System Set Manager

The following actions executed on individual systems from the System Details page may be performed for multiple systems via the System Set Manager. The System Set Manager can be used to schedule actions on both Salt and Traditional systems.

The following table provides information on what actions may be performed across both Salt and Traditional systems. These two methods have different actions which may be accessed with the System Set Manager:

Table 1. Available SSM Actions for Management Types
System Set Manager: Actions Traditional SSM Salt SSM
Systems

List Systems

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Install Patches

Schedule Patch Updates

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Install Packages

Upgrade

Install

Remove

Verify

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Limited

Supported

Supported

Supported

Not Available

Groups

Create

Manage

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Channels

Channel Memberships

Channel Subscriptions

Deploy / Diff Channels

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Limited

Supported

Not Available

Not Available

Provisioning

Autoinstall Systems

Tag for Snapshot

Remote Commands

Power Management

Power Management Operations

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Not Available
Misc

Update System Preferences

Update Hardware Profiles

Update Package Profiles

Run Remote Commands

Set and Remove Custom Values for Selected Systems

Reboot Systems

Migrate Systems to another Organization

Delete Systems from SUSE Manager

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Before performing actions on multiple systems, select the systems to work with. To select systems, click Main Menu  Systems  Systems  All and check the boxes to the left of the systems you want to work with.

Additionally, you can access the System Set Manager in three different ways:

  1. Click the Main Menu  System Set Manager.

  2. Click the Use in SSM link in the Main Menu  Systems  System Groups.

  3. Click the Work with Group link on the System Group Details page.