Release notes > What's new in Server Automation 10.60

What's new in Server Automation 10.60

Server Automation 10.60 includes the following new features, enhancements, and support changes:

Added features

Feature Description
Autopass Integration SA is now enabled with HPE AutoPass licensing, allowing you to track the capacity utilization of the current SA license model with respect to the number of SA Agent managed servers. For more information, see AutoPass licensing section in the Administration Guide.

 

Important Since SA is enabled with HPE AutoPass licensing, ensure that you have enough licenses available for the number of SA Agent managed servers in your business environment.
Support for importing content from SUSE network using SMT

You can now import the content from SUSE network using Subscriptions Management Tool (SMT). For more information on how to set up and use the new HPE SA SMT Import tool, see Patch Management for SLES in the SA 10.60 User Guide.
Support for external Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

You can now use certificates issued by an external Certification Authority (CA) for encrypting the communication between the SA Core components and the SA Agents. This offers a high-security alternative to the existing workflow of using self-created certificates signed by SA's internal CAs.

To switch to the new external PKI mode, upgrade your SA core and Agents to 10.60, then run a Core recertification job. This will replace the self-signed certificates with third-party ones.

For more information, see Use SA in third-party certificate mode.
Additional parameters for SA Core installation

When installing an SA Core, the installation interview now also asks you to specify a certificate mode for SA. You can choose to install the SA core either in self-signed certificate mode or in the new third-party certificate mode.

In third-party certificate mode, SA generates Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs) for all SA core components. Submit these CSRs to your CA for signing and resume the core installation when all signed certificates are available at your specified location.

For more information, see SA Core installation.
Migration to WildFly 10.1.0

The JBoss community has recently stopped support for WildFly 8.2.1, the WildFly version used in SA 10.50 and 10.51.

To avoid any possible security vulnerabilities, the SA Application Server has been upgraded to use WildFly 10.1, the latest version of WildFly.
Updated Service OS SA 10.6 updates Linux 6 and Linux 7 Service OS for network and CD boot.
New for APX Framework

Starting with SA 10.60, PHP version bundled in SA is 5.6.30. This version is backwards compatible with previous version 4.4.8. Nevertheless, if you find issues when running existing APX-es, written in php 4.4.8, verify the PHP documentation at http://php.net/manual/en/migration5.incompatible.php

Configuration parameter

Starting with SA 10.60, Configuration Parameter swprov.ui.default_supress_reboot has been replaced with remediate.default_reboot_behavior, which can be used to control the reboot process more accurately.

This parameter is also available for remediate and install patch jobs in addition to install software jobs. For more information, see Set reboot options for remediation.

Added support

The SA10.60 provides support for:

  • Windows Server 2016
  • RHEL 6 HPC
  • RHEL 7 HPC
  • RHEL 7 Power(BE)
  • SLES 12 s390X
  • ESXi 6.5
  • AIX 7.2
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

For more information, see the SA 10.60 Support and Compatibility Matrix.

Enhancements
Fixed defects
Known issues, limitations, and workarounds

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