Using an exisitng registration

Folks, 

Just wondering if there's any way to use an existing
registration when
doing a fresh install - 

so I don't have to delete and reconfigure stuff for an
existing machine
on the RHN.

Thnaks,
Mike

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Yes. *If* you have provisioning entitlement, you can create
a 
reactivation key and use that key with the rhnreg_ks command
to 
re-register a system and for it to pick up its old system
profile. Link 
to a section in the RHN Reference guide below:

https://rhn.redh
at.com/rhn/help/reference/rhn415/en/s1-sm-systems.jsp#S5-SM-
SYSTEM-DETAILS-REACT
6.4.2.8.1.4. System Details ⇒ Details ⇒ Reactivation


Regards,
Cliff.

MJang wrote:
> Folks, 
> 
> Just wondering if there's any way to use an existing
registration when
> doing a fresh install - 
> 
> so I don't have to delete and reconfigure stuff for an
existing machine
> on the RHN.
> 
> Thnaks,
> Mike
> 
> _______________________________________________
> rhn-users mailing list
> rhn-usersredhat.com
> htt
ps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users

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Team Lead, RHN Sustaining Engineering
Red Hat, Inc.
http://www.redhat.com/
+1 919 754 4403
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Dear Cliff,

I appreciate your insight, but it didn't work. I checked
again, and do
have provisioning entitlements (currently filled). Any
further advice
that you might have would be appreciated.

It seems like I had to enter the password at the console in
clear text,
which would have been bad if a shoulder surfer were around.

I ran (substituting for actual username, etc):
# rhnreg_ks --username xxxxxx --password yyyyyyy
--activationkey zzzzzzz

Error Message:
    Registration failed: RHN Software Management service
entitlements
exhausted
Error Class Code: 91
Error Class Info: Registration token unable to entitle
system: maximum
membership exceeded
Explanation:
     An error has occurred while processing your request. If
this
problem
     persists please enter a bug report at
bugzilla.redhat.com.
     If you choose to submit the bug report, please be sure
to include
     details of what you were trying to do when this error
occurred and
     details on how to reproduce this problem.

Thanks,
Mike

On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 09:52 -0500, Clifford Perry wrote:
> Yes. *If* you have provisioning entitlement, you can
create a 
> reactivation key and use that key with the rhnreg_ks
command to 
> re-register a system and for it to pick up its old
system profile. Link 
> to a section in the RHN Reference guide below:
> 
> https://rhn.redh
at.com/rhn/help/reference/rhn415/en/s1-sm-systems.jsp#S5-SM-
SYSTEM-DETAILS-REACT
> 6.4.2.8.1.4. System Details ⇒ Details ⇒
Reactivation
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Cliff.
> 
> MJang wrote:
> > Folks, 
> > 
> > Just wondering if there's any way to use an
existing registration when
> > doing a fresh install - 
> > 
> > so I don't have to delete and reconfigure stuff
for an existing machine
> > on the RHN.
> > 
> > Thnaks,
> > Mike
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > rhn-users mailing list
> > rhn-usersredhat.com
> > htt
ps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users
> 


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Hi Mike,

MJang wrote:
> Dear Cliff,
>
> I appreciate your insight, but it didn't work. I
checked again, and do
> have provisioning entitlements (currently filled). Any
further advice
> that you might have would be appreciated.
>   
Are those provisioning entitlements currently applied to the
system you 
are trying to reactivate? At the time of registration? How
did you 
generate the reactivation key?
> It seems like I had to enter the password at the
console in clear text,
> which would have been bad if a shoulder surfer were
around.
>   
If you leave out the --password command line argument, it
will prompt 
you to enter a password in non-plain text after you hit
enter.
> I ran (substituting for actual username, etc):
> # rhnreg_ks --username xxxxxx --password yyyyyyy
--activationkey zzzzzzz
>   
> Error Message:
>     Registration failed: RHN Software Management
service entitlements
> exhausted
> Error Class Code: 91
> Error Class Info: Registration token unable to entitle
system: maximum
> membership exceeded
Some questions:

 - Are you trying to register against a Satellite or
rhn.redhat.com? If 
Satellite, what version?

- What system entitlements (which of: Update / Management /
Provisioning 
/ Monitoring) are applied to the system you are trying to
reactivate? If 
you have provisioning applied with an update base system
entitlement, 
this system is trying to pick up a management entitlement
upon 
re-registration (see in the error message?)

- Do you have a universal default activation key set? If so,
the default 
activation key may trying to force the system into picking
up a base 
management entitlement if the system currently has update.
Unset the 
default activation key and try again.

- What version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the system
you're trying 
to reactivate running? If it's 2.1, you'll need to use  
'--serialnumber=' as the command line argument rather than 
'--activationkey='.

~m

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May I suggest you re-try, but this time without the
username/password 
options. just --activationkey= and --force (if needed)

Cliff.

MJang wrote:
> Dear Cliff,
> 
> I appreciate your insight, but it didn't work. I
checked again, and do
> have provisioning entitlements (currently filled). Any
further advice
> that you might have would be appreciated.
> 
> It seems like I had to enter the password at the
console in clear text,
> which would have been bad if a shoulder surfer were
around.
> 
> I ran (substituting for actual username, etc):
> # rhnreg_ks --username xxxxxx --password yyyyyyy
--activationkey zzzzzzz
> 
> Error Message:
>     Registration failed: RHN Software Management
service entitlements
> exhausted
> Error Class Code: 91
> Error Class Info: Registration token unable to entitle
system: maximum
> membership exceeded
> Explanation:
>      An error has occurred while processing your
request. If this
> problem
>      persists please enter a bug report at
bugzilla.redhat.com.
>      If you choose to submit the bug report, please be
sure to include
>      details of what you were trying to do when this
error occurred and
>      details on how to reproduce this problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 09:52 -0500, Clifford Perry
wrote:
>> Yes. *If* you have provisioning entitlement, you
can create a 
>> reactivation key and use that key with the
rhnreg_ks command to 
>> re-register a system and for it to pick up its old
system profile. Link 
>> to a section in the RHN Reference guide below:
>>
>> https://rhn.redh
at.com/rhn/help/reference/rhn415/en/s1-sm-systems.jsp#S5-SM-
SYSTEM-DETAILS-REACT
>> 6.4.2.8.1.4. System Details ⇒ Details ⇒
Reactivation
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cliff.
>>
>> MJang wrote:
>>> Folks, 
>>>
>>> Just wondering if there's any way to use an
existing registration when
>>> doing a fresh install - 
>>>
>>> so I don't have to delete and reconfigure stuff
for an existing machine
>>> on the RHN.
>>>
>>> Thnaks,
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
_______________________________________________
>>> rhn-users mailing list
>>> rhn-usersredhat.com
>>> htt
ps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> rhn-users mailing list
> rhn-usersredhat.com
> htt
ps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users

-- 
Clifford Perry
Team Lead, RHN Sustaining Engineering
Red Hat, Inc.
http://www.redhat.com/
+1 919 754 4403
RHCE# 803004507210710

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