RHEL Register a Virtual Hypervisor

RHEL6 - VMWare ESXi Hypervisor

1. The virt-who package must be installed.

   # yum install virt-who

2. Register the guest via Subscription Management.

   # subscription-manager register

3. Record the org ID from subscription manager.

   # subscription-manager identify

   1. Should return similar to.

      Current identity is: 5acd8904-25fc-498e-ad9d-239d262be0aa

      word-wrap: break-word;">name: system1.example.redhat.com

      org name: 7086261

      org ID: 7086261

4. Configure the virt-who options.

   # vi /etc/sysconfig/virt-who

   1. Configure the following options, the org ID: number will be used for the VIRTWHO_ESX_OWNER option.

      VIRTWHO_BACKGROUND=1

      VIRTWHO_DEBUG=1

      VIRTWHO_ESX=1

      VIRTWHO_ESX_OWNER=<org ID output>

      VIRTWHO_ESX_ENV=Library

      VIRTWHO_ESX_SERVER=<IP Address or FQDN hostname of VCenter Server>

      VIRTWHO_ESX_USERNAME=<Administrator Username>

      VIRTWHO_ESX_PASSWORD=<Administrator Password>

5. Start the virt-who service and configure for autostart.

   # service virt-who start

   # chkconfig virt-who on

6. Attached a physical "Virtual Datacenter" subscription to the hypervisor.

   # subscription-manager list --available

   # subscription-manager subscribe --auto

Further Reading

1. How to register a VMware ESX host/hypervisor on the Customer Portal to use virtual subscriptions
2. How to register RHEV-H host/hypervisor on customer portal to use virtual subscriptions
3. Red Hat Subscription Management