Figure A 19   Client1 system channels page with new base channel

Schedule an action

As an example we schedule a reboot of system client1. To do this go to the 

system page for client1, as shown in Figure A 20 on page 182. Notice that the 

channel  Test channel redbook SG246380  is now the base channel for client1. 

To reboot the system we can use the  Schedule system reboot  link at the bottom 

of the page. This link takes us to the page where we can set the time for the 

reboot. This page is shown in Figure A 21 on page 183. Once the action is 

scheduled, it shows up in the pending scheduled actions page, as shown in 

Figure A 22 on page 184. 

The client gets the command from the server the next time the 

rhnsd

 daemon 

connects. This process can be triggered by hand by the 

rhn_check

 command. 

After performing this action on client1, we see the client rebooting, as shown in 

Figure A 23 on page 185. Afterwards the action is visible in the Completed 

actions list on the server, Figure A 24 on page 186.

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