Managing Linux Servers Comparing SUSE Manager and ZENworks Configuration Management

Managing Linux Servers Comparing SUSE Manager and ZENworks Configuration Management

Product Support As of September 30,2012, Novell no longer offers general support and will only provide limited updates or fixes for these products: ZENworks Handheld Management 7.x ZENworks Server Management 7.x ZENworks Asset Management 10.x ZENworks Configuration Management 10.x ZENworks Endpoint Security Management 4.0 ZENworks Linux Management 7.3 2

Customers Need Automated approach to manage servers more efficiently Integrated management solution for Linux Ability to monitor the health of servers Secure, timely application of patches Regulatory compliance Alternative to ZENworks Linux Management 3

What are My Options? SUSE Manager Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 4

Which Solution Should I Use? What platforms I am going to support in the future? What database support do I need? What are the management features I need? Do I need real-time server monitoring? What is my compliance strategy? What is my cloud strategy? What is the migration path? 5

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Management of Linux, Windows and Macintosh devices Identity-based, heterogeneous endpoint management platform Integrated configuration, asset, patch and endpoint security management for Windows, Linux, Apple Macintosh endpoints software Definition of administrators in Novell edirectory / Active Directory 6

SUSE Manager Centralized solution to manage SUSE Linux Enterprise and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers through its management, provisioning, and monitoring modules 7

Why SUSE Manager? Tightly integrates with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and other SUSE solutions Built to manage both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Manages System z deployments and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server-based appliances Delivers management for workloads across physical, virtual and cloud environments Be on the roadmap for cloud deployments Experience newest technologies (Ipv6, OpenSCAP) 8

What is the Best Solution for Me? Feature SUSE Manager Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Supports RedHat Linux Management Supports Linux on Systems Z Supports Windows and Macintosh Plug-In for Microsoft Systems Operations Center Integrates tightly with all SUSE product and solutions (SUSE Linux Enterprise, SUSE Studio, SUSE Cloud, etc.) Provides small management agent (e.g., for storageconstrained environments, RAM, System z) Provides ZENworks Linux Management customers with ZENworks Configuration management Newest technologies included (IPv6, OpenSCAP, etc.) Provision tools Monitoring tools 9

When Do I Use...? SUSE Manager Linux Server Management tightly integrated with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE products ZENworks Configuration Management Manage Linux, Windows and Mac servers and desktops with ZENworks product family 10

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Appendix: Use Cases

Integrating into an Existing Lifecycle Management Systems Architecture Comprehensive SUSE Manager API allows you to: Automate repetitive tasks (like moving patches through a QA workflow) Generate customized reports from the data in the SUSE Manager database Integrate into existing workflow tools Orchestrate several separate systems or tools in a software lifecycle management architecture Create customized user interfaces that call the SUSE Manager engine 13

Building a Compliance Architecture SUSE Manager has strong support for running a compliant lifecycle management architecture: Meet compliance requirements in a consistent manner Manage secure defaults with the configuration management system Ensure continued vendor support for your system Apply and monitor OpenSCAP-based compliance checks Reproduceably deploy secure defaults with provisioning features Securely log all changes made to Easily identify and apply fixes for common vulnerabilities based on industry-standard vulnerability reports (CVE) 14

Creating a Multi-staged Environment SUSE Manager supports best practices like the ITIL framework for multiple levels of staging for both: Patch management Configuration management SUSE Vendor channels (unchanged patch stream from SUSE) Examples: Development (clone of SUSE channel that contains latest patches and self-created packages) Testing/QA (patches that should go into production) Production (only patches approved by QA for production) 15

Managing SUSE Linux Enterprise on all Supported Platforms Only SUSE Manager supports all SUSE Linux Enterprise architectures: x86 (32-bit) x86_64 (64-bit) Itanium (Itanium II or newer) IBM POWER IBM z/architecture (64-bit) 16

Be on the Roadmap for Cloud Web Interface Lifecycle Management Web Portal Interface API Systems Engine Management Provisioning SUSE Studio SUSE Manager Monitoring Workflow Engine Private Datacenter Cloud Public Clouds 17

Easily Integrates into the SUSE Lifecycle Management and Cloud portfolio Today Build SUSE Linux Enterprise images using SUSE Studio that are fully prepared for registering with SUSE Manager at first boot Deploy images directly from Studio in SUSE Manager into Xen and KVM Manager SUSE Linux Enterprise on physical servers, virtual servers, or in the public or private cloud Tomorrow Directly deploy into SUSE Cloud Manage Linux assets seamlessly in hybrid cloud 18

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