Can someone explain to me how much storage is required for an RMT. I saw on the documentation that it’s typically 1.5 the size of all enabled repositories. So if my SUSE manager is to be sized 1TB does that mean that I need a SUSE manager with a 1TB + an RMT with a 1,5TB ? Can someone clarify why x1,5 and how I can size them SUSE manager and RMT ? Thanks

I want to test drive SLED 15 SP6 Beta but found out it needs a special separate activation code.

How can I obtain one?

I did send an email to beta-programs@suse.com but didn’t get any response yet.

Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone,

I recently graduated with a master's degree and landed a Developer position at SUSE Lab. I'm wondering about the future prospects of both the company and this job. I've heard that the company's stock has been delisted, which makes me feel uncertain about its future growth. Can anyone provide some advice or insights regarding this job opportunity?

i am not sure of were to ask that is why i am asking here as this says this is the offical suse subreddit but me and a couple of friends have prepared a meetup on open source tech and we were wondering if suse could back us ? (do apologize for asking here but i did not know where do ask and do not have a bussiness email to contact the sales team )

I'm trying to understand the difference between using

zypper patch

and

zypper update

. Since I don't have control over zypper repos, I'm considering using the

zypper patch --date

option to keep my servers at the same patch level. Are there any concerns or potential security issues with this approach?

I have a Linux VM on GCP, running SLES version 11 SP4.

I would like to upgrade it to SLES version 15.

I found this procedure, but it mentions that I have to be running either SLE 12 SP4 or SLE 12 SP5.

https://www.suse.com/c/upgrading-suse-linux-enterprise-in-the-public-cloud/

So, I guess I could follow this guide, but I still need to somehow upgrade my VM to SLE 12 SP4 or SLE 12 SP5.

How do I do that in GCP (I am a total noob in GCP) ?

Any help would be appreciated.

https://www.suse.com/susecon/

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I have submitted one session about reproducible builds with open-build-service (OBS).

There is also https://events.opensuse.org/conferences/CSBerlin in the same location + time for openSUSE people (aka Geekos).

Hello,

I am looking for backup ideas/suggestions specific to SUSE Tumbleweed. I know that there are utilities that one can use to clone the whole system. But most of my important personal documents are backed up in the cloud.

So I am wondering if there are lightweight tools that can allow me to get up to speed quickly on a fresh install?

For example, something along the lines of keeping a list of all the installed packages on the system and using a script to automate installing it on a new system?

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Thank you for your time.

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Hello everyone,

I'm currently working on patching my SLES VMs in Azure using Azure Update Manager and I'm facing an issue regarding consistency between server groups.

Specifically, I have multiple server groups and I want to ensure that the patches applied to one group are consistent with the patches applied to the other groups. However, due to various reasons, there might be an offset of patches applied on one group compared to the other, leading to potential inconsistencies.

I'm wondering if there's a concept of updates in point in time in Azure Update Manager or any best practices to ensure that all server groups are on the same patch level without picking up new updates unintentionally.

Any insights or suggestions on how to manage this effectively would be greatly appreciated!

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I can run an upgrade of SUSE Linux from a specific Repository with the below command.

zypper upgrade -t Package -r SLES12SP5_updates_20240129

Which ends with the Message "There are some running programs that might use files deleted by recent upgrade. You may wish to check and restart some of them. Run 'zypper ps -s' to list these programs."

If I check in the system the Latest install package is not showing up.

What I have to do to activate the new update so that it should be visible?

Hi,

we are required to have "certified" people on staff, so I gotta take the trainings (and the exams, eventually).

To my horror, I found that it's only videos.

Aren't there any PDFs or books I can read through?

Hello I want to upgrade glibc_2.31 to glibc_2.35 in suse for Sap Hana application. Can anyone help to how to upgrade glibc version to 2.35 .

I tried to upgrade it's version but can't getting updated to 2.35

Once you mirror a custom channel, for example debian, on Suse Manager. The repository along with all the RPM packages will be mirrored on Suse Manager. I want to use this mirrored repository for another processes, but I I cannot find the URL I can use from Suse Manager to use it.

I am trying to install Debian PXE-provisioning through cobbler and I want the installer to use the mirrored repository already downloaded through Suse Manager for the PXE Debian Installer packages needed to install the VM. Or should I mirror the Debian repository again with cobbler reposync?

I would like to know how can I find, in case of repository or channel sync, the queue for to-be-run jobs. I know there’s in Admin-> Task Engine Status -> Runtime Status, there’s the list of what is already done and currently being done, but I would like to know the list of jobs in queue, to be done, especially the list of repos to be synced and the order of them being run but Suse Manager.

Hello Reddit community,

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I'm facing an issue with automating the registration of SLES 15 servers on a pay-as-you-go license. The servers should be automatically registered, but it seems that the registration is not happening as expected. I believe the local guestregister service should handle this automatically, but I need to address it manually.

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I've identified a set of steps to address this issue, but I need help in automating them. The steps include:

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1. `SUSEConnect --cleanup`

2. `rm -f /etc/SUSEConnect`

3. `rm -f /etc/zypp/{repos,services,credentials}.d/*`

4. `rm /var/lib/cloudregister/*`

5. `rm -rf /var/cache/zypp/*`

6. `sed -i '/^# Added by SMT reg/,+1d' /etc/hosts`

7. `/usr/sbin/registercloudguest --force-new`

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These steps should only be applied if the server is not registered, and I need to check this condition using `SUSEConnect --status-text`. However, this command doesn't provide an easily parsable output.

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Can anyone help me in creating a script or providing insights on how to automate these steps conditionally based on the registration status?

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Thanks in advance!

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Can I ask a stupid question, does SLES have a patch release date? Like how Microsoft releases patches on Patch Tuesday? Or is it just when they come available.

I've set up Suse Linux 15 SP4 on my virtual machine, but after rebooting, the text is not appearing in any application installation wizard, and there's also no text displaying on xrdp login wizard. This is a new issue for me, and I need assistance from someone who can help troubleshoot and resolve it.
#help #urgent

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I've taken over a SAP system running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3, using a pay-as-you-go license. Due to our internal security policies, the system operates in an isolated network without internet access for the servers. I'm exploring options to upgrade SLES to SP5 without relying on SUSE Manager. I came across the idea of an offline upgrade, but I'm unsure about its feasibility, especially in a cloud environment. If this is a viable solution, I'm not sure which ISO image to use and how to obtain it. Can you provide guidance on this?

Thinking of using Terraform to handle my SLES servers on Azure. The idea is to redeploy the VM with the newest OS image, keeping data disks and apps intact. Instead of just patching the server, I'd be swapping out the OS disk. Anyone else doing this? Got some concerns, but want to hear if others have tried it.

https://github.com/makesourcenotcode/zypper-unjammed

I am wondering how can you add repos and their channels to be synchronized through suse manager from non-suse repos not coming from scc.suse.com, is it reposync? And if so, how do you keep syncing them if they were a point in time sync copy and how does it update later after the repo is added. Do you keep running reposync manually? Or are there any other methods.

I am a bit confused as to how suse manager can provide rpms updates of other distributions.

I have a couple of questions regarding Suse Manager Proxy and autoinstallation:

• Do I need to do manual actions to synchronize Suse Manager Proxy with Suse Manager ?
• Does Suse Manager Proxy sync all the channels and all profiles and distributions available on Suse Manager, if not how can I sync them, I found only cobbler sync but it is only for tftpboot ( which I also do not quite get )

If I have this architecture :

client <> http proxy <> Suse Manager Proxy <> http proxy <> Suse Manager

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• Do I need to setup http proxy setting for the autoinstallation ( knowing that I have bootstrapped the Suse Proxy with http proxy entries as well in the bootstrapping script for the client ), also the client should not have access to contact Suse Manager.

I have tried autoinstallation, but I do not know which to put as a redhat_management_server for the autoinstallation profile, as the client's autoyast cannot find the distribution tree on the Suse proxy.

• What should redhat_management_server be in this scenario?

Also when assigning the autoinstallation profile to the client, in the provisioning tab, I select the Suse proxy from "Select SUSE Manager Proxy". Is this enough?

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PS: Please let me know if anything is not clear, I am happy to reexplain, and thank you for your help.

I am using Suse Manager 4.3 and after setting the setup wizard and enabled the products I need and left them to sync, how can I verify that what I have enabled has been synchronized successfully. Other than through the Web UI with the green tick, or checking through the logs for each product. Is there are command line that could tell me what has been synced successfully or show me of one of them did not? Thanks

I am looking for online resources for help regarding suse issues mostly on suse manager, is there an active reddit subreddit, slack channel, discord server or a mailing list that I can use to get help from the community, ( not necessarily from Suse Support )

Upgrade Suse Linux patch with command line

Able to execute patch upgrade from .tar file using repository via ansible with zypper but not able to see the patch in installed patches Using command as zypper update -repo $(reponame)

Do we need to use any command as merge/install etc after this

Whenever I run this command I face the following issue:

helm install uyuni-proxy oci://registry.suse.com/suse/manager/4.3/proxy \
> -f config.yaml -f httpd.yaml -f ssh.yaml -f custom-values.yaml
WARNING: Kubernetes configuration file is group-readable. This is insecure. Location: /root/.kube/config
WARNING: Kubernetes configuration file is world-readable. This is insecure. Location: /root/.kube/config
Error: failed to download "oci://registry.suse.com/suse/manager/4.3/proxy" (hint: running `helm repo update` may help)

Running helm repo update does not help.

Does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks

Does it mean that all sp3 vms will need to be recreated and apps redeployed or there is a path via sp4? Has anyone actually applied these changes?