SLES Deployment Part II : SLES-V12-SP2 Installation

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Table of Contents

SLES Setup Network diagram

For Better View > Open Image in different TAB

in this Article , we will see installation process on version

  • SLES Version 12 with Service Pack 2
  • and How Desktop [GNOME] will look like 

and in next article we will discuss how to install SLES V15 -SP1 with Text Mode [ Shell ] , 

and will see the difference between both 

SLES Version 12 SP2 installation

the default installation of SLES version 12 with ALL service pack : come with

  • X11 :  as  Xserver (the graphic “driver”) 
  • GNOME as   [desktop environment  ]
  • GDM as [Display manager] 

currently don’t   Confuse your self of above concept , since it will be fully discussed later in separate article 

lets to go to installation process 

insert SLES V12 DVD in server and start
select installation
Kernel start loading
packages uploaded
SLES V12 SP2 installation process
starting YAST : the most known ever in Linux world , Stand for [ Yet another Setup Tool] ,> will be fully discussed later
YAST initialized
accept agreement
network configuration , keep as default
system probing
skip registration > accept warning > don't wory , we will register SLES later
don't install any package or repository
select default installation
HDD partitioning > currently we HDD with 60GB > will be formatted as default > we will have many articles about storage
keep time zone as default [USA] > later we will configure time with domain controller DC101.pioneers.lab
skip creating user account > SLES will create administrator account with FULL privileges called [ root]
set password for root account
i made it simple > just accept warning
review carefully before install
review carefully before install

just to review installation settings in two images above : 

  • installing SLES 12 – SP2 
  • X11 windows system 
  • GNOME as Desktop environment
  • Boot loader : GRUB : to be discussed later 
  • firewall installed and enabled
  • graphic mode as default > NOT like SLES 15 which make Text mode of  default  
select install
installation get started
after short time > process about finish
accept

Start SLES

after SLES – V12 SP2 installation , it’s time to  start  server  

 

select SLES 12 Sp2
booting
For Better View > Open Image in different TAB
enter user name > root
enter password
the default GNOME desktop > Congrats 🙂

Conclusion

installation Suse Linux Enterprise Server come by default with :

  • X11 :  as  Xserver (the graphic “driver”) 
  • GNOME as   [desktop environment  ]
  • GDM as [Display manager] 

which provide us with good facility to configure and manage SLES if we are beginner to linux administration

next article we will focus on working with SLES v15 with service pack 1 : 

  • installation with Text mode [ shell ] 
  • install Graphic driver with Desktop manager as well as Desktop environment 

 

 

we will ONLY pack  to SLES V12-SP2 just for upgrade article 

thank you for joining us 

 

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