Robert Schweikert, Author at SUSE Communities

March 25, 2024 2:13 pm

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Incompatible changes ahead for Public Cloud SDKs

Let me start by stating that the following is limited to the Public Cloud SDK packages, i.e. packages that provide code used to access the APIs for Alibaba, AWS, Azure, and Google cloud, no other Python packages are affected by this change. Also the timing of when you apply these changes is under your […]

Categories: Announcements, AWS, CSP, Expert Views, Microsoft, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for ARM, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for High Performance Computing, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

By: Robert Schweikert

May 3, 2023 3:04 pm

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Hybrid Boot and SEV-SNP support in AWS EC2

A while back AWS introduced UEFI support for specific instance types. Then in March of 2023 AWS enabled hybrid-boot for AMIs and in addition to the memory encryption that has already been supported in EC2, AWS announced the support of attestation, also known as SEV-SNP recently. Throughout this process AWS and SUSE have been working […]

Categories: Announcements, AWS, Cloud Computing, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for High Performance Computing, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

By: Robert Schweikert

January 30, 2023 9:44 pm

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SLE-Micro in the Public Cloud

The time has arrived to get out of, what is probably one of the longest, "soft launch" periods, and make the availability of SLE-Micro images in the Public Cloud more widely known. I am taking the liberty of defining "soft launch" in this case as publish images don't talk about the images let […]

Categories: Announcements, AWS, Cloud Computing, Corporate, CSP, Microsoft, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro

By: Robert Schweikert

September 29, 2022 2:04 pm

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Upgrades for Azure Hybrid Benefit

A while back in cooperation with the Azure team we enabled Azure Hybrid Benefit for SUSE Linux Enterprise images. In the first incarnation it was possible to switch a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For SAP Applications instance from PAYG (on-demand) to BYOS (Bring Your Own Subscription). Such a switch […]

Categories: Announcements, Cloud Computing, CSP, Microsoft, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, Technical Solutions

By: Robert Schweikert

January 6, 2022 8:00 pm

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BYOS Instances And The SUSE Public Cloud Update Infrastructure

Way back when in 2015 I wrote about differences between BYOS and on-demand images in "On Demand, BYOS, say what? Why do I need it?" mentioning that on-demand images contain "special sauce" that register an on-demand instance automatically to the SUSE operated update infrastructure in AWS EC2, Azure, and GCE. Much […]

Categories: Announcements, CSP, Expert Views, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, Technical Solutions

By: Robert Schweikert

October 1, 2020 5:53 pm

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SUSE Linux Enterprise and Azure Hybrid Benefit

During Microsoft Ignite 2020 the support of Azure Hybrid Benefit for SUSE Pay As You Go was announced. This is the result of a combined effort that includes changes in the Azure IMDS (Instance Metadata Service) and the SUSE region based update infrastructure that supports PAYG instances. Let's get into the details about what […]

Categories: Cloud Computing, Microsoft, SLES on Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SUSE News

By: Robert Schweikert

August 27, 2020 10:09 pm

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Live Patching And SUSE Lifecycle Manager On SLES For SAP On-Demand In The Public Cloud

Starting earlier this month (August 2020) Live Patching is now included with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For SAP Applications (SLES For SAP) on-demand offerings in Amazon Web Services EC2, Google Compute Engine, and Microsoft Azure for 12 SP3 and later instances and images. What is live patching? Live patching allows you to patch a running […]

Categories: Announcements, AWS, Cloud Computing, CSP, Microsoft, Partners, SAP, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SUSE News

By: Robert Schweikert

June 1, 2020 5:58 pm

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SUSE Update Infrastructure Access Through the Data Center

In Step 2 Toward Enhanced Update Infrastructure Access the time-line for enabling access to the SUSE update infrastructure in the Public Cloud via routing through the data center was announced. As of June 1, 2020 we have started the work necessary to make this possible for all regions in AWS, Azure, and GCE. This […]

Categories: Announcements, AWS, Cloud Computing, Compliance, Expert Views, Microsoft, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Amazon EC2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Azure, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for High Performance Computing, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SUSE News

By: Robert Schweikert

December 16, 2019 9:25 pm

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Step 2 Toward Enhanced Update Infrastructure Access

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of announcing a major upgrade to our update infrastructure that serves updates to on-demand instances in AWS, Azure, and GCP. In the blog I promised that we would be enabling network traffic routing that allows you to send data from your instances in the Public Cloud through your […]

Categories: Announcements, Cloud Computing, Compliance, CSP, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications