SUSE Manager Roadmap OS Lifecycle Management from the Datacenter to the Cloud Joachim Werner Senior Product Manager joe@suse.com Jeff Lindholm Sales Engineer Jlindholm@suse.com
SUSE and Linux Workloads in the Enterprise SUSE Studio Datacenter Private Cloud 2 SUSE Manager Public Clouds
SUSE Manager: Operating System Lifecycle Management Gain control Optimize operations Enable innovation 3
How Does SUSE Manager Work? SUSE/Novell Customer Center Web Interface Firewall (and optional SMT) SUSE Manager Server API Layer IT Application Custom Content Managed Systems Managed Systems 4 SUSE Manager Proxy Server
Interoperability 5 Manage SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux with SUSE's Expanded Support Deploy and manage your systems in physical, virtual and cloud environments Manage your Linux enviroment from Microsoft System Center with the optional Management Pack
SUSE Manager 2.1
New in Manager 2.1 7
Usability 8
Improved Web UI
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Setup Wizard
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Action Chaining
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Power Management 16
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Compliance & Security
Package Locking 19
Compliance & Security 20 Use OpenSCAP to perform configuration and vulnerability scans Search for CVE numbers in all SUSE patches. Create reports of all machines affected by the CVE Prevent unauthorized parties from accessing information or modifying the system Log all activities for auditing, track server changes and keep a history
Achieve Security & Regulatory Compliance Automate operating system tracking and auditing processes Ensure consistency across the data center Quickly comply with audits Automate vulnerabilty management and security measurements Increase IT security 21
Example: CVE Audit Search for CVE numbers in all patches released by SUSE 22 Create reports of all machines affected by the CVE Act based on the results
What's next?
Topology Management
Topology Management 25 Manage (or import) a topology tree with hardware and services and their dependencies Centrally provide and manage credentials for third party management APIs (VMware vcenter, SUSE Cloud, Public Cloud accounts) Manage and monitor Patch/Security Compliance and Subscription/Licence Compliance across physical, virtual, and Cloud deployments Integrate with your Monitoring solution
Configuration Management
Monitoring
Patch Status in Nagios or Icinga SUSE Manager customers will get access to a fully supported Icinga Server for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12! 29
SUSE Manager Roadmap
SUSE Manager Tentative Roadmap SUSE Manager 1.7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Manager 2.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 Setup wizard Improved UI Action chaining Unattended bare-metal system provisioning Power management Compliance check based on CVE numbers SUSE Manager 3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 Subscription management Topology Visualization Configuration management Monitoring Service Availability / Scalability SUSE Manager 4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 Cloud / Virtualization 2014 31 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
SUSE Manager Beta Program
Rolling Beta Program 33 Early access to features and new versions Features: Ok for production New version: Separate server Open to active participants Opportunity to influence features For more information on how to join: Talk to your sales contact or support engineer!
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SUSE Manager and Open Enterprise Server 36 SUSE Manager supports patching OES 11, OES 11 SP1, and OES 11 SP2 See the OES installation guide for details SUSE has moved to a new SUSE Customer Center (mandatory for using SUSE Linux Enterprise 12) Novell/OES-only customers: Stay on Novell Customer Center! Customers with both SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 and OES: Use SUSE Customer Center (OES channels still available)
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