# SUSE Multi Linux Manager **URL:** https://forums.suse.com/c/suse-manager/46.md?page=9 [Latest](https://forums.suse.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.suse.com/categories.md) **Page:** 10 --- ## [SuMa3 susemanager\_setup fails](https://forums.suse.com/t/suma3-susemanager-setup-fails/29829)
**Author:** [@x10050614](https://forums.suse.com/u/x10050614)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suma3-susemanager-setup-fails/29829 "2017-05-31T17:10:49Z")
Hello, after installing SuMa3 Packages on SLES12 SP2 and running “yast susemanager\_setup” following errors occuring: /var/log/susemanager\_setup.err \[FONT=Courier New\]Synchronizing state of postfix.service with SysV… --- ## [SUMA don't send email](https://forums.suse.com/t/suma-dont-send-email/29818)
**Author:** [@itammsistemi](https://forums.suse.com/u/itammsistemi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suma-dont-send-email/29818 "2017-05-24T17:40:41Z")
Hello, My Suse manager does not send any emails to our address. We have already enabled the relay host in the posfix configuration From webgui we set an internal email address to the network and enabled notification o… --- ## [Add OES2015 SP1 channels to SUSE Manager](https://forums.suse.com/t/add-oes2015-sp1-channels-to-suse-manager/29749)
**Author:** [@plaubscher](https://forums.suse.com/u/plaubscher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/add-oes2015-sp1-channels-to-suse-manager/29749 "2017-05-16T09:32:49Z")
To whom it may concern I used the TID 7016834 https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7016834 to add OES2015 channels to SUSE Manager, without any problems.I followed each step by just adding the OES2015-SP1 channels. R… --- ## [SuMa3: create repo errors](https://forums.suse.com/t/suma3-create-repo-errors/29779)
**Author:** [@christianmolecki](https://forums.suse.com/u/christianmolecki)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suma3-create-repo-errors/29779 "2017-05-12T18:15:47Z")
Hello, i want to create the SUSE Manager tools repository. If I execute the command on cli I get the errors: Enter product label: SLE-12-SP1-x86\_64 Creating bootstrap repo for SLE-12-SP1-x86\_64 copy ‘dbus-1-python-1… --- ## [When applying patch - Exception thrown - UnknownXML](https://forums.suse.com/t/when-applying-patch-exception-thrown-unknownxml/29658)
**Author:** [@dangross](https://forums.suse.com/u/dangross)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/when-applying-patch-exception-thrown-unknownxml/29658 "2017-05-01T16:23:36Z")
I am evaluating SUMA 3 and when I apply patches to servers, they are successfully applied, but I get a bunch of emails with exceptions for each of the channels. Any idea what is causing this and how to remedy it? Thx E… --- ## [No Longer Symlink: "/etc/products.d/baseproduct"](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-longer-symlink-etc-products-d-baseproduct/29697)
**Author:** [@tevans89](https://forums.suse.com/u/tevans89)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-longer-symlink-etc-products-d-baseproduct/29697 "2017-04-27T09:24:02Z")
Hi, I have a OpenSUSE 42.1 system that is registered with my SUSE Manager server and subscribed to 42.1 channels. To try and upgrade to 42.2, I did the following: \[LIST=1\]\[\]Subscribed the system to 42.2 base & child ch… --- ## [SM3: Failed patch job scheduled for future time](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-failed-patch-job-scheduled-for-future-time/29649)
**Author:** [@Albert](https://forums.suse.com/u/Albert)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-failed-patch-job-scheduled-for-future-time/29649 "2017-04-18T21:40:40Z")
I have the latest SM3 version installed and in testing. I attempted to install some patches to a SLES12-SP1 system for a future time. The action was scheduled to begin no earlier than 12:50AM CDT and, according to the ev… --- ## [How SM displays package installation failures](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-sm-displays-package-installation-failures/29620)
**Author:** [@lychina](https://forums.suse.com/u/lychina)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-sm-displays-package-installation-failures/29620 "2017-04-18T21:39:52Z")
We have installed SM3 and have (2) SLES11 and (1) SLES12 clients configured for testing. We tested some patch/package updates and everything works ok. However, we were curious to see what would happen in the event of a f… --- ## [SUSE Manager and openSUSE 42.2](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-manager-and-opensuse-42-2/29612)
**Author:** [@jkinning](https://forums.suse.com/u/jkinning)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-manager-and-opensuse-42-2/29612 "2017-04-17T21:14:22Z")
I am trying to get SUMA 3 to work with openSUSE 42.2. I have the repos all updated and have a client available with the 42.2 repos using Salt. When I try to update the client it fails with a generic entry. So I try to ru… --- ## [SM3: User authentication via PAM](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-user-authentication-via-pam/29657)
**Author:** [@Albert](https://forums.suse.com/u/Albert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-user-authentication-via-pam/29657 "2017-04-13T20:30:33Z")
According to the Best Practices Guide, “Chapter 16. System Auditing and Security Management”, “To enable a user to authenticate against PAM, on the SUSE Manager Web interface go to the Create User page and select the che… --- ## [SM3: Performing patch update except for certain packages](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-performing-patch-update-except-for-certain-packages/29650)
**Author:** [@Albert](https://forums.suse.com/u/Albert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-performing-patch-update-except-for-certain-packages/29650 "2017-04-11T18:23:45Z")
Is there an easy way to apply all packages but make exceptions for certain packages? A package exception list as it were? I don’t see anything when clicking on the system name that would allow such an exception list. On… --- ## [Activation keys when upgrading from SPx to SPy](https://forums.suse.com/t/activation-keys-when-upgrading-from-spx-to-spy/29647)
**Author:** [@Albert](https://forums.suse.com/u/Albert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/activation-keys-when-upgrading-from-spx-to-spy/29647 "2017-04-07T17:36:59Z")
Does it make sense to use activation keys if you are only using SUSE Manager for patching? The reason I ask is that if you create a SLES11-SP3 key, “1-SLES11-SP3” and add the child channels “SLES11-SP3-SUSE-Manager-Tools… --- ## [Problems when Registering new Clients](https://forums.suse.com/t/problems-when-registering-new-clients/28534)
**Author:** [@mal90](https://forums.suse.com/u/mal90)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problems-when-registering-new-clients/28534 "2017-04-06T12:24:51Z")
Hi, since a few weeks i am having troubles registering new clients to SUSE Manager 2.1. I had no problems for 400+ Servers but now i can\`t register any new maschines. I can easily recreate it with any maschine that is a… --- ## [SM3 client installation via GUI or command-line](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-client-installation-via-gui-or-command-line/29625)
**Author:** [@lychina](https://forums.suse.com/u/lychina)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-client-installation-via-gui-or-command-line/29625 "2017-03-31T21:18:15Z")
Hi. Any preference for installing clients under SM3 via the GUI (Salt-\>Bootstrapping) or via the command-line (zypper ar ; zypper in salt-minion; edit /etc/salt/minion; systemctl start salt-minion)? I have decided to ins… --- ## [SM3: Do I really need to schedule hot db backups in cron?](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-do-i-really-need-to-schedule-hot-db-backups-in-cron/29619)
**Author:** [@lychina](https://forums.suse.com/u/lychina)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-do-i-really-need-to-schedule-hot-db-backups-in-cron/29619 "2017-03-30T19:41:52Z")
According to the Best Practices document (14.4), the first hot backup can be performed by: \[CODE\]# mkdir /var/spacewalk/db-backup chown postgres:postgres /var/spacewalk/db-backup chmod 700 /var/spacewalk/db-backup smdb… --- ## [Problems bootstrapping SLES11-SP3 and SLES11-SP4 with SM3](https://forums.suse.com/t/problems-bootstrapping-sles11-sp3-and-sles11-sp4-with-sm3/29598)
**Author:** [@lychina](https://forums.suse.com/u/lychina)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problems-bootstrapping-sles11-sp3-and-sles11-sp4-with-sm3/29598 "2017-03-30T18:02:46Z")
Hi. We are testing out SM3 to manage our SLES 11 SP3/SP4 and SLES 12 SP1/SP2 servers. I installed SM3 on a SLES12 server and tried to bootstrap clients on SLES11-SP3, SLES11-SP4, and SLES12-SP1. The Salt bootstrap on SLE… --- ## [Connect client - Problem retrieving repository index file](https://forums.suse.com/t/connect-client-problem-retrieving-repository-index-file/29565)
**Author:** [@dangross](https://forums.suse.com/u/dangross)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/connect-client-problem-retrieving-repository-index-file/29565 "2017-03-24T23:48:06Z")
I have installed SUMA 3.0 and gone through the set up and am trying to connect my first client. When I run the bootstrap script on that client, it fails when checking the reg stack as follows: \[CODE\]CHECKING THE REGIST… --- ## [Jabberd dbs size growing](https://forums.suse.com/t/jabberd-dbs-size-growing/29527)
**Author:** [@Attila](https://forums.suse.com/u/Attila)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/jabberd-dbs-size-growing/29527 "2017-03-23T11:50:21Z")
Hello Everyone, We have a SUMA 3.0.4 with all the latest patches and we manage 371 servers with it. In the last 1 month no more server was registered, but the dbs size growed appr. +2G. (+2G/month) The problem is that… --- ## [SUMA3: Autoinstallation Profile not editable](https://forums.suse.com/t/suma3-autoinstallation-profile-not-editable/29508)
**Author:** [@ollenburg](https://forums.suse.com/u/ollenburg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suma3-autoinstallation-profile-not-editable/29508 "2017-03-17T09:50:19Z")
Hi, we are just configuring our new SUMA3 server and I want to migrate our autoinstallation profile. But when I open “Sytems → Autinstallation → Profiles → Upload Kickstart/Autoyast File” on the WebUI the “File Contens”… --- ## [SUSE Manager 3: virtual-host-gatherer and HTTP proxy](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-manager-3-virtual-host-gatherer-and-http-proxy/29314)
**Author:** [@timstein](https://forums.suse.com/u/timstein)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-manager-3-virtual-host-gatherer-and-http-proxy/29314 "2017-03-03T13:40:07Z")
Hello, I’m trying to get the virtual-host-gatherer up and running but as soon as I configure a HTTP proxy server via “Admin → Setup Wizard → HTTP Proxy” the gatherer fails with the following error: 2017-02-02 08:15:02… --- ## [Question about suitability to a certain purpose](https://forums.suse.com/t/question-about-suitability-to-a-certain-purpose/29359)
**Author:** [@Silviu2](https://forums.suse.com/u/Silviu2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/question-about-suitability-to-a-certain-purpose/29359 "2017-03-02T12:06:37Z")
I’m thinking to get SUSE Manager to use it as a central script repository. I am sysadmin for dozens of SLES servers and I have various shell scripts and configurations on them. I’d like to use SUSE Manager, the Salt thin… --- ## [Minion stops responding - salt-minion-2015.8.12-27.1 problem](https://forums.suse.com/t/minion-stops-responding-salt-minion-2015-8-12-27-1-problem/29380)
**Author:** [@dgersic](https://forums.suse.com/u/dgersic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/minion-stops-responding-salt-minion-2015-8-12-27-1-problem/29380 "2017-02-22T16:20:28Z")
I’m fairly new to SUSE Manager, and fighting with what seems like a problem introduced in the most recent set of SLES11 patches. Since deploying salt-minion-2015.8.12-27.1 to the managed hosts, the minion stops respondin… --- ## [Salt Stack Integration](https://forums.suse.com/t/salt-stack-integration/28907)
**Author:** [@twginfrastructure](https://forums.suse.com/u/twginfrastructure)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/salt-stack-integration/28907 "2017-02-03T12:51:22Z")
Hello Im currently avaluating Emterprise Manager 3 With it, I was interested in how SALT was integrated into it. A couple of observations. Once a client has been onboarded, and then becomes a salt minion, its Base Sy… --- ## [SUSE Manager 3: virtual-host-gatherer not working](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-manager-3-virtual-host-gatherer-not-working/28711)
**Author:** [@timstein](https://forums.suse.com/u/timstein)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-manager-3-virtual-host-gatherer-not-working/28711 "2017-02-02T09:34:14Z")
Hello, I’m trying to get the virtual-host-gatherer on SUSE Manager 3 up and running. vCenter and ESX is 5.5. Entered all information according to the poor documentation. After pressing the “Refresh data from this Vir… --- ## [reporting on patches using salt](https://forums.suse.com/t/reporting-on-patches-using-salt/29269)
**Author:** [@jgosney](https://forums.suse.com/u/jgosney)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/reporting-on-patches-using-salt/29269 "2017-01-30T11:49:18Z")
We have recently switched our Susemanager from spacewalk to salt. With spacewalk, I could run spacewalk-channel and grep out patches with a critical status. However, with salt, I can not find a command-line equivalent.… --- ## [SM 3 API - Issues with Salt Clients and Remote Commands](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm-3-api-issues-with-salt-clients-and-remote-commands/29242)
**Author:** [@mal90](https://forums.suse.com/u/mal90)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm-3-api-issues-with-salt-clients-and-remote-commands/29242 "2017-01-20T09:04:39Z")
Hi, when i issue a remote command via the susemanager web interface everything just works fine: But when i try to issue the same remote command via the susemanager api call scheduleScriptRun it just gets added to the… --- ## [SM3 Migrating OSAD Clients to Salt Clients](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-migrating-osad-clients-to-salt-clients/29238)
**Author:** [@mal90](https://forums.suse.com/u/mal90)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm3-migrating-osad-clients-to-salt-clients/29238 "2017-01-20T09:02:47Z")
Hi, i was wondering if there is a prefered way to migrate traditonal Clients to Salt. I want to keep the Channel Subscriptions and Eventhistory for each System and was wondering if i could use the Reactivation Key Feat… --- ## [SM 3 Performance Issues](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm-3-performance-issues/29237)
**Author:** [@mal90](https://forums.suse.com/u/mal90)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sm-3-performance-issues/29237 "2017-01-18T17:42:20Z")
Hi, our sm 3.0.2 server is showing some issues concering used space and used swap space. currently our susemanager setup looks as follows: RAM: 32 GB SWAP: 2 GB CPU: 16 Cores Clients: 451 we have created a seperat… --- ## [SUSE Mgr3 SP migration question](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-mgr3-sp-migration-question/29215)
**Author:** [@cisaksen](https://forums.suse.com/u/cisaksen)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-mgr3-sp-migration-question/29215 "2017-01-11T18:37:50Z")
While running SUSE Mgr3, i’m performing a “dry run” Service pack migration and i see the results in the system event history. It tells me that x number of packages will be upgraded, installed, downgraded and removed. I… --- ## [openSUSE 42.2](https://forums.suse.com/t/opensuse-42-2/29148)
**Author:** [@D8TA](https://forums.suse.com/u/D8TA)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/opensuse-42-2/29148 "2017-01-07T06:23:28Z")
Any word when openSUSE 42.2 will be listed in the common-channels? I see and am using opensuse\_leap42\_1 but looking at upgrading and would like to continue to manage my handful of openSUSE machines with my SLE servers i… [Previous page](https://forums.suse.com/c/suse-manager/46.md?page=8) [Next page](https://forums.suse.com/c/suse-manager/46.md?page=10)