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<p><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">IBM is pleased to announce support for Patch Management for SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) Custom Repositories. Users of the Patches for SLE 11 Native tools site can now register their custom repositories and </font><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="sans-serif">Subscription Management Tool (SMT)</font><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif"> with IBM Endpoint Manager through the SLE Custom Repository Management dashboard. <br>
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Users that use local repositories for downloading and distributing patches for SUSE endpoints now have the ability to l</font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">everage on these local repository mirrors or the Subscription Management Tool for patch management.</font><br>
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In the past, IBM Endpoint Manager provided Fixlets in the SLE native tools to connect to the Novell Customer Center, download the relevant patches, and distribute them to the target endpoints. The local repositories were not leveraged for patch deployment. The SLE Custom Repository Management dashboard allows the Fixlets to use Zypper for downloads, thus saving bandwidth and providing improved performance.<br>
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Users can also leverage the custom repositories to deliver custom software through IBM Endpoint Manager.</font><br>
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Highlights:</b></font>
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<li><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">Dashboard: SLE Custom Repository Management</font>
<li><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">Analysis: Repository Configuration - SUSE Linux Enterprise </font>
<li><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">Task: Enable custom repository support - SUSE Linux Enterprise </font>
<li><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">Task: Disable custom repository support - SUSE Linux Enterprise </font></ul>
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<font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif"><b>Actions to Take:</b></font>
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<li><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">Ensure that you are subscribed to the 'Patching Support' and 'Patches for SLE 11 Native Tools' sites.</font>
<li><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">Activate the 'Repository Configuration - SUSE Linux Enterprise' analysis.</font>
<li><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">Enable the following task: 'Enable custom repository support - SUSE Linux Enterprise '.</font>
<li><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="sans-serif">Your custom repositories must be pre-configured with the required metadata and headers before you use the</font><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif"> SLE Custom Repository Management dashboard</font><font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="sans-serif">.</font></ul>
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<font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif"><b>Published site version:</b></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">Patching Support site, version 213</font><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">.</font><br>
<font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">Patches for SLE 11 Native Tools site, version 23<br>
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<font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif"><b>Other links:</b></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif">To learn more about the SLE Custom Repository Support, see </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SLE%20Custom%20Repository%20Support"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SLE%20Custom%20Repository%20Support</font></a><font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif"><b><i>.</i></b></font><br>
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<font size="2" color="#222222" face="sans-serif"><i>Application Engineering Team<br>
IBM Endpoint Manager</i></font></body></html>