Release notes for SUSE Manager Proxy Server 1.2

Version 1.2

 

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Release notes for SUSE Manager Proxy Server 1.2       

About SUSE Manager Proxy Server       

System Requirements       

SUSE Manager Proxy Server distribution       

Installation and Setup       

Providing feedback to our products        

Documentation and other information       

Legal Notices       

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About SUSE Manager Proxy Server

 

SUSE Manager Proxy Server is an add-on to SUSE Manager Server providing mirroring proxy support. This allows for load distribution and improved scalability.

Operation is completely transparent. The SUSE Manager Proxy looks like a managed client to SUSE Manager Server and like a Server to the managed clients. Managed clients only talk to the Proxy Server which in turn communicates to the SUSE Manager Server. Every RPM packages which passes the Proxy Server is cached and subsequent client requests for this package are resolved from the cache.

System Requirements

SUSE Manager Proxy Server is a 64bit application. Recommended main memory is 1GB and approx 25 GB of disk space per distribution or channel.

See the Quick Start guide for more details on the system requirements.

 

SUSE Manager Proxy Server distribution

SUSE Manager Proxy Server is distributed as an appliance which bundles an operating system (SLES 11 SP1 x86_64) with the SUSE Manager Proxy Server application.

There are two versions of the appliance, one virtual XEN image and one installable ISO. The ISO can be deployed on physical hardware or fully virtualized (e.g. KVM, VMware).

Installation and Setup

 

Installation is done in two major steps. The first installs the appliance and configures the underlying SLES 11 SP1 operating system. The second configures SUSE Manager Proxy Server.

See the QuickStart manual for step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring SUSE Manager Proxy Server.

Providing feedback to our products

 

In case of encountering a bug please report it through your support contact.

 

Documentation and other information

http://www.novell.com/documentation/ contains additional or updated documentation for SUSE Manager Proxy Server 1.2.

These Release Notes are available online at http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes

 

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Thank you for using SUSE Manager Proxy Server in your business.

Your SUSE Manager Team.