<font size=2 face="sans-serif">IBM is pleased to announce that BigFix
Patch for SUSE just released an enhancement to an existing solution for
installing packages from a custom repository. You can use the <b>Install
packages by using zypper </b>task to install or update packages on SUSE
Linux Enterprise version 11 and later endpoints that are registered to
custom repositories. This task is enhanced to allow you to install all
the packages that were issued until the date that you specify. The new
action requires <b>Zypper version 1.5.3-3.2</b>.</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The Zypper command that is used for
the new action is as follows: zypper patch --date=<i><YYYY-MM-DD></i></font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">This task also provides a corresponding
action to test the installation, without actually installing the packages
on the endpoints. </font><p><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Actions to Take:</b></font><font size=3></font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>Gathering of the site will automatically show the updates made. </font><p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Before you use the updated task, ensure
that you complete the following </font><ul><li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Configure a custom repository from the
SLE Custom Repository Management dashboard. For more information about
Custom repositories management, see </font><a href="http://www-03preprod.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MER_9.2.0/com.ibm.tem.patch.doc_9.2/Patch_Man/Patch_Man_SUSE/t_installing_packages_from_a_custom_repo.html"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www-03preprod.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MER_9.2.0/com.ibm.tem.patch.doc_9.2/Patch_Man/Patch_Man_SUSE/t_installing_packages_from_a_custom_repo.html</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">.</font><li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The configured repository must be up-to-date
and contain the required packages and metadata.</font></ul><li><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b><br>Published Site Version:</b></font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>Patching Support Site, version 384 <b><br></b></font><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"><i><br>Application Engineering Team</i></font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 color=#2f2f2f face="sans-serif"><i><br>IBM BigFix</i></font><BR>