Subscription Management Tool for SLES 12 SP2
- About This Guide
- 1 SMT Installation
- 2 SMT Server Configuration
- 3 Mirroring Repositories on the SMT Server
- 4 Managing Repositories with YaST SMT Server Management
- 5 Managing Client Machines with SMT
- 6 SMT Reports
- 7 SMT Tools and Configuration Files
- 8 Configuring Clients to Use SMT
- 9 Advanced Topics
- A SMT REST API
- B Documentation Updates
B Documentation Updates
This chapter lists content changes for this document.
This manual was updated on the following dates:
B.1 October 2016 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2) #
- General
Added a new chapter Chapter 9, Advanced Topics with sections Section 9.1, “Backup of the SMT Server” and Section 9.2, “Disconnected SMT Servers”.
- About This Guide
Replaced the introductory text with a more descriptive one, plus added a schema.
- Chapter 1, SMT Installation
- Chapter 3, Mirroring Repositories on the SMT Server
- Chapter 4, Managing Repositories with YaST SMT Server Management
Added Section 4.4, “Jobs and Client Status Monitoring” enhancing Section 4.4.1, “Checking the Client Status with YaST”.
Updated repository list filtering in Section 4.2.1, “Filtering Repositories” (Fate #319777).
- Chapter 5, Managing Client Machines with SMT
- Chapter 7, SMT Tools and Configuration Files
Added a tip on SUSE Manager's subscription matching feature in Section 7.1.2.8, “smt-scc-sync” (Fate #320646).
- Bugfixes
Added Section 9.1, “Backup of the SMT Server” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954874).
It is important to add the DNS entry when setting the Server Alternative Name value in a server certificate in Step 7 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908189).
Stressed the need for one-by-one extension installation in Section 8.3, “Configuring Clients with the clientSetup4SMT.sh Script in SLE 11 and 12” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988678).
B.2 March 2016 (Maintenance Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1) #
- Chapter 1, SMT Installation
Fixed typos:
my.conf.rpmnewtomy.cnf.rpmnewandmy.conftomy.cnf(https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964121).
B.3 December 2015 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1) #
- Allgemein
SMT Guide ist nun Bestandteil der Dokumentation für SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop.
Die von SUSE bereitgestellten Add-ons wurden in Module und Erweiterungen umbenannt. Die Handbücher wurden entsprechend aktualisiert.
Verschiedene kleinere Korrekturen und Hinzufügungen zur Dokumentation auf Grundlage des technischen Feedbacks.
Der Registrierungsdienst wurde von Novell Customer Center in SUSE Customer Center geändert.
In YaST befindet sich nun in der Gruppe . entfällt (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867809).
- Chapter 1, SMT Installation
Rewrote and simplified the whole installation procedure as SMT is now part of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Updated Section 1.2, “Upgrading from Previous Versions of SMT” to describe ways to upgrade to version 12 SP1, including migration to SUSE Customer Center.
- Chapter 3, Mirroring Repositories on the SMT Server
Updated suseRegister to SUSEConnect and introduced new
namespaceoption in Section 3.5, “Using the Test Environment” and Section 3.6, “Testing and Filtering Update Repositories with Staging”.Removed SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 references and informed about dropped support.
- Chapter 7, SMT Tools and Configuration Files
Added
jobStatusIsSuccess,mirror_preunlock_hook, andmirror_postunlock_hookoptions in Section 7.2.1, “/etc/smt.conf”.Removed the redundant
smt-scc-synccommand description from Section 7.1.2, “/usr/sbin/smt Commands”.Removed SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 references and fixed command names and a log file name.
- Chapter 8, Configuring Clients to Use SMT
Updated the way the client accepts untrusted certificate from SMT in the introduction to Chapter 8, Configuring Clients to Use SMT.
Added Section 8.8, “Online Migration of SUSE Linux Enterprise Clients”.
Added SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 support to Section 8.3, “Configuring Clients with the clientSetup4SMT.sh Script in SLE 11 and 12”.
Added Section 8.2.2, “Configuring SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Clients”.
Added Section 8.6, “Registering SLE12 Clients against SMT Test Environment”.
- Bugfixes
Rephrased the paragraph and updated contact e-mails in Tip: Merging Multiple Organization Site Credentials (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=866936).