Author: Peter Schinagl

… with SUSE Microsoft Solution Templates Following the launch of M-SERIES/SAP HANA certified Virtual Machines (VMs) on Azure, we had announced our new marketplace offering. At the SAP Sapphire in Orlando 2018 last week we presented it at the SUSE and the Microsoft booth. This Azure Marketplace offering leverages Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates to automate […]

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In November 2016 at SUSECon we announced our newest version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP2 in Azure. In January 2017, in addition to SLES, SLES for SAP Applications 12 SP1 and SP2 became available in Azure too. It’s Springtime now – go and try out new things on Microsoft Azure. Did you […]

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Daily press reports show that increased networking and digitalization of the business world are subjecting companies’ IT systems to ever more serious security risks. The latest Cybercrime study undertaken by PwC – the largest of its kind – comes to the conclusion that the number of global security incidents has risen by 25% over the […]

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Some time ago, the IT journalist and blogger Jürgen Donauer wrote in Germany’s popular IT magazine Computerwoche: “YaST (Yet Another Setup Tool) is without doubt one of the greatest strengths of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). This graphic configuration tool is intuitive and easy to use, and it produces quick results. In this respect, SLES […]

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SUSE® Studio™ Onsite and the SUSE Lifecycle Management Server connect to the Internet as a default to synchronize to the Novell® Customer Center (NCC). At the Novell Customer Center they access repositories of packages and updates for SUSE Linux Enterprise.

You can use the Subscription Management Tool (SMT) to override the default and do the following:

• Minimize the bandwidth for downloading packages
• Prevent SUSE Studio and SUSE Lifecycle Management Server from connecting to the Internet

then there are a few more things to consider during the setup of all components.

This guide explains issues you need to consider during setup if you choose either of these options.

This guide does not replace the installation documentation for the components.

Please read and follow the instructions in the product documentation. The purpose of this guide is to provide additional hints and tips.

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