SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

General information on SUSE Linux Enterprise server

• Support Lifecycle for SUSE Linux Enterprise Platform products: http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/linux.html
• Release notes at a glance: https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/
• packet lists: https://www.suse.com/products/server/technical-information/#Package
• information on virtualization with SLES: https://www.suse.com/de-de/products/server/policy.html (Quote: "A server subscription covers all virtual images running on a physical server.")

SUSE Linux Enterprise server 11

• documentation: https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/
• Technical data: https://www.suse.com/products/server/technical-information/

SLES 11 SP 2

Important new features (excerpt) in this version:

• Linux kernel 3.0
• LXC support
• More information: Das bringt das SP2 für Suse Linux Enterprise 11 (heise.de, 28.02.2012)

Complete release notes with all new features:

• https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/i586/SUSE-SLES/11-SP2/ (i386)
• https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/11-SP2/ (x86_64)

SLES 11 SP 1

Important renewals (excerpt) with this version:

• Linux kernel 2.6.32
• Samba 3.4.3
• glibc 2.11.1

Complete release notes with all renewals:

• https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/i586/SUSE-SLES/11-SP1/ (i386)

• https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/11-SP1/ (x86_64)

SLES 11

Important renewals (excerpt) with this version:

• EVMS was replaced by LVM2 (cLVM)
• HA-Cluster Manager is now a separate extension: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11
• version information:
  • Linux kernel 2.6.27
  • Apache 2.2.10
  • Bind 9.5.0P2
  • Samba 3.2.5
  • Xen 3.3

Complete Release Notes with all new features:

• http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/i386/SUSE-SLES/11/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html (i386)
• http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/11/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html (x86_64)

SUSE Linux Enterprise server 10

• documentation: http://www.novell.com/de-de/documentation/sles10/
• technical data: http://www.novell.com/de-de/products/server10/techspecs.html

Current patches

The complete list is available in the SLES patch support database (PSDB)

SLES 10 SP3

Important renewals (excerpt) with this version:

• Updated heartbeat to version 2.1.4
• Updated XEN to version 3.2.3
• Updated ipmitool to version 1.8.10

Complete Release Notes with all renewals:

• http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/i586/SUSE-SLES/10-SP3/ (x86)
• http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/10-SP3/ (x86_64)

SLES 10 SP2

Important renewals (excerpt) with this version:

• updated heartbeat to version 2.1.3
• updated iscsitarget to version 0.4.15
• updated PHP to version 5.2.5
• updated virt-manager to version 0.5.3
• updated XEN to version 3.2

Complete release notes with all renewals:

• http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/release-notes_sp2/release-notes_sp2.html SLES10 SP2 Release Notes

Patches for SLES 10 SP2 (excerpt from the SLES patch support database (PSDB)):

• heartbeat 20081215: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=EemNZx1Ws1k~
• libvirt 20081124: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=XrdJDaRvqTw~
• Linux Kernel (x86_64) 20081103: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=X6oWfTLY0pw~
  • also includes "patches.fixes/bonding-fix-event-handling.patch: bonding: Add priv_flag to avoid event mishandling (bnc#428405)." (Auszug aus rpm -q --changelog kernel-xen-2.6.16.60-0.33), necessary for VLANs on network interfaces with Bonding
• Xen 20081013: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=zNf1siYNZtY~
• scsi 20080718: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=uDHh2O0XVoM~
• heartbeat 20080821: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=0B8U4vIHpBc~
• Xen 20080730: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=wCGhvBdApS4~
  • also includes 389076 - network-bridge script support for "netdev=vlanX".

SLES 10 SP1

Important renewals (excerpt) with this version:

• Xen has been updated to version 3.0.4

Complete release notes with all renewals:

• http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/i386/SUSE-SLES/10/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html (i386)
• http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/10/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html (x86_64)

Author: Werner Fischer Werner Fischer, working in the Knowledge Transfer team at Thomas-Krenn, completed his studies of Computer and Media Security at FH Hagenberg in Austria. He is a regular speaker at many conferences like LinuxTag, OSMC, OSDC, LinuxCon, and author for various IT magazines. In his spare time he enjoys playing the piano and training for a good result at the annual Linz marathon relay.

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