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SUSE Manager ®

Manually updating, patching and configuring servers can be time-consuming and error-
prone. SUSE® Manager solves these problems. It automates Linux server management
for fast, accurate server maintenance and provisioning. It monitors the health and
tracks configuration compliance of each Linux server from a single console so you can
identify problems before they impact your business. And it lets you comprehensively
manage your Linux servers across physical, virtual and cloud environments while
improving efficiency.

Product Overview stack; ensure compliance to hardened System Requirements

SUSE Manager delivers best-in-class Linux profiles/templates based on internal
Minimum server requirements include:
server management. It empowers IT to re- security policies; and track and log
all HW and SW changes for easy CPU: Multi-core 64-bit CPU (x86_64)
duce complexity and regain control of IT
assets, en­sure compliance with internal ­compliance, auditing and reporting. RAM: 16 GB minimum for base installation,
security policies and optimize operations Optimize operations and reduce 32 GB minimum for production server

to reduce costs. costs. SUSE Manager automates Linux Free disk space: 100 GB minimum for base
server provisioning, ­patching and installation, plus a minimum of 130 GB for
configuration for faster, consistent repository data
Key Benefits and repeatable server deployments.
Reduce complexity and regain control Supported processor platforms for
Reduce IT costs by easily ­managing SUSE Manager Server include:
of your IT assets. With SUSE Manager, and optimizing SUSE subscriptions,
one tool manages Linux systems across x86_64 (64-bit)
increase e
­ fficiency with ­automated
diverse Linux distributions, hardware deployment of h ­ ardened OS t­ emplates IBM z Systems
architectures, hypervisors and cloud to tens of thousands of servers without
platforms, ­enabling you to easily ­compromising speed or security For detailed product specifications and
onboard and manage any Linux server and optimize IT operations with system requirements, visit: www.suse.com/
connected to the network, quickly ­automated patch management. products/suse-manager/
view all Linux assets, spot issues
and reduce ­complexity by grouping Key Features
your Linux servers logically. SUSE Manager delivers lifecycle manage-
Ensure compliance with i­nternal ment and monitoring for Linux servers.
security policies and ­external
­regulations. You can comprehensively ASSET MANAGEMENT
monitor your Linux environment from Inventory hardware and software
the HW up through your application systems
 Create reports for physical and virtual Connect to SUSE Customer Center
machines and cloud instances, assign to easily access updates, security
subscriptions and identify over- or patches and service packs
under-utilization Plan maintenance windows ahead
of time by scheduling updates
PROVISIONING Apply role-based controls so
Provision unattended bare-metal ­administrators have authority to
systems via AutoYaST/Kickstart/PXE ­manage each system
booting; virtual guests as easily as Significantly reduce the time to patch
physical instances; new servers i­dentical hundreds, even thousands, of ­servers
to a running server or predefined via real-time configuration and
­configuration; and SUSE Studio™ monitoring
­images directly.
Track server changes and return to MONITORING
a previous version or configuration SUSE Manager includes the Nagios- www.suse.com
if required compatible Icinga monitoring server
Provision and start/stop/configure for enhanced monitoring capabilities—
virtual guests for the flexibility to use existing Icinga-
Support first-time installation with based in-house ­monitoring solutions
rapid setup of network installation with SUSE Manager.
environments (create Cobbler Contact your local SUSE Solutions
systems records) Provider, or call SUSE at:
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
Salt-based configuration management 1 800 796 3700 U.S./Canada
SOFTWARE PACKAGE MANAGEMENT
enables fast and secure deployment 1 801 861 4500 Worldwide
Collect and distribute custom of tens of thousands of systems.
­software packages into manageable Manage configurations over time to SUSE
groups track and manage configuration drift Maxfeldstrasse 5
Centrally push software by grouping 90409 Nuremberg
Centralize configuration file Germany
servers, easing the burden of manually
­management for server groups
managing individual servers
Develop and maintain standardized
Create customized repositories for the
configuration profiles for servers or
delivery of operating system packages
groups of servers to simplify initial
or RPM Packet Manager-based (RPM-
server provisioning
based) applications and content
Easily migrate custom scripts for
Migrate SUSE Linux Enterprise to
Red Hat Network Satellite, create
new service packs directly from the
new AutoYaST and Kickstart scripts
SUSE Manager user interface
or use SUSE Manager to develop new
Use the SUSE Manager application
scripts based on existing installations
programming interface (API) to ­create
custom scripts for ­easily a­ utomating
REDEPLOYMENT
many tasks
Provision RPM-based applications Re-deploy on the same hardware;
to automatically deploy complete, no physical interaction is needed
integrated software stacks
Search operating system instances Deployment
by packages, patches or system A SUSE Manager installation consists of
specifications to reduce administrative at least one SUSE Manager Server and
overhead the SUSE Manager Lifecycle Management
Remove unnecessary system packages mod­ule for each managed server with an
and freeze the current c ­ onfiguration active SUSE subscription. You can add
to avoid package installations by module entitlements for each managed
mistake server and deploy SUSE Manager proxy
servers as needed. The ser­ver and proxy
PATCH MANAGEMENT server are provided as soft­ware appliances,
Receive notifications when the latest leveraging all virtual platforms supported
Linux server updates are available with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1.

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