# mgr-ncc-sync and client registration using bootstrap script **URL:** \ **Category:** SUSE Multi Linux Manager\ **Created:** [October 19, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/mgr-ncc-sync-and-client-registration-using-bootstrap-script/22050 "2011-10-19T23:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/mgr-ncc-sync-and-client-registration-using-bootstrap-script/22050/1 "2011-10-19T23:36:03Z")
I am totally new to this, so please bare with me. This is a multi part question. I installed an evaluation version of SuSE Manager after seeing it at BrainShare. I went to the NCC and retrieved by evaluation code for SuSE Manager and my mirror credentials. I walked through the Quick Start guide. SM seems to be set up correctly. When I run mgr-ncc-sync -l I get: mgr-ncc-sync -l Listing all channels you are subscribed to… Statuses mean: - P - channel is in sync with the database (provided) - . - channel is not installed, but is available - X - channel is not available [.] sles10-sp3-pool-i586 [.] sle10-sdk-sp3-pool-i586 [.] sle10-sdk-sp3-updates-i586 sle10-sp3-suse-manager-tools-i586 [.] sles10-sp3-gplv3-extras-i586 [.] sles10-sp3-updates-i586 [.] sles10-sp3-pool-x86\_64 [.] sle10-sdk-sp3-pool-x86\_64 [.] sle10-sdk-sp3-updates-x86\_64 sle10-sp3-suse-manager-tools-x86\_64 [.] sles10-sp3-gplv3-extras-x86\_64 [.] sles10-sp3-updates-x86\_64 [P] sles10-sp4-pool-i586 [.] sle10-sdk-sp4-pool-i586 [.] sle10-sdk-sp4-updates-i586 sle10-sp4-suse-manager-tools-i586 [.] sles10-sp4-gplv3-extras-i586 [.] sles10-sp4-updates-i586 [P] sles10-sp4-pool-x86\_64 [.] sle10-sdk-sp4-pool-x86\_64 [.] sle10-sdk-sp4-updates-x86\_64 sle10-sp4-suse-manager-tools-x86\_64 [.] sles10-sp4-gplv3-extras-x86\_64 [.] sles10-sp4-updates-x86\_64 [P] sles11-sp1-pool-i586 [.] sle11-sdk-sp1-pool-i586 [.] sle11-sdk-sp1-updates-i586 [.] sle11-smt-updates-i586 [.] sle11-sp1-debuginfo-pool-i586 [.] sle11-sp1-debuginfo-updates-i586 [.] sle11-webyast-sp1-pool-i586 [.] sle11-webyast-sp1-updates-i586 [.] sles11-extras-i586 sles11-sp1-suse-manager-tools-i586 [.] sles11-sp1-updates-i586 [P] sles11-sp1-pool-x86\_64 [.] sle11-sdk-sp1-pool-x86\_64 [.] sle11-sdk-sp1-updates-x86\_64 [.] sle11-smt-updates-x86\_64 [.] sle11-sp1-debuginfo-pool-x86\_64 [.] sle11-sp1-debuginfo-updates-x86\_64 [.] sle11-webyast-sp1-pool-x86\_64 [.] sle11-webyast-sp1-updates-x86\_64 [.] sles11-extras-x86\_64 sles11-sp1-suse-manager-tools-x86\_64 [.] sles11-sp1-updates-x86\_64 My first question is, do I need to run mgr-ncc-sync -c against every child package of the pools I subscribed to? I then brought up a new server (a VMWare VM) installing SLES11sp1-64 (kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default). When I registered it with my bootstrap script, I get this at the end: - setting permissions to allow configuration management NOTE: use an activation key to subscribe to the tools channel and zypper install/update rhncfg-actions Error setting permissions for configuration management. Please ensure that the activation key subscribes the system to the tools channel and zypper install/update rhncfg-actions. This all seems somewhat cryptic to me since I don’t have a tools channel (not even available to me from the looks of the mgr-ncc-sync -l above). Is this because I’m just evaluating the product? Is it because I’ve chosen the wrong mirror credentials (mine vs the organizations - i.e.my department’s?)? I don’t even list any rhn modules to install or update. Last, I get an e-mail from SuSE Manager that states the following: This is the SUSE Manager Status Report for your account susemanager, as of 10/18/11 11:00:02 PM EDT. This email will be sent when any of the following apply: 1. The system fails to check in with SUSE Manager within a 24-hour window. 2. The system registers scheduled action activity. Failed Package Install 1 This really doesn’t tell me much. Since I only have the one registered system, I can guess which system is at issue, but it really doesn’t tell me what package failed. Looking at SuSE Manager, I do not see any failed, pending or completed actions. So what’s up? Is this the result of the error I get when registering the client node? Thanks for everyone’s time. ## – tstrauch tstrauch’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=73266](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=73266) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447061](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=447061) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/mgr-ncc-sync-and-client-registration-using-bootstrap-script/22050/2 "2011-10-25T21:47:02Z")
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