does exactly what I was looking for.  Turns out it was already installed
on all my RHEL3 & 4 machines as part of the up2date package.

Thanks again!
Jason

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [rhn-users] Automated RHN Registration
Date: 	Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:12:09 -0800 (PST)
From: 	Diana <dianadenali at yahoo.com>
To: 	jrd154 at psu.edu



Jason,

I suggest you contact RedHat about getting a copy of their bootstrap
script.  It's very simple, and saves you from having to manually
re-register every time.  My company developed one around the same time
RedHat did, and I found it saved me a lot of trouble with over 5,000
systems to manage.

Thanks,
Dede



*/Jason Dunn <jrd154 at psu.edu>/* wrote:

      Michael,

      I guess my usage of the word image is not quite right. Just a mental
      slip, but we actually reinstall Red Hat on the machines when we
      "reimage" them. Since we have several machine types, this keeps us 
from
      having to keep multiple "images" for each type of machine.

      So yes, when we rebuild the machines, up2date is getting reinstalled
      and
      is being configured each time.

      Jason

      Michael Weber wrote:
       > Good morning, Jason!
       >
       > I have reinstalled a couple of machines from images and had
      little effort to make it happen. All I did was run rhn_register on
      the new machine, enter my rhn info and it's done.
       >
       > If I reimage from a backup, and the machine name doesn't change,
      I didn't even have to re-register. RHN just picked up on the new
      machine and downloaded the appropriate updates.
       >
       > Are you reconfiguring up2date every time?
       >
       > -Michael
       >
       >
       >>>>jrd154 at psu.edu 1/10/2006 8:38 AM >>>
       >
       > Hello List,
       >
       > I manage about 80 machines that are in several student labs at my
       > university. We of course keep them updated with the rhn automatic
       > update feature. We do however have to reinstall our machine 
image on
       > the lab machines every so often, and having to register each one
      by hand !
       > to RHN is a pain to say the least. Has anyone come across or
      developed
       > a method to automatically register a machine with RHN? I'd also
      like to
       > be able to remove an old profile of the machine at the same 
time I'm
       > creating a new profile with RHN, but that's not as needed.
       >
       > Thanks!
       >
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