Robert Schweikert, Author at SUSE Communities

July 17, 2018 7:57 am

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A Different Builtin Kernel For Azure On-Demand Images

The release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 is out and with it, it brings a new kernel build, kernel-azure. The new kernel is built into our on-demand images in Azure. The -azure build of the kernel is fully supported by SUSE. For instances started from the -Standard, or -Priority images you need to contact […]

By: Robert Schweikert

January 10, 2018 10:49 pm

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A day long to be remembered 2018-01-03

When I wrote this it was Janurary 9, 2018 which was supposed to be the day of a major earthquake in the computing world. However, due to various circumstances this all happened on January 3rd, 2018 at 2 PM PST and the aftershocks as well as the queasy feelings that come along with such an […]

By: Robert Schweikert

January 26, 2017 3:21 pm

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Rocking January for SAP users in AWS EC2 and Azure

Drum-roll please, announcing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 and SP2 For SAP Applications available as on demand in Azure. Hurrah :) .We've had Bring Your Own Subscription (BYOS) images available for some time and now you can also enjoy the benefits of SLES For SAP in an on demand format. For those looking for […]

Tags: AWS, Azure, SLES on EC2

Categories: Announcements, Cloud Computing, Server, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, Technical Solutions

By: Robert Schweikert

May 4, 2016 7:13 am

5,525 views

New Features for AWS Image Uploading

A while back we introduced utilities to help with image management in AWS EC2. Especially uploading a custom image is not necessarily something you'd do in a minute on the spur of the moment and thus the ec2uploadimg can come in handy. Some people agree and have picked up the tool only to find that […]

Tags: SLES on AWS EC2

Categories: Cloud Computing, Expert Views, Free Tools

By: Robert Schweikert

March 18, 2016 2:27 pm

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Potential update interruptions for SLES instances in Azure between March 25 and March 27, 2016

Starting Friday March 25, 2016 Azure will enter a 2 day rolling maintenance period that might effect the availability of updates, i.e. "zypper up" may fail, for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and 11 (and all service packs) on demand running instances and may effect the automatic registration of newly launched on demand […]

Tags: Supported, Updates

Categories: Announcements, Expert Views, SLES on Azure, Technical Solutions

By: Robert Schweikert

October 14, 2015 2:03 pm

23,453 views

Riddle me this…

What is the complete name of the current image of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 in Google Compute Engine? When was the last SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 image in Microsoft Azure deprecated? What IP addresses does an on demand SUSE Linux enterprise Server instance running in the ap-southeast-1 region in AWS EC2 access […]

Categories: Cloud Computing, Expert Views, News, SLES on Azure

By: Robert Schweikert

September 10, 2015 1:32 pm

44,641 views

On Demand, BYOS, say what? Why do I need it?

One of the messages that has been persistently echoed since the emergence of public cloud frameworks has been the "pay as you go" phrase, or "pay based on your use". This on demand computing model also brings with it some other expectations. I refer to them as "fire up and use". Customers […]

Tags: BYOS, Cloud, Public Cloud

Categories: Cloud Computing, Expert Views, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Multi-Linux Manager

Author: Robert Schweikert

A Different Builtin Kernel For Azure On-Demand Images

A day long to be remembered 2018-01-03

Rocking January for SAP users in AWS EC2 and Azure

New Features for AWS Image Uploading

Potential update interruptions for SLES instances in Azure between March 25 and March 27, 2016

Riddle me this…

On Demand, BYOS, say what? Why do I need it?

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