Migrating from RHN to RHSM in Red Hat Enterprise Linux [Master Article]

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Issue

  • How to move a system from RHN Classic to RHSM
  • How do I migrate from RHN Classic to RHSM?
  • How can I move existing systems on RHEL 5.7 from RHN Classic to Certificate Management?
  • Getting entitlement errors when trying to register a new system through the portal or command line when I have systems in both systems, how do I migrate my systems to Red Hat Subscription Management?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.8 or later
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.2 or later
  • Please note this is NOT for a Red Hat Satellite 5.x

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