How do I register a system that was registered to a satellite back to RHN Classic?

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Issue

  • A system that was previously registered to a Red Hat Satellite server needs to migrate back to Red Hat Network Classic for updates.

  • Error message is generated when running the following command:

[root@localhost]# rhnreg_ks --username username --password abc123 
An error has occurred:

Error Class Code: 2001
Error Class Info:
     RHN Satellite user creation is not allowed via rhn_register
     (or up2date --register on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or later);
     please contact your sysadmin to have your account created.
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.

Environment

  • Red Hat Network Classic
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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