Chapter 5. Subscribing to the Red Hat Storage Server Channels

After you have successfully installed Red Hat Storage, you must subscribe to the required channels:

Note

If you used Red Hat Satellite or Layered Installation method to install Red Hat Storage 3.0, then you can skip the steps mentioned in this chapter. For more information regarding layered installation, see Section 4.2, “Installing Red Hat Storage Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Layered Install)”
Using Subscription Manager

  1. Register the System with Subscription Manager

    Run the following command and enter your Red Hat Network user name and password to register the system with Subscription Manager: 
    # subscription-manager register --auto-attach

  2. Enable the Required Channels

    Run the following commands to enable the repos required to install Red Hat Storage: 
    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-6-server-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-scalefs-for-rhel-6-server-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhs-3-for-rhel-6-server-rpms
    1. For Red Hat Storage 3.0.4 or later, if you require Samba, then enable the following channel: 
      # subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-gluster-3-samba-for-rhel-6-server-rpms

  3. Verify if the Channels are Enabled

    Run the following command to verify if the channels are enabled: 
    # yum repolist
Using Red Hat Satellite Server

  1. Configure the Client System to Access Red Hat Satellite

    Configure the client system to access Red Hat Satellite. Refer section Registering Clients with Red Hat Satellite Server in Red Hat Satellite 5.6 Client Configuration Guide.

  2. Register to the Red Hat Satellite Server

    Run the following command to register the system to the Red Hat Satellite Server: 
    # rhn_register

  3. Register to the Standard Base Channel

    In the select operating system release page, select All available updates and follow the prompts to register the system to the standard base channel for RHEL6 - rhel-x86_64-server-6

  4. Subscribe to the Required Red Hat Storage Server Channels

    Run the following command to subscribe the system to the required Red Hat Storage server channels: 
    # rhn-channel --add --channel rhel-x86_64-server-6-rhs-3 --channel rhel-x86_64-server-sfs-6
    1. For Red Hat Storage 3.0.4 or later, if you require Samba, then execute the following command to enable the required channel: 
      # rhn-channel --add --channel rhel-x86_64-server-6-rh-gluster-3-samba

  5. Verify if the System is Registered Successfully

    Run the following command to verify if the system is registered successfully: 
    # rhn-channel --list
rhel-x86_64-server-6
rhel-x86_64-server-6-rhs-3
rhel-x86_64-server-sfs-6
    For Red Hat Storage 3.0.4 or later, if you have enabled the Samba channel, then you will also see the following channel while verifying: 
    rhel-x86_64-server-6-rh-gluster-3-samba