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Server admins know the problem: There's no good and simple tool available to get an email notification when new security updates are available.

patch2mail is a simple tool that fills this gap and mails you whenever new updates are available.

In this AppNote I will describe how to patch both SLES 10 and OES2 servers using ZENworks Linux Management. We will be using a TEST – Pre-Production – Production structure for save deployment, using the default zlmmirror options introduced with the latest Support pack and hot patches. I have also tried to keep the scripts simple and easy to adapt to your specific scenario.

Freshly updated with reader suggestion. ZLM 7.2 is a powerful Linux systems management suite, that provides centralized control of up to hundreds of managed devices. One of the main capabilities is automated system patching, but by default ZLM 7.2 adopts the classic software package overlay approach, also for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 devices. In this document we will thus explore how the native mechanisms of ZLM 7.2 can be used to orchestrate advanced ZYPP-based patching of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 managed devices.

Heads up all of you who use ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5 and 7 - there's a new update for you.

Heads up all of you who use ZENworks Desktop Management 6.5 and 7 - there's a new update for you.

The best (and only supported) way to update an Open Enterprise Linux Server is by OES patch bundles and not via the oes-bundle. Here's how you do it.