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                  Service Update Management Assistant (SUMA) on AIX 5L
                    
                  The Service Update Management Assistant (SUMA) moves the 
                  system administrator away from the manual task of retrieving 
                  maintenance updates from the Web. SUMA, which is included in 
                  the base AIX 5L™ Version 5.3 operating system, provides 
                  clients with flexible, policy-based options allowing them to 
                  perform unattended downloads of all AIX 5L™ updates from the 
                  IBM eServer® Support Web site. It allows automation of common 
                  tasks such as downloading a specific update when it becomes 
                  available, downloading the latest security updates, or 
                  downloading an entire maintenance level. A scheduling module 
                  is utilized to allow policies to be run at various intervals 
                  in order to conform to a client’s maintenance window. 
                  SUMA policies can be run without extensive configuration. 
                  Filtering options allow comparisons against an installed 
                  software inventory, a fix repository, or a maintenance level 
                  to ensure only desired fixes will be downloaded. SUMA provides 
                  the option to send an e-mail notification containing a list of 
                  what’s available for download, as well as detailed summary 
                  statistics of a download. The technology offered by SUMA 
                  assists in moving clients toward an autonomic maintenance 
                  strategy by automating the download of software maintenance 
                  updates, which allows clients to take advantage of the 
                  increased security and reliability benefits of having current 
                  fixes, and the cost benefits which result from spending less 
                  time on system administration.
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