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By: Robert Schweikert

January 26, 2017 3:21 pm

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Rocking January for SAP users in AWS EC2 and Azure

Drum-roll please, announcing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 and SP2 For SAP Applications  available as on demand in Azure. Hurrah :) .We've had Bring Your Own Subscription (BYOS) images available for some time and now you can also enjoy the benefits of SLES For SAP in an on demand format. For those looking for […]

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By: Robert Schweikert

May 4, 2016 7:13 am

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New Features for AWS Image Uploading

A while back we introduced utilities to help with image management in AWS EC2. Especially uploading a custom image is not necessarily something you'd do in a minute on the spur of the moment and thus the ec2uploadimg can come in handy. Some people agree and have picked up the tool only to find that […]

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By: Robert Schweikert

March 18, 2016 2:27 pm

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Potential update interruptions for SLES instances in Azure between March 25 and March 27, 2016

Starting Friday March 25, 2016 Azure will enter a 2 day rolling maintenance period that might effect the availability of updates, i.e. "zypper up" may fail, for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and 11 (and all service packs) on demand running instances and may effect the automatic registration of newly launched on demand […]

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By: Robert Schweikert

January 13, 2016 2:45 pm

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Upgrading your running on demand instances in the Public Cloud

On December 15, 2015 was First Customer Ship (FCS) date for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 and images were published in AWS EC2, Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure. With this release the transition phase for SLES 12 images/instances has started. One of the features of SLES 12 SP1 is that it provides […]

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By: Robert Schweikert

October 14, 2015 2:03 pm

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Riddle me this…

What is the complete name of the current image of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 in Google Compute Engine? When was the last SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 image in Microsoft Azure deprecated? What IP addresses does an on demand SUSE Linux enterprise Server instance running in the ap-southeast-1 region in AWS EC2 access […]

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By: Robert Schweikert

September 10, 2015 1:32 pm

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On Demand, BYOS, say what? Why do I need it?

One of the messages that has been persistently echoed since the emergence of public cloud frameworks has been the "pay as you go" phrase, or "pay based on your use". This on demand computing model also brings with it some other expectations. I refer to them as "fire up and use". Customers […]

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By: Robert Schweikert

April 6, 2015 11:26 am

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The Public Cloud Module — A closer look

With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 the concept of modules was introduced. For general information about modules see the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Modules white paper and my previous blog on the subject. Today I'd like to take a closer look at the stuff we (the public cloud development team) put into the Public […]

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