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SLES 11

Summary: Installation report for a Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11
Date: Around 2012
Refactor: 3 January 2025: Checked links and formatting.

Installation

This is my installation report for a default installation of Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.
For the installation I used the installation server I have created a while ago. This gave me the following installation option:

install=http://<ip-adres of hostname>/install/sles11/CD1/ noapic nolapic nosmp clock=pit vnc=1 vncpassword=12345678

Installation setup

  • Language: English US
  • Keyboard: English US
  • Installation mode: New Install
  • Time and Timezone: Hardware Clock not set to UTC - Region: Europe - TimeZone: Netherlands
  • Server Base Scenario: Physical Machine (Also for fully Virtualized Guests)

Partitioning

/dev/sda1 swap 1 GB
/dev/sda2 / ext3 7 GB - No Access Time

Software Selection

  • Pattern:
    • Base System
    • Minimal System (Appliance) - could not be unselected
  • Graphical Environments
    • Gnome Desktop Environment for Server
    • X Window System
  • Development
    • C/C++ Compiler and Tools

Network Configuration

  • Root password: b-password
  • Hostname: sles11.shift.local
  • IP-address: 192.168.177.51
  • Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
  • Gateway: 192.168.177.2
  • DNS server: 192.168.177.2



Other Configuration

  • Novell Customer Center: Configure later
  • Default CA config
  • No OpenLDAP
  • Local Authentication
  • No extra accounts

Post Install

  • Set the runlevel to 3
  • Installed vmtools through rpm and ran the config-tools script
  • Ran updates
  • Shrank vmdisk
  • Defragmented vmdisk
  • Created a snapshot

Post Install Production

  • Set the runlevel to 3
  • Installed vmtools through rpm and ran the config-tools script
  • NTP for Virtual SLES
  • DNS records added to DNS server
  • Syslog redirected to syslog server
  • Backup
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