SUSE Manager Pros and Cons

SUSE Manager – SUMA is a powerful tool for patching, software management, and overall management, on a variety of Linux distributions. It gives a very good overview of the systems in terms of compliance, but also a granular level of software access on the individual systems. It is relatively easy to form an overview of high priority vulnerabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The implementation was a bit comprehensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

you can consolidate and save a lot time and effort to management linux enviroments, easy to use , the customer support global, work well and have good functions.

The user interface is very well, friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ist not that easy to implementing, take some time to integrate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can manage a variety of Linux distributions from one tool.

The API is well documented, so it is easy to scripts and automate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The WebUI is not the most intuitive.

Developing salt states in the WebUI is not easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's good for managing the Linux operating systems, its salt management tools support multiple flavors like RedHat, Cent OS and even Ubuntu (Debian based).

Most of the orchestration tools are limited to their specific distribution only (mostly their own). Still, the Suse's Manager can deal with a variety of distributions like suse , ubuntu etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Doesnt supports cloud public cloud-native integrations. You have to use it as BYOL in market place. Such as in Azure you have to use the suse image from the marketplace and then have to install it in the same VPC.

Also, it would be good if it has some competitor features like well-architected reviews and security assessments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With Suse manager, I can easily manage all operating systems with linux distribution. This leaves me a lot of time. It is very successful on the automation side. Our patch management works never stop. If we have a problem, the suse technical support team can produce a solution immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is pretty hard to write. Because Suse manager is really successful. However, as a few adjustments, the update tank can increase the filling speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SUSE Manager is best for its following features:

1. Adjusting with all Linux Distro

2.No Platform dependency to use it.

3. Automated any patch management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bare metal system to be provisioned must have PXE booting enabled in the boot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SUSE Managers have a good choice for managing the package. I like it for managing a specific project like a web service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like SUSE Manager when installing and updating software. It's so slow in our country. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Repo mirroring, config management via salt, Content Lifecycle management, container image building and scanning, security and monitoring features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansible integration could be further developed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It allows me to easily keep track of software updates, provision new systems, and monitor the health of my IT environment. This made it easy to keep track of my IT infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One downside is that the initial setup process is a bit time-consuming. But once it is set up, it runs smoothly and efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Salt Stack features and the flexibility of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The inability of the proxy servers to cache anything not cached on the main server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.