Managing Linux ServersComparing SUSE® Manager and ZENworks Configuration Management

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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

Product Support

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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

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What are My Options?

SUSE Manager

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management

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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?

Which Solution Should I Use?

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Novell ZENworksConfiguration 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

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SUSE Manager

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

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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)

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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.)

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Provides small management agent (e.g., for storage-constrained environments, RAM, System z)

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Provides ZENworks Linux Management customers with ZENworks Configuration management

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Newest technologies included (IPv6, OpenSCAP, etc.) √

Provision tools √ √

Monitoring tools √ √

What is the Best Solution for Me?

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ZENworksConfiguration Management

SUSEManager

Manage Linux, Windows and Mac servers and desktops with ZENworks product family

Linux Server Management tightly integrated with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE products

When Do I Use...?

Thank you.

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Appendix: Use Cases

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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

Integrating into an Existing Lifecycle Management Systems Architecture

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Datacenter

SUSE Studio

Be on the Roadmap for Cloud

Web Interface

SUSE Manager

“Systems Engine”

Web Interface

API

Workflow Engine

Public CloudsPrivate Cloud

Lifecycle Management Portal

Management

Provisioning

Monitoring

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Easily Integrates into the SUSE Life-cycle 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

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