1.7 What’s New in the OES 2 Install

In the initial release of OES 2, the following features were added to the OES installation:

Table 1-4 OES 2 Initial Release

Functionality

Description

Open Enterprise Server 2 Linux is an add-on product that can be installed with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 or added to a server running SLES 10 SP1 with updates.

Installing OES 2 while installing SLES 10 SP1: See Specifying the Add-On Product Installation Information.

Installing OES 2 services on a server that is already running SLES 10 SP1: See Installing or Configuring OES 2 SP3 on an Existing Server.

DVD media is now also available to perform the installation.

See Preparing Physical Media for a New Server Installation or an Upgrade.

OES 2 can be installed on x86-64 bit hardware.

See Table 2-1.

Configuring OES services is easier to find and perform on multiple services.

See Configuring OES Services and Installing or Configuring OES 2 SP3 on an Existing Server.

A specific tool for extending the schema is available in YaST.

See Extending the Schema.

You can install OES 2 Linux on a Xen-based virtual machine host server.

See Section 10.0, Installing, Upgrading, or Updating OES on a Xen-based VM.

You can install OES 2 Linux as a Xen-based virtual machine host server.

See Section 9.0, Installing OES as a Xen VM Host Server.

The method for updating OES matches the method for updating SLES 10 SP1.

Updating (Patching) an OES 2 SP3 Server.