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By: Stephen Mogg

September 25, 2023 9:12 am

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications on AWS Marketplace, Annual Subscriptions and OS upgrades

When customers run SAP workloads on AWS many choose to purchase SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications (SLES for SAP) via the AWS Marketplace. This gives the advantage of a single vendor for purchasing and support.  Other benefits include EDP drawdown from your AWS spend commitment along with entitlement to additional SUSE products […]

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By: Stephen Mogg

March 9, 2022 3:53 pm

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SUSE Manager Update : Good news if you are a PAYG SLES for SAP customer in the cloud

Until now,  SUSE Manager deployments for customers that run only Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) SLES for SAP instances in the cloud faced a small challenge when trying to mirror repositories down from the SUSE Customer Center (SCC). Put simply, as customers were purchasing SLES for SAP via the CSP Marketplace (e.g. AWS Marketplace), SUSE Manager […]

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By: Stephen Mogg

September 9, 2021 10:30 am

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Accessing SUSE Updates in AWS. When do you need a private repository?

This article applies to customers running on-demand/PAYG instances in AWS deployed from AMIs published by SUSE.   The need to patch. Patching is an important part of managing any OS infrastructure with updates providing security related enhancements along with stability improvements.  SUSE recommend patching your systems as soon as updates are available.  […]

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By: Stephen Mogg

May 7, 2021 6:51 am

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SUSE HA Automation Project – Fast Start Documentation for AWS.

Anyone following SUSE's HA automation project over on Github will be aware that recently, a new major release was made available, v.7. For those, not familiar with the project goal, the aim is to reduce the complexity of deploying an SAP High Availability solution by using  Terraform and Salt to perform and automated deployment […]

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By: Stephen Mogg

March 19, 2021 3:42 pm

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Connecting SUSE Manager’s Virtual Host Manager to AWS

One of the newer features of SUSE Manager is the Virtual Host Manager. This allows the SUSE Manager server to connect to the AWS Cloud and gather information about instances running there. This detail can then be displayed in the SUSE Manager Web UI. For customers managing their own subscription on AWS, this data can […]

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