Filtered Index

Like me, many of you have multiple Linux servers to contend with and maintain. Even though ZENworks Linux Management allows you to do numerous, helpful tasks with these servers, you still have to install the agent. Not having the luxury of direct access to these servers and I did not include the ZLM 7.3 Agent in the server build, I had a dilemma. How do I get the servers to install this 600+MB CD image without outside intervention? Once I had burned the ISO to a CD, I found that there are some hard links that can’t be copied, because they point to targets that will be used after the install completes. So copying the ISO data was out. I read some stuff about creating an Add-on in YaST and it worked beautifully. I’ve added some additional stuff that can help prevent further balding. Here’s how I did it.

Sakila Ravi explains how to install Standalone iManager and Mobile iManager on different platforms.

Currently if a user tries to install VMware-Workstation-6.5.0-xxxxxx.x86_64.rpm on SLE 11 (SLED/SLES 11 64 bit), the installation of VMware goes through fine, but if the user tries to launch the VMware workstation it fails. Here's a solution from Praveen Prakash.

Since the release of eDirectory 8.8.0 support for multiple instances of eDirectory on a single box has been available. Using the ndsconfig and especially the newer ndsmanage tool configuring multiple instances of eDirectory is also very easy to do. One feature that has been missing since that time has been the ability to start/stop multiple instances as easily as one can start/stop the first root-based eDirectory instance of a root-installed eDirectory during startup/shutdown. The time has come to overcome that.

Webcast: Thursday, September 10, 2009 - Migrating your mission-critical workloads from one software platform to another is not a trivial process. To ensure a smooth migration, you need careful planning to avoid any significant downtime and service interruption for your enterprise. Experts from Novell and Ziff Davis will discuss best practices for migrating from Solaris to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

Are you one of those, who run custom scripts during or after an AutoYaST installation? Maybe you have been dreaming of getting this integrated into the YaST installation workflow and visible in the installation dialog? This article outlines the steps required to have custom scripts snap nicely into the installation framework including progress bar, messages about the individual steps being performed, logging and help text - just like many of the other installation dialogs.