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By: Chris Mertens

July 11, 2017 11:34 am

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The holy cluster. Part 1 ISCSI Setup

Since I need to support quite some customers using High Availability Clustering I was quite often in the need to of having a test lab where I can try re-producing customer issues. Sometimes even trying to understand customer issues as well ;-). So I thought hey there must be a complete guide A-Z on how […]

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By: Drew

June 21, 2017 4:05 pm

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Hardware YES Certification with an installation kit or driver kit (also known as kISO)

An installation or driver kit from SUSE is simply a method to deliver the latest SUSE Linux Enterprise related drivers or other software in a packaged and supported bootable image. Installation kits can be used for any of the following reasons: To update storage drivers, which require very early loading in the installation and boot […]

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By: SUSE

April 17, 2017 7:51 am

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Integrating SUSE Linux Enterprise Instances With Amazon EC2 Systems Manager

At AWS re:Invent 2016 Amazon announced the availability of Amazon EC2 Systems Manager. AWS SSM is a collection of capabilities that helps automate management tasks in a hybrid cloud environment. This provides the ability to manage your existing on-premise infrastructure seamlessly with AWS. Some of the features available in AWS SSM include: Run Command - […]

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By: Drew

February 13, 2017 2:30 pm

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Are YES CERTIFICATION bulletin Config Notes from “the Dark Side” of hardware compatibility?

The easy answer is nope—no way! That comes from a person with years of YES Certification experience, not some Rogue person who suddenly has their Force Awaken one day! Please read on, because “Fear is the path to the dark side” and “Hard to see, the Dark Side is!” YES Certification […]

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By: SUSE

January 4, 2017 5:33 pm

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New Years Resolution…? Become a SUSE Expert!!

2017, still fresh and new! Happy New Year, best wishes and new years resolutions go hand in hand. Yes, you can obviously choose one of the standard (and often boring) resolutions. But, wouldn't it be so much more fun, beneficial and productive to just take it up one notch and set your goal to become […]

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By: SUSE

October 5, 2016 7:35 am

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What You Need is an Expert

You’ve heard me talk, tweet and blog about all of the great features in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications that help keep SAP HANA systems running reliably on IBM Power Systems servers. What you haven’t heard me talk about is how to make it all work ... and for good reason! For […]

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By: SUSE

June 30, 2016 4:25 pm

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SUSE to unlock technical opportunities within your business

Getting your skills up to date or becoming an expert even, is something we all fancy. The challenge however is that our time is often limited in this fast pacing world. Because I know what it's like to have limited time available while trying to keep my skills up high, I like to point out […]

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By: Drew

April 25, 2016 9:17 am

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By: Drew

April 25, 2016 8:58 am

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Comparison of UEFI and BIOS – from a hardware perspective

For the past several years, x86 hardware systems (including desktops, laptops, workstations and servers) have been transitioning from BIOS-based (Basic Input Output System-based) to UEFI-based (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface-based) firmware interfaces. This firmware interface is usually just called “system firmware.” It is the initial code that recognizes the hardware components in the system […]

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