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Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on IBM Lenovo R61e, RHEL5-6,SLES10-11
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RedHat Network RHN
HI
I downloaded RHEL 6.0 free 30 day trial version.
I would like to train to exams but in order to install packages from RHN repo I need to register in their web site RHN.
Is it possible to activate RHEL6.0 in trial version in RHN ?
If you only will use RHEL for training purposes why didn't you install Scientific Linux 6. I cannot find the link right now but I came across an article about a week ago that mentions this distro as being a 'clone' of RHEL 6. So you would be able to do everything you want without having to bother with subscriptions, activations, licenses, ... CentOS is also a 'clone' of RHEL but they haven't come out with a version 6 yet. I'm not sure a free trial gives you full access to RHN for 30 days. Haven't tried it, I'm sure someone will step in soon.
Kind regards,
Eric
Last edited by EricTRA; 04-14-2011 at 11:02 AM.
Reason: Forgot link: http://www.scientificlinux.org/
Thanks for sharing that. Does this mean that you can register with a Trial version and use the full options of RHEL for a month? Never tried it. Does it mean that you can update and install using yum and that your problem is solved? If so, please mark your thread as solved then.
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on IBM Lenovo R61e, RHEL5-6,SLES10-11
Posts: 262
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Does this mean that you can register with a Trial version and use the full options of RHEL for a month?
Yes but you have to download from redhat.com version of e.g. today and have valid RHN account. You can't use it with for instance redhat trial version you have downloaded 2 months ago. It will let you to activate it. It only allows you to activate it version that you downloaded e.g. today or within 30 days.
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Does it mean that you can update and install using yum and that your problem is solved?
Yes.
When using Red Hat Network, rhnsd is a client-side daemon that should be run on subscribed systems. It periodically launches a helper utility, rhn_check, which connects to the Red Hat Network servers and checks for any actions (such as a scheduled installation of errata) that an administrator has selected in the Web console. If any actions have been scheduled for that client machine, rhn_check on the client initiates those actions. By default, rhnsd runs rhn_check every two hours. This time can be increased to check for configuration changes as frequently as every hour if necessary.
Last edited by drManhattan; 04-15-2011 at 08:37 AM.
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