Updated: 10 February, 2011
This document describes how to connect to the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) to obtain software updates. It outlines the steps needed to switch a server installed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server version 3, Update 8 or Update 9 from Red Hat Network(RHN) to Unbreakable Linux Network(ULN).
If you have a server installed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, you need to perform the following steps to obtain software updates via Oracle's Unbreakable Linux Network:
Oracle's uln_register program will allow you to switch to ULN if you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Oracle's up2date program will allow you to switch to ULN if you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 up to and including Update 6
Oracle's up2date program will allow you to switch to ULN if you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 up to and including Update 8
Oracle's up2date program will allow you to switch to ULN if you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 8 or later
Support contracts for Oracle Linux can be purchased through the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Store, from your sales representative or via an authorized reseller.
A new version of the packages has been made available to allow access to ULN, you can find these packages here:
# tar -xzf uln_register.tgz # tar -xzf uln_register-gnome.tgz (only if rhn-setup-gnome is already installed) # cd uln_migrate # rpm -Uvh *.rpm
# rpm -Uvh up2date-5.10.1-40.8.*.rpm up2date-gnome-5.10.1-40.8.*.rpm
# rpm -Uvh up2date-5.10.1-40.8.*.rpm
# rpm -Uvh up2date-4.8.1-40.1.*.rpm up2date-gnome-4.8.1-40.1.*.rpm
# rpm -Uvh up2date-4.8.1-40.1.*.rpm
# rpm -Uvh up2date-4.5.5-40.7.*.rpm up2date-gnome-4.5.5-40.7.*.rpm
# rpm -Uvh up2date-4.5.5-40.7.*.rpm
To import Oracle's GPG key, run the following command as the root user:
rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY
Before you can register a server, you must first create a ULN account. You can create a ULN account here: linux.oracle.com/register
To register your system, run the following command as the root user in a terminal window or on the command line:
uln_register
Follow the instructions on the screen and provide the requested information. uln_register will also collect machine information and upload it to our server.
up2date --register
Follow the instructions on the screen and provide the requested information. up2date will also collect machine information and upload it to our server.
You may see the following harmless error for the first time you run up2date -u on a ia64 server after switching to ULN:
There was a fatal RPM error. The message was: Failed running rpm transactionPlease run up2date -p if you see this error.
If you have previously customized your configuration file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date, installing above mentioned packages will leave your configuration file intact. Configuration file designed to work with ULN will be placed in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date.rpmnew To register with ULN, please put the appropriate configuration file in place as follows:
cd /etc/sysconfig/rhn cp up2date up2date.bak cp up2date.rpmnew up2date
You can get help in the following ways: