A Documentation Updates

Adjustments for Chapter 16, Subscription Management because of the switch from SUSE Customer Center to SUSE Customer Center (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857639).

Section 12.3.2, “Enforcing Password Policies”: Password Settings, Expiration Date is expiring user accounts in YAST Users module (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743874).

Various bugfixes for Chapter 7, Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise:

Removed all KDE documentation and references because KDE is no longer shipped.

Removed all references to SuSEconfig, which is no longer supported (Fate#100011).

Move from System V init to systemd (Fate#310421). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

YaST Runlevel Editor has changed to Services Manager (Fate#312568). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

Removed all references to ISDN support, as ISDN support has been removed (Fate#314594).

Removed all references to the YaST DSL module as it is no longer shipped (Fate#316264).

Removed all references to the YaST Modem module as it is no longer shipped (Fate#316264).

Btrfs has become the default file system for the root partition (Fate#315901). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

The dmesg now provides human-readable time stamps in ctime()-like format (Fate#316056). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

syslog and syslog-ng have been replaced by rsyslog (Fate#316175). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

MariaDB is now shipped as the relational database instead of MySQL (Fate#313595). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

SUSE-related products are no longer available from http://download.novell.com but from http://download.suse.com. Adjusted links accordingly.

Novell Customer Center has been replaced with SUSE Customer Center. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

/var/run is mounted as tmpfs (Fate#303793). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

The following architectures are no longer supported: Itanium and x86. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

The traditional method for setting up the network with ifconfig has been replaced by wicked. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

A lot of networking commands are deprecated and have been replaced by newer commands (ip in most cases). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.

Updated system requirements.

Added POWER8 to the list of supported hardware (Fate#315272).

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 for POWER has moved to Little Endian. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

Updated the list of supported platforms: Removed IBM Series z9 and z10 machines and added IBM zEnterprise BC12.

Updated the memory and disk space requirements.

Removed instructions on how to IPL from tape—this is no longer supported.

Rewrote large parts of Section 4.2.5, “Network Configuration” to remove redundant information and make it more concise.

Removed references to Token Ring, which is no longer supported (Fate#313154).

Completely rewrote the chapter because of the new installation workflow.

The installation routine now supports setting up multiple network devices during the installation (Fate#315680): Section 6.6, “Network Settings”

The installation proposal contains a separate /home partition formatted with XFS (Fate#316637 and Fate#316624): Section 6.9, “Suggested Partitioning”

Removed occurrences of the YaST Repair module which has been dropped (Fate#308670).

Update repositories are added after having registered with SUSE Customer Center and can be used during installation (Fate#312012): Section 6.8, “Extension Selection”.

Extensions and modules can be added to the system during the installation (Fate#316548): Section 6.7, “SUSE Customer Center Registration”.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop can be installed as an add-on on top of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (Fate#316436): Section 6.8, “Extension Selection”.

The HW crypto stack for IBM System z can be selected for installation via a pattern (Fate#316143): Section 6.13.1, “Software”

Automatically importing SSH keys from a previous installation can be disabled (Fate#314982): Section 6.2.3.4, “Disabling the Import of SSH Host Keys and Users from a Previous Installation”

Added new section: Section 7.4, “Upgrading to SUSE Linux Enterprise 12”.

Removed the following sections as the respective YaST modules are no longer included: Hardware Information, Setting Up Graphics Card and Monitor, Mouse Model, and Setting Up a Scanner.

Removed content about mouse setup and adjusted Section 8.1, “Setting Up Your System Keyboard Layout”.

Completely rewrote Section 9.4, “Keeping the System Up-to-date” because of changes in the GNOME software updater.

Installing add-on products or software extensions is now also possible without access to physical media. Added the following new sections: Section 10.2, “Registering Your System” and Section 10.3, “Installing Add-ons and Extensions (without Physical Media)”. Modified Section 10.4, “Installing Add-ons and Extensions (from Media)” accordingly.

For registering clients against an SMT server, suse_register has been replaced with SUSEConnect (Fate#316585).

Updated chapter Chapter 17, Creating Add-on Products With Add-on Product Creator according to http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861855.

Updated chapter Chapter 18, Creating Images with YaST Product Creator and added chapter Chapter 19, Creating Images with YaST Image Creator according to http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864033.

Updated section Section 9.4, “Keeping the System Up-to-date” according to http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839692.

Removed section Using Fingerprint Authentication. Further minor corrections and additions (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857680).

Removed obsolete parameter OsaMedium from parmfile and Cobbler examples (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860404).

Additions in section Section 20.2, “Customizing the Firstboot Installation” (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861866).

Added instructions on how to add secondary languages during installation (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870482).

Multiversion feature (more than one kernel installed) is enabled by default (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891805).

Warn about incompatible Kernel Module Packages (KPMs) (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891805).