Question About Satellite Registration

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Do I need this program called Satellite Registration installed on my copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop? When I launch it, it says I'm already registered through Red Hat Network and closes the application. Just trying to discern what it does and if it should be installed on my system.

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I think the CLI (subscription-manager) should do the job without any need of GUI. Though I am not a RHEL Desktop user.

I've never used it, I either use the bootstrap script I make after making activation keys and so forth, or maybe once a year, I use "rhn_register" but generally, I use the bootstrap script. You can make the bootstrap script do all kinds of things via activation keys and coding it further.

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I used Red Hat Subscription Manager to provision my RHEL subscription and will likewise do moving forward. As for Satellite Manager, should I leave it on my system or go ahead and remove it? Thanks!

I think you should remove it. Double entry might cause some fuzzy stuff.

To get rid of an errant duplicate system in the Satellite server, you can go to "systems" (use the link at the left menu) and then click on "duplicates" and then query the server's grep ID /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid to match what is actually registered in the Satellite server, and drop the one that doesn't exist.

Sounds good. I have successfully removed the application from my RHEL machine. Thanks everyone for your assistance!

I'm also having an issue with ClamAV. I've posted the discussion here: https://access.redhat.com/discussions/2321751. If anyone is able to chime in there and answer this question as well, that'd be great.

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