Deployment Guide
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
Deployment Guide
Shows how to install single or multiple systems and how to exploit the product inherent capabilities for a deployment infrastructure. Choose from various approaches, ranging from a local installation or a network installation server to a mass deployment using a remote-controlled, highly-customized, and automated installation technique.
- About This Guide
- 1 Planning for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- I Installation Preparation
- II The Installation Workflow
- 6 Installation with YaST
- 6.1 Choosing the Installation Method
- 6.2 System Start-up for Installation
- 6.3 Steps of the Installation
- 6.4 Installer Self-Update
- 6.5 Language, Keyboard and License Agreement
- 6.6 IBM z Systems: Disk Activation
- 6.7 Network Settings
- 6.8 SUSE Customer Center Registration
- 6.9 Extension Selection
- 6.10 System Role
- 6.11 Suggested Partitioning
- 6.12 Clock and Time Zone
- 6.13 Create New User
- 6.14 Password for the System Administrator
root - 6.15 Installation Settings
- 6.16 Performing the Installation
- III Setting up an Installation Server
- IV Remote Installation
- V Initial System Configuration
- VI Updating and Upgrading SUSE Linux Enterprise
- 17 Life Cycle and Support
- 18 Upgrading SUSE Linux Enterprise
- 18.1 General Preparations
- 18.2 Disk Space
- 18.3 Supported Upgrade Paths for SLE
- 18.4 Supported Methods for Upgrading SUSE Linux Enterprise
- 18.5 Upgrading Manually from SLE 11 SP3 to SLE 12 SP1, Using an Installation Source
- 18.6 Migrating Automatically from SLE 11 SP3 or SP4 to SLE 12 SP1
- 18.7 Starting the Upgrade Process After Booting
- 18.8 Updating via SUSE Manager
- 18.9 Updating Registration Status After Rollback
- 18.10 Registering Your System
- 18.11 Retaining Kernel Packages
- 19 Service Pack Migration
- 20 Backporting Source Code
- A Documentation Updates
- A.1 November 2016 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2)
- A.2 March 2016 (Maintenance Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1)
- A.3 December 2015 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1)
- A.4 February 2015 (Documentation Maintenance Update)
- A.5 October 2014 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12)
- B GNU Licenses
- 6.1 The Boot Screen on Machines with a Traditional BIOS
- 6.2 The Boot Screen on Machines with UEFI
- 6.3 Language, Keyboard and License Agreement
- 6.4 Disk Activation
- 6.5 IBM z Systems: Selecting a DASD
- 6.6 Network Settings
- 6.7 SUSE Customer Center Registration
- 6.8 Extension Selection
- 6.9 Add-on Product
- 6.10 Partitioning
- 6.11 Clock and Time Zone
- 6.12 Create New User
- 6.13 Password for the System Administrator
root - 6.14 Installation Settings
- 6.15 Software Selection and System Tasks
- 6.16 Import SSH Host Keys and Configuration
- 11.1 The YaST Partitioner
- 11.2 Btrfs Subvolumes in YaST Partitioner
- 11.3 Creating a Volume Group
- 11.4 Logical Volume Management
- 11.5 RAID Partitions
- 12.1 Conflict Management of the Software Manager
- 12.2 Adding A Software Repository
- 12.3 Update Notification on GNOME Lock Screen
- 12.4 Update Notification on GNOME Desktop
- 12.5 GNOME Update Viewer
- 13.1 Installation of System Extensions
- 13.2 List of Installed Add-on Products, Modules and Extensions
- 13.3 Installation of an Add-on Product or an Extension
- 14.1 The YaST Software Manager: Multiversion View
- 15.1 YaST User and Group Administration
- 17.1 Major Releases and Service Packs
- 17.2 Long Term Service Pack Support
- 2.1 Boot Options
- 5.1 Boot Options
- 6.1 Boot Options
- 6.2 Installation Sources
- 6.3 Network Configuration
- 6.4 Miscellaneous
- 8.1 Generated and Added Kernel Command Line Options from
IFAPPEND - 17.1 Security Updates and Bug Fixes
- 17.2 Repository Layout for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3/SP4 and for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1
- 4.1 Configuration of a z/VM Directory
- 4.2 Example Domain XML File
- 4.3 Transferring the Binaries via FTP
- 4.4 SLES12 EXEC
- 4.5 Supported Network Connection Types and Driver Parameters
- 4.6 Network Device Driver Parameters
- 4.7 Networking Parameters
- 4.8 Parmfile for an Installation from NFS with VNC and AutoYaST
- 4.9 Parmfile for Installation with NFS, SSH, and HSI and AutoYaST with NFS
- 6.1
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