Installation Guide

  Installation Guide
    What’s New or Changed in OES Install
      What’s New or Changed in OES 24.4
    Preparing to Install OES
      Before You Install
      Meeting All Server Software and Hardware Requirements
      OES eDirectory Rights Needed for Installing OES
      Installing and Configuring OES as a Subcontainer Administrator
      Preparing eDirectory for OES
      Deciding What Patterns to Install
      Obtaining OES Software
      Preparing Physical Media for a New Server Installation
      Setting Up a Network Installation Source
      Install Only One Server at a Time
      What's Next
    Installing OES as a New Installation
      Linux Software RAIDs Are Not Cluster Aware
      Linux Software RAIDs
      Starting the OES Installation
      Specifying Network Settings
      Specifying Customer Center Configuration Settings
      Specifying the Add-On Product Installation Information
      System Role in OES 24.4
      Setting Up Disk Partitions
      Setting Up the Clock and Time Zone
      Creating Local User
      Authentication for the System Administrator “root”
      Specifying the Installation Settings
      Configuring Open Enterprise Server
      Product Improvement
      Finishing the Installation
      Verifying that the Installation was Successful
      What's Next
    Installing or Configuring OES Services on an Existing OES Server
      Adding/Configuring OES Services on an Existing Server
      Adding/Configuring OES Services on a Server That Another Administrator Installed
      What's Next
    Upgrading OES
      Supported OES Upgrade Paths
      Planning for the Upgrade
      Meeting the Upgrade Requirements
      Upgrading OES
      Using AutoYaST for OES Upgrade
      Channel Upgrade from OES 24.3 to OES 24.4
      Verifying that the Upgrade was Successful
      What's Next
    Completing OES Installation Tasks
      Determining Which Services Need Additional Configuration
      Rebooting the Server after Installing NSS
      Restarting Tomcat
      Implementing Digital Certificates in an OES Environment
    Installing and Configuring NSS Active Directory Support
      Understanding the NSS AD Support
      NSS AD Support Matrix
      Prerequisites for Installing and Configuring NSS AD
      Installing OES 24.4 with NSS AD Support
      About Novell Identity Translator (NIT)
    Updating (Patching) an OES Server
      Overview of Updating (Patching)
      Preparing the Server for Updating
      Registering the Server in the Customer Center
      Updating the Server
      GUI Based Patching
      Frequently Asked Questions about Updating
      Patching From Behind a Proxy Server
      Installing the Latest iManager NPMs After Applying OES Patches
      Restarting the OES Instance of Tomcat After Applying a Tomcat Update
    Using AutoYaST to Install and Configure Multiple OES Servers
      Prerequisites
      Setting Up a Control File with OES Components
      Setting Up an Installation Source
      Cloning an OES Server Post OES Installation and Configuration
    Installing OES on a VM
      System Requirements
      Prerequisites
      Preparing the Installation Software
      Installing an OES 24.4 VM Guest
      Setting Up an OES VM Guest to Use Novell Storage Services (NSS)
    Deploying OES in a UEFI Secure Boot Environment
    Switching to SHA-2 SSL Certificates
      Configuring SHA-2 Certificate
      Verifying the Certificates with SHA-2 Signature
    Disabling OES Services
    Reconfiguring eDirectory and OES Services
      Cleaning Up the eDirectory Server
      Reconfiguring the eDirectory Server through YaST
      Reconfiguring OES Services
    Centralized Certificate Management
      Installing Centralized Certificate Management Binaries
      Upgrading OES Server
      Path to Important Certificate Management Files
      Usage of Commands
      Examples
    OES Multifactor Authentication Service
      Overview
      MFA Server Architecture
      Preparing to Deploy an MFA Server
      Deployment Recommendation
      Setting-Up an MFA Server
      Setting-Up Subsequent MFA Servers
      Configuring MFA Agent
      Configuring OES Services to Use MFA Service
      Command Line Utility of MFA Server
      Command Line Utility of MFA Agent
      Important Files and Folders
      Security Configurations
      Troubleshooting
    Security Considerations
      Access to the Server During an Installation or Upgrade
      Remote Installations Through VNC
      Improperly Configured LDAP Servers
    Troubleshooting
      Online Update Shows End of General Support Message
      Upgrade Failure in SUSE Xen Hypervisor Environment
      PID File Unavailable Message
      systemctl kill Not Supported
      Executing kinit Command Fails in .LOCAL Domain
      The OES Service Pattern Icons are not Displayed and OES Patterns are not in the Proper Order
      Deleting the Existing eDirectory Objects when Reinstalling the OES Server or Reconfiguring the eDirectory
      Problem In Assigning IP Address For autoinst.xml-based Installations
      eDirectory Restart Results in an Error Message on a Non-DSfW Server
      The DEFAULT SLP Scope Gets added to the slp.conf File During an Upgrade to OES 2018 or later
      The change_proxy_pwd.sh Script Fails to Synchronize Password
      OES Installation Fails Due to Encrypted OES Media URL in the autoinst.xml File
      Installing or Upgrading to OES 24.4 using AutoYaST Creates the OES Repository Name Using Random Characters
      Verification of the Container Object Fails During the AD Domain Join Process
      Timing Issues for OES on Xen
    OES File and Data Locations
      General Rules
      Exceptions
    AutoYaST XML Tags
      edirectory
      imanager
      iprint
      ncpserver
      ncs
      novell-cifs
      novell-dhcp
      novell-dns
      novell-lum
      nss
      oes-cis
      oes-ldap
      sms
      novell-nssad
      oes-umc
      oes-database
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