Subscription Numbers backwards compatible?

Astol · 08-20-2007, 02:28 AM

Hi all,

i'm sure i read somewhere that RHEL install/subscription numbers are backwards compatible. if this is ture, why cant i activate my subscription for RHEL4.5 with my RHEL5 number?

unSpawn · 08-20-2007, 10:34 AM

AFAIK they aren't, new scheme AFAIK, but do ask Red Hat I'd say.

yanik · 08-21-2007, 08:41 AM

I'm pretty sure you can. We bought 20 licenses recently for RHEL5 and we decided to wait until RHEL5u1 to switch. I've activated 5 or 6 RHEL4u5 machines since then, on the new account.

We might have a special deal or something tho, like unSpawn said, ask them directly, I'm sure you'll be able to work something out with them.

zerovice · 08-21-2007, 03:48 PM

Everything you needed to know below...

https://www.redhat.com/support/resou...ml#upgrade_how