Why should the subscription no longer be available? I don't believe that coverage has anything to do with availability, unless you're using the GUI and have the "no overlap with existing subscriptions" filter set.
(In reply to Carter Kozak from comment #1) > Why should the subscription no longer be available? I don't believe that > coverage has anything to do with availability, unless you're using the GUI > and have the "no overlap with existing subscriptions" filter set. If subscribe other subscription(not instance base or datacenter subscription) , it will no longer be available after subscribed , please see as the following: 1 Register to stage candlepin with username:stage_test_12 and password:redhat [root@hp-z220-07 libvirt-test-API]# subscription-manager register --username=stage_test_12 --password=redhat The system has been registered with ID: 91bb17aa-a0b9-4ba3-926b-9b18332ed372 2 Check the avaiable subscriptions,it will display two subcriptions. [root@hp-z220-07 libvirt-test-API]# subscription-manager list --available +-------------------------------------------+ Available Subscriptions +-------------------------------------------+ Subscription Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, Premium (8 sockets) (Up to 4 guests) SKU: RH0103708 Pool ID: 8a99f98340114f880140766376dc00cf Quantity: 998 Service Level: Premium Service Type: L1-L3 Multi-Entitlement: No Ends: 07/24/2014 System Type: Physical Subscription Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, Premium (8 sockets) (Up to 4 guests) SKU: RH0103708 Pool ID: 8a99f9843c01ccba013c037bb23e0259 Quantity: 55 Service Level: Premium Service Type: L1-L3 Multi-Entitlement: No Ends: 12/31/2013 System Type: Physical 3 Attach to one subscription. [root@hp-z220-07 libvirt-test-API]# subscription-manager subscribe --pool=8a99f9843c01ccba013c037bb23e0259 Successfully attached a subscription for: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, Premium (8 sockets) (Up to 4 guests) 4 Check the available subscription ,it will display one subscriptions. [root@hp-z220-07 libvirt-test-API]# subscription-manager list --available +-------------------------------------------+ Available Subscriptions +-------------------------------------------+ Subscription Name: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, Premium (8 sockets) (Up to 4 guests) SKU: RH0103708 Pool ID: 8a99f98340114f880140766376dc00cf Quantity: 998 Service Level: Premium Service Type: L1-L3 Multi-Entitlement: No Ends: 07/24/2014 System Type: Physical Result: The subscription which has been attached no longer display. [Note]: The "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, Premium (8 sockets) (Up to 4 guests)" also is the socket based subscription which the same as the instance base subscription and datacenter subscription. Question: Is there any special with instance base subscription and datacenter subscription about there? if different subscription has different way, it may lead to confusion for customer , what's your opinion?
Entitlements that aren't multi-entitlable can be attached once, and will cause an error message to be displayed if you attempt to attach them again. So it is not actually available to be attached to my system the second time. list --available currently only filters based on whether or not you can attach the subscription.