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What is SUSE Manager?
German company SUSE offers SUSE Manager, a software defined infrastructure Linux server configuration management tool supporting patching, provisioning of Linux servers, and related actions.
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German company SUSE offers SUSE Manager, a software defined infrastructure Linux server configuration management tool supporting patching, provisioning of Linux servers, and related actions.
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Users of this product have experienced significant operational efficiencies and cost management through its use in automating processes, running scripts, and controlling software updates on a wide range of Linux OS servers. With support for over 250 Linux OS servers, including SUSE, OEL, and RHEL, the product offers convenience in managing different servers. It has also proven to be excellent for data warehousing and auto-discovering networks. Users find it efficient for workflow management and importing/exporting data.
One key use case is the product's ability to assist in addressing security vulnerabilities and patching involved servers. The security team has found it particularly valuable in auditing patch levels and generating vulnerability reports. The product's top-tier support, available 24/7, has provided users with an outstanding experience over the past two years.
Furthermore, users have been able to create a content lifecycle for upgrading sales apps environments using this product. It helps with life cycle management for various Linux distributions, including SUSE, Red Hat, CentOS, and Debian. Additionally, the product aids in harmonizing and centralizing Linux environments into one unit, providing a complete overview of the landscape and managing the lifecycle of systems.
Overall, this product has proven to be reliable for data warehousing and tracking systems while optimizing operations in businesses. Its ease of deployment and management have made it convenient for users to bootstrap new systems and automate configuration rollouts. With its capabilities in compiling and organizing the Linux environment under one roof, the product eases the deployment of security patches and periodical updates while ensuring all critical patches are gradually rolled out over the landscape.
OS updates and patching feature: Reviewers have found the OS updates and patching feature of the software highly beneficial, with several users mentioning that it has made it easy to keep their systems secure and up-to-date.
Automation capabilities: The automation capabilities of the software, particularly the Salt Stack lite automation feature, have been praised by reviewers. This feature allows for quick and efficient deployment of tasks, saving time and effort for users.
24/7 support team: Users appreciate the availability of a 24/7 support team provided by the software. Many reviewers have mentioned that the customer service is responsive and helpful, providing assistance whenever needed.
Difficult Navigation and Customization: Many users have expressed frustration with the user interface, finding it difficult to navigate and customize. They have suggested that the software has a steep learning curve, making it challenging for new users to fully utilize its features and capabilities.
Complex Setup Process: Several reviewers have mentioned that configuring and installing the software requires skilled personnel due to its complex setup process. This can be time-consuming and may pose difficulties for less experienced users who may require additional assistance or training.
Occasional Server Disconnections: Some users have reported experiencing occasional server disconnections while using the software. These disruptions can interrupt workflow and lead to data loss or delays in completing tasks, causing inconvenience for users relying on consistent server connectivity.
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February 21, 2023
SUSE Manager. Centralized console to every patch-day.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Used mainly to maintain a bunch of SUSE for SAP machines (physical and virtual) along with a few virtual Red Hat systems. Eases the deployment of security patches as soon as they become available and helps with periodical updates.
- Eases keep Patching Cycle up to date.
- Manages not only SUSE, but other distros too.
- Support for Ansible, besides the SaltStack, provides all the tools needed.
- Some minor issues dealing with underlying postgres updates.
- Procedure to add new channels require some care.
December 20, 2022
The Smart Choice for Managing S/4HANA landscapes
We are using SUSE Manager as a local database configuration for all of our Linux servers and devices . This helps a ton because we were having issues compiling a list and organizing our Linux environment under one roof. We are able to easily find and manage our Linux environment such us making sure that all critical patches are gradually rolled out over the landscape, auditing our systems using openscap, ensuring that all our systems have exactly the same baseline (regarding software selections AND software versions) it is the central system, it provides us a top-tier support team that is very intuitive and 24/7 proactive. the first go-to when managing our SLES infrastructure whereas before it was pretty messy. It's easy to deploy and manage.
- Content lifecycle management
- Workflows automation
- Network discovery
- Easy for bootstrapping and patching and configuring of our systems
- our Configuration management was simplified
- Reduces runtime. And maintenance cost and saving resources
- Easy access for troubleshooting
December 15, 2022
SUSE Manager - Great to manage Linux systems
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
We have a quite large Linux environment with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (for SAP Applications), Red Hat, Centos and other distributions. It is hard to create an update plan in a DTAP environment. SUSE Manager helps us a lot in our Life Cycle management for Linux distributions. It is a product from SUSE, but we can also manage our Red Hat, CentOS and Debian distributions. Currently there are a lot of Security Vulnerabilities which need to be addressed. Notifications come in form of CVE's which can also be checked in SUSE Manager and immediately be patched for the involved Servers.
- LifeCycle Management
- Security and Compliance
- Patch Management
- Adding Other distributions
- Removing channels and products
- Servers sometimes disconnect
September 27, 2022
Well Supported, Mature And Feature Rich!
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
We use SUSE Manager to bootstrap new systems, automate the configuration of all Linux OS systems in the environment (SLES, OEL, RHEL), completely automate the repository updates to fixed points by date or project and to run commands on groups of servers via Salt. All these tasks work equally well in the various clouds and on premise.
- Manages patch levels for most Linux OS by: date, group, cloud or custom channels
- Uses a lite version of Salt to run commands or scripts on any numbers of servers at once.
- Allows the joining of groups inside SUSE Manager to quickly access or work with servers so grouped.
- The inability of the proxy servers to cache anything not cached on the main server.
August 02, 2022
SUSE Manager: great value for its price
SUSE Manager is the central management system for our SLES infrastructure. We use it to initially bootstrap new systems, to have a complete overview of our landscape, to automate configuration roll out, to manage the lifecycle of our systems, to make sure all critical patches are gradually rolled out over the landscape, to audit our systems using openscap, to make sure all systems have exactly the same baseline (regarding software selections AND software versions). All in all, it is the central system, the first go-to when managing our SLES infrastructure.
- Manage the content lifecycle of our products over multiple environments.
- Use salt to its fullest extent, including pre-generated states that make installation and configuration very easy.
- Manage repositories.
- Make it easy to audit our own infrastructure.
- Make it easy to bootstrap new systems.
- The cloning of patches when using the content lifecycle module in a multi-environment landscape with many SLES flavours is a bit cumbersome.
- More premade saltstate for default applications are always nice to have.
- Upgrading SUMA could be easier, especially when a Postgres upgrade is also required.
January 20, 2022
Well supported, mature, and feature rich!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Automate processes, run scripts and control software updates on our 250+ Linux OS servers, including SUSE, OEL, and RHEL
- Create operational efficiencies and cost management (the two biggest reasons we purchased SUSE Manager originally)
- Security team also uses SUSE Manager to audit our patch levels and create vulnerability reports
- OS updates and patching
- Salt Stack lite automation
- The inability of the proxy servers to cache anything not cached on the main server
January 07, 2022
Great value of money,powerful and consistent Business Analytics.
Overall my experience with SUSE Manager has been outstanding and phenomenal. Over the last 2 years, I have been able to create a content lifecycle for upgrading our sales apps environments. Provides a top-tier support team that is very intuitive and 24/7 proactive.
- Easy-to-use.
- 24/7 support team.
- Automatic deployment.
- Detailed compliance audit and reporting.
- Linux distributions.
- The UI is hard to navigate and customize.
- Skeptical learning curve.
January 03, 2022
Outstanding with IT asset tracking
Convenience to manage different servers. Excellent with data warehousing. Brilliant to auto-discover network. Efficient with workflow management.
- Brilliant to manage virtual server.
- Excellent with data visualization
- Great with data warehousing.
- Responsive customer service.
- To configure and install requires skilled personnel
- Excellent with managing virtual servers.
- Efficient with data visualization.
- Terrific with workflow automation.
January 03, 2022
It's dopest with data warehousing.
Fantastic to import and export data. Reliable with data warehousing. Efficient to track and get audit [reports] on systems. Fabulous with optimization of operations in the business.
- Terrific to get audit report on our system.
- Excellent to manage virtual servers.
- Impressive with data import and export.
- It's an excellent software with data import and export.
- Takes long time to learn.
- Excellent with managing virtual servers.
- Terrific with database backup and recovery.
December 15, 2021
SUSE Manager the way to you configuration needs.
It's been awesome using SUSE Manager around areas like tracking, auditing, and monitoring. As a database configuration for all our Linux servers, it has aided in harmonizing and centralizing our Linux environment into one unit.
- Highly user friendly doesn't need too much tutoring to use it.
- In built operation system with configuration that also allows third party software.
- Capability of patching.
- Should broaden VCP library.
December 08, 2021
SUSE Manager - All in one Linux Manager to go!
We are using SUSE Manager as a local database configuration for all of our Linux servers and devices. This helps a ton because we were having issues compiling a list and organizing our Linux environment under one roof. We are able to easily find and manage our Linux environment with the application whereas before it was pretty messy. It's easy to deploy and manage.
- Organization.
- Management.
- Cloud Features.
- Allow other OS types.
- Easier setup guide GUI.
- Change a few of the layout options and locations.