IBM Endpoint Manager for Server Automation 9.2 application update 4.3 released June 26, 2015

IBM Endpoint Manager for Server Automation 9.2 - Application Update SA 4.3

Save time on your automation plan maintenance with enhanced replace, move, and insert step options.
Along with a number of other quality enhancements, this release also delivers the ability to run Baselines as failure steps in plans, expanded Windows cluster patching support to include patching Microsoft® SQL Server® middleware in a cluster, and the ability to restart only computers that are in a Pending Restart state after maintenance.

Major new features and enhancements

  1. Baselines as a failure step.
    You can now run Baselines as a failure step in an Automation Plan which provides for greater flexibility in delivering complete automation with failure handling.
  2. Plan editing enhancements.
    Significant enhancements have been added to the user interface to allow you to quickly and easily edit plans. You can now easily move steps, insert new steps, and replace existing steps in Automation Plans using a simple pop-up menu. Where possible and useful, the system maintains targets and settings. The new editing capabilities allow you to quickly and easily update existing plans or sample plans. This new functionality will improve sys admin efficiency.
  3. Restart only the computers in a Pending Restart state.
    This release of Server Automation includes enhanced Pending Restart handling, where you can configure the system to restart only endpoints that are in a Pending Restart state. This minimizes overall downtime for servers in your infrastructure.
  4. Advanced patching.
    We’ve expanded the Windows cluster patching to include Microsoft® SQL Server® middleware patching.
    The Server Automation Windows cluster patching solutions have been expanded to enable automated patching of Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012 and 2014 in a cluster.
  5. Quality improvements and enhancements.
    Several defects have been fixed and quality enhancements have been included in this release.

The Knowledge Center has been updated to include these changes.

Are there any plans for integration with other hypervisors like Hyper-V?

Hello.
Can I get more background on what functionality you are interested in? Is it Hyper-V hypervisor management, create/edit/delete VMs etc? Or patching the hypervisor itself? Or anything else?

Note that we do currently support patching Hyper-V in a Windows cluster.

Apart from that, we have Hyper-V on our backlog, but it’s not currently a high priority.

You can add a request at the following link, and the request will be assessed and prioritized:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=changeRequestLanding

Ideally the integration would be to allow the creation, modification, and deletion of Virtual Machines.

I’ve submitted an RFE just for giggles.

Thanks!

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