Deployment Guide
- About This Guide
- 1 Planning for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- I Architecture-Specific Installation Considerations
- II Manual Deployment
- 5 Deployment Strategies
- 6 Installation with YaST
- 7 Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise
- 8 Setting Up Hardware Components with YaST
- 9 Installing or Removing Software
- 10 Installing Add-On Products
- 11 Installing Multiple Kernel Versions
- 12 Managing Users with YaST
- 13 Changing Language and Country Settings with YaST
- 14 Remote Installation
- 15 Advanced Disk Setup
- 16 Subscription Management
- III Imaging and Creating Products
- IV Automated Installations
- A Documentation Updates
- B GNU Licenses
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
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 Architecture-Specific Installation Considerations
- II Manual Deployment
- 5 Deployment Strategies
- 6 Installation with YaST
- 6.1 Choosing the Installation Method
- 6.2 System Start-up for Installation
- 6.3 The Installation Workflow
- 6.4 Language, Keyboard and License Agreement
- 6.5 IBM System z: Disk Activation
- 6.6 Network Settings
- 6.7 SUSE Customer Center Registration
- 6.8 Extension Selection
- 6.9 Suggested Partitioning
- 6.10 Clock and Time Zone
- 6.11 Create New User
- 6.12 Password for the System Administrator
root - 6.13 Installation Settings
- 6.14 Performing the Installation
- 7 Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise
- 8 Setting Up Hardware Components with YaST
- 9 Installing or Removing Software
- 10 Installing Add-On Products
- 11 Installing Multiple Kernel Versions
- 12 Managing Users with YaST
- 13 Changing Language and Country Settings with YaST
- 14 Remote Installation
- 15 Advanced Disk Setup
- 16 Subscription Management
- III Imaging and Creating Products
- IV Automated Installations
- A Documentation Updates
- 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 System z: Selecting a DASD
- 6.6 Network Settings
- 6.7 SUSE Customer Center Registration
- 6.8 SUSE Customer Center Registration
- 6.9 Extension Selection
- 6.10 Add-on Product
- 6.11 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 Software Selection and System Tasks
- 7.1 Major Releases and Service Packs
- 7.2 Long Term Service Pack Support
- 9.1 Conflict Management of the Software Manager
- 9.2 Adding A Software Repository
- 9.3 Update Notification on GNOME Lock Screen
- 9.4 Update Notification on GNOME Desktop
- 9.5 GNOME Update Viewer
- 10.1 Installation of System Extensions
- 10.2 List of Installed Add-on Products
- 10.3 Installation of an Add-on Product
- 11.1 The YaST Software Manager: Multiversion View
- 12.1 YaST User and Group Administration
- 15.1 The YaST Partitioner
- 15.2 Btrfs Subvolumes in YaST Partitioner
- 15.3 Physical Partitioning versus LVM
- 15.4 Creating a Volume Group
- 15.5 Logical Volume Management
- 15.6 RAID Partitions
- 19.1 Editing Repository in Image Creator
- 19.2 KIWI Detailed Configuration in Image Creator
- 21.1 Editing an AutoYaST Profile with the AutoYaST Front-End
- 21.2 AutoYaST Rules
- 2.1 Boot Options
- 5.1 Installing from the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Media
- 5.2 Installing from a Network Server Using SLP
- 5.3 Installing from a Network Server
- 5.4 Simple Remote Installation via VNC—Static Network Configuration
- 5.5 Simple Remote Installation via VNC—Dynamic Network Configuration
- 5.6 Remote Installation via VNC—PXE Boot and Wake on LAN
- 5.7 Simple Remote Installation via SSH—Static Network Configuration
- 5.8 Remote Installation via SSH—Dynamic Network Configuration
- 5.9 Remote Installation via SSH—PXE Boot and Wake on LAN
- 5.10 Simple Mass Installation
- 5.11 Rule-Based Autoinstallation
- 6.1 Boot Options
- 6.2 Installation Sources
- 6.3 Network Configuration
- 6.4 Miscellaneous
- 7.1 Security Updates and Bug Fixes
- 7.2 Repository Layout for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 and SP3 and for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12
- 14.1 Generated and Added Kernel Command Line Options from
IFAPPEND
- 4.1 Configuration of a z/VM Directory
- 4.2 Transferring the Binaries via FTP
- 4.3 SLES12 EXEC
- 4.4 Supported Network Connection Types and Driver Parameters
- 4.5 Network Device Driver Parameters
- 4.6 Networking Parameters
- 4.7 Parmfile for an Installation from NFS with VNC and AutoYaST
- 4.8 Parmfile for Installation with NFS, SSH, and HSI and AutoYaST with NFS
- 7.1 List with
df -h - 7.2 Hook Script with Full Path
- 20.1 Configuring the Proposal Screens
- 20.2 Configuring the Workflow Section
- 20.3 Configuring the List of Workflow Components
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