IBM BigFix Patch: Native tools site for SLES 11 on z now available

IBM BigFix Patch is pleased to announce the release of the native tools site, named 'Patches for SLE 11 on System z Native Tools’, for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 on z systems.

This site uses zypper, which is SLE’s default package manager, and contains content from the following channels for SLES 11 s390x systems:

  • SLES11-SP4-Pool
  • SLES11-SP4-Updates
  • SLES11-SP3-Pool
  • SLES11-SP3-Updates
  • SLE11-Public-Cloud-Module
  • SLE11-Security-Module
  • SLES11-SP2-Core
  • SLES11-SP2-Updates
  • SLES11-SP1-Pool
  • SLES11-SP1-Updates
  • SLES11-Pool
  • SLES11-Updates
  • SLES11-Extras

Actions to Take:

  1. Subscribe to the ‘Patches for SLE 11 on System z Native Tools’ site from the License Overview dashboard.
  2. Register the SCC download plug-in from the Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard, available from the ‘Patching Support’ site. Use your Organization Credentials, which is listed in the SUSE Customer Center or Novell Customer Center during the registration. For more information about registering, see https://ibm.biz/BdswXM.

NOTE: If you are using custom repositories in your environment, ensure that you register your endpoints to the supported channels listed above by using the SLE Custom Repository Management dashboard. Also, you must be subscribed to these supported channels if you are using custom repositories.

Published Sites:

Patches for SLE 11 on System z Native Tools site, version 8
Patching Support site, version 729

Documentation Resources:

For more information about BigFix Patch for SUSE, see the following pages:

Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix Patch

If the site is not showing in the License Overview dashboard, you’ll have to update your license/entitlement from the dashboard by clicking Check for license update, then run the BigFix Administration Tool.