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Several areas of the Novell webspace provide information regarding the SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (commonly abbreviated as SLES).
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General SLES Information
Some general information on SLES is available at the Novell and Linux page.
SLES 10
SLES 10 is released, and can be downloaded here:
New with SLES 10 is the Novell Customer Center. See Getting to know the Novell Customer Center
High-Availability Storage Foundation
The High-Availability Storage Foundation (HASF) is a combination of several Open Source projects, plus Novell donated source code, integration tested and delivered in SLES 10. The HASF allows for the creation of a server and storage infrastructure that enables service-level availability by running individual services in cluster-managed relocatable virtual machines.
Documentation :
- Exploring the High-Availability Storage Foundation : download here
- Known issues regarding this document
- Initial node2 NTP time grab might fail
- In the document we ask you to make node1 come up after node2, because node2 is running the iSCSI target. Making the nodes (re)boot in this order makes sure that node1 finds the iSCSI target on node2. However, as a result of this, node2 (NTP client) cannot grab it's initial time from node1 (NTP server). Normally this should not be a problem, since a mere reboot of both systems should not cause a large time drift. However, if the hardware clock of node2 is not ok, then node2 can come up with a time drift. When this time drift is too big, then this will cause the STONITH operation to fail when you perform the final test of killing heartbeat on node1. Solution is to run "/etc/init.d.ntp restart" on node2 right before killing the heartbeat on node1.
- Initial node2 NTP time grab might fail
- Known issues regarding this document
In "Conquering the High-Availability Storage Foundation" we will probably reverse client and server to resolve this potential issue.
- Conquering the High-Availability Storage Foundation : to be released.
- Linux-World demo : four-node Cluster hosting two Virtual Machines.
Add-ons
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SDK (Software Development Kit)
SLES 9
The current version of SLES9 is SLES9 SP3.
SLES 9 is available for a number of architectures and contains numerous packages (see the package list).
For a current installation, both the general release CDs and the current service pack CDs are needed. There are no overlay images available for SLES9.
Download SLES 9
Links to the unpatched ISOs can be found on the SLES 9 Download page.
SLES 9 Support Packs
Links to the support pack ISOs can also be found on the SLES 9 Download page.
Add-ons
- Novell Ready and YES Certified Partner Products
- SUSE LINUX SDK 9 (Software Development Kit)
- Oracle related software, including the orarun package.
Articles
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Securing SLES9 - Details some very basic actions you can take to make SLES9 even more secure. - Deploying SUSE Linux using autoyast: download here
SLES8
SLES8 is an older version of SLES which is still supported.
Support for SLES
There are a number of support options for SLES.
Certifications and hardware compatibility
Related products
- The Novell Open Enterprise Server , whose Linux implementation is founded upon SLES.
- The Novell Linux Small Business Suite 9 of which SLES9 is a part.
- The SUSE LINUX Professional product for Linux users and technical enthusiasts.
- The Novell Linux Desktop distribution.
