Course Overview

This course is focused on the day-to-day administrative tasks associated with managing servers in a SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5 environment. The course will cover how to use SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5 for common system administration tasks. Students will learn to use both the Web UI and command line utilities to manage client systems, channels, and software deployments, as well as automate common tasks. This course helps prepare a student for the SUSE Certified Administrator in SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5 certification.

Who Should Attend

• Server System Administrators who are tasked with day-to-day server management and support
• Senior System Administrators who are typically 2nd or 3rd level support within their company and act as “team leads” for Server System Administrators.
• Consultants that need to understand how SUSE Manager can significantly lessen the administrative burden of managing hundreds or even thousands of servers.

Course Objectives

• Describe the methods used to register a target system
• Create and clone the various types of Channels that exist in SUSE Multi-Linux Manager
• Manage the testing of updates and patches using the Content Lifecycle Management component
• Understand the containerized architecture of SUSE Multi-Linux Manager and its effects on day-to-day operations
• Define the administrative roles available and utilize those roles to delegate management responsibility for organizations and the resources within those organizations
• Use the Web UI to execute commands on one or more managed system
• Create and run Action Chains that will perform a series of actions on multiple managed systems concurrently
• Enforce the Highstate or a Custom State on a managed system
• Select a group of systems to manage based on common characteristics or system group membership
• Obtain detailed system information about any system managed by SUSE Multi-Linux Manager

Course Outline

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