SUSE Linux Enterprise Subscription Management Tool
Overview
The Subscription Management Tool for SUSE® Linux Enterprise is a package proxy system that helps you manage your SUSE Linux Enterprise software updates while maintaining corporate firewall policy and regulatory compliance requirements. The downloadable Tool is integrated with Novell Customer Center and provides a repository and registration target that is synchronized with it, thus helping track entitlements in large deployments. The Tool maintains all the capabilities of Novell Customer Center, while allowing a more secure centralized deployment. The Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise is included with every SUSE Linux Enterprise subscription and is therefore fully supported.
Summary of Customer Benefits
The Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise provides you with:
- Assurance of firewall and regulatory compliance
- Reduced bandwidth usage during software updates
- Full support under active subscription from Novell
- Maintenance of existing customer interface with Novell Customer Center
- Accurate server entitlement tracking and effective measurement of subscription usage
- Automated process to easily tally entitlement totals (No more spreadsheets!)
- Simple installation process that automatically synchronizes server entitlement with Novell Customer Center
Product Overview
The Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise provides an alternative to the default configuration, which requires opening the firewall to outbound connections for each device to receive updates. This activity often violates corporate security policies and can be seen as a threat to regulatory compliance by some organizations. Through its integration with Novell Customer Center, the Tool ensures that each device can receive its appropriate updates without the need to open the firewall and without any redundant bandwidth requirements.
The Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise also enables you to locally track your SUSE Linux Enterprise devices (i.e., servers, desktops, or Point of Service terminals) throughout your enterprise. Now you can easily determine how many entitlements are in need of renewal at the end of a billing cycle without having to physically walk through the data center to manually update spreadsheets.
Product Functionality
The Subscription Management Tool informs your SUSE Linux Enterprise devices of any available software updates. Each device then obtains the required software updates from the Tool. The introduction of the Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise improves the interaction among SUSE Linux Enterprise devices within the network and how they receive their system updates. The Tool enables an infrastructure for several hundred SUSE Linux Enterprise devices per instance of each installation (depending on the specific utilization profile) ensuring more accurate and efficient server tracking.
For more information on product functionality and installation requirements, please visit our Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise Frequently Asked Questions. To contact a Novell representative click here or call 1.800.529.3400.