Feature added by: Gábor Nyers (gnyers) Feature #306573, revision 1 Title: automated update procedure from SLES10 to SLES11 based on answer files Requested by: Gábor Nyers (gnyers) Description: The update procedure from SLES10 to SLES11 should be capable of accepting an answer file for the entire update procedure. This is essential for customers running a large SAP operation, or other business critical applications for that matter. The purpose of this feature is to save the IT staff's time, by not requiring for someone to sit there and interactively type in configuration data and click through the update wizard. The current practice, meaning the update procedure from SLES9 -> SLES10, requires manual interaction with the update procedure, which according to a large SLES/SAP customer's case takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. Since large sites can have hundreds of individual servers, the upgrade of the entire infrastructure has major impact on resources and planning. By having the update procedure to accept answers not only from keyboard, but also e.g. from a file, large sites can significantly cut back on costs in case of updating to a major new release. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306573