<font size=2 face="sans-serif">IBM BigFix Patch is pleased to announce
the release of the native tools site, named <i>'Patches for SLE 11 on System
z Native Tools</i>', for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 on z systems.</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">This site uses zypper, which is SUSE's
default package manager, and contains content from the following channels
for SLES 11 s390x systems:</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-SP4-Pool</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-SP4-Updates</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-SP3-Pool</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-SP3-Updates</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLE11-Public-Cloud-Module</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLE11-Security-Module</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-SP2-Core</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-SP2-Updates</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-SP1-Pool</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-SP1-Updates</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-Pool</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-Updates</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* SLES11-Extras</font><br><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Actions to Take:</b></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">1. Subscribe to the <i>'Patches for
SLE 11 on System z Native Tools</i>' site from the License Overview dashboard.</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">2. Register the SCC download plug-in
from the Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard, available from the <i>'Patching
Support'</i> site. Use your Organization Credentials, which is listed in
the SUSE Customer Center or Novell Customer Center during the registration.
For more information about registering, see </font><a href=https://ibm.biz/BdswXM><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://ibm.biz/BdswXM</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">.</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><i>NOTE: If you are using custom repositories
in your environment, ensure that you register your endpoints to the supported
channels listed above by using the SLE Custom Repository Management dashboard.
Also, you must be subscribed to these supported channels if you are using
custom repositories.</i></font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Published Sites:</b></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patches for SLE 11 on System z Native
Tools site, version 8</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patching Support site, version 729</font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Documentation Resources:</b></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">For more information about BigFix Patch
for SUSE, see the following pages:</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Supported platforms and updates: </font><a href=https://ibm.biz/BdisZu><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://ibm.biz/BdisZu</font></a><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Download plug-in: </font><a href=https://ibm.biz/BdswXL><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://ibm.biz/BdswXL</font></a><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Custom repositories: </font><a href=https://ibm.biz/BdsCgY><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://ibm.biz/BdsCgY</font></a><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><i>Application Engineering Team</i></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IBM BigFix Patch</font><BR>