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SUSE Manager. Centralized console to every patch-day.
February 21, 2023

SUSE Manager. Centralized console to every patch-day.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SUSE Manager

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.
  • Helps with the periodic update plan.
  • Gives an overview of current patching status.

Do you think SUSE Manager delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SUSE Manager's feature set?

Yes

Did SUSE Manager live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SUSE Manager go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy SUSE Manager again?

Yes

SUSE Manager allows to manage the update cycle centralizing all information in a convenient way. It's an essential tool when dealing with more than 10 to 20 systems. In environments with less than 20 systems the resources consumed by SUSE Manager maybe are not worth, against setting up a more simple tool. Anyway it gives a good overview of all systems.