Questions tagged [sles]
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the enterprise version of openSUSE.
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SLES12.2 and wicked - how to run script after an interface is up?
After an interface getting up by wicked, How can I run a script?
I tried an:
$ echo 'echo "testiing `date`" |logger' > /etc/sysconfig/network/if-up.d/bond0; chmod +x /etc/sysconfig/network/if-up....
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XFS, GlusterFS v5.5 and the Year-2038 problem
I tried out default retention periods e.g. to set the Retention date to
2071. When I did the WORMing, everything seems to be OK. From FUSE and also
at Brick-Level, the retention was set to 2071 on all ...
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How to permanently change interface metrics if using DHCP on SLES 12?
At: Changing the metric of an interface permanently I can see there is a solution, that when if geting IPs via DHCP, you can set metrics per interface, so a given one could come up later.
But for ...
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XEN guest crashes when downloading with wget
There is a SLES 11.4 XEN HV.
There is a SLES 12.2 guest on it.
The guest is stable, only when we download something from the internet, the guest is getting crashed!
I think there is enough free ...
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SLES 12.4| systemd-coredump[<PID>]: Failed to parse resource limit: <daemon_name>
I am using SLES 12.4 VM where I have a custom daemon dumping core frequently as I see from /var/log/messages and coredumpctl. But I never see a core file in /var/lib/systemd/coredump/ or in any other ...
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Removing eth0 from bond0 fixes Link detected no/yes issue, but why?
On a SLES12 with 4 physical NIC, having them in a bond0.
eth0 shows "Link detected: no".
But if I remove eth0 from the bond0 and do an "ifup eth0", it will show "Link detected: yes" and everything ...
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How to make the “mlnx_tune -p …” settings permanent?
If we say, we need to set the:
mlnx_tune -p IP_FORWARDING_MULTI_STREAM_PACKET_RATE
mlnx_tune -p IP_FORWARDING_SINGLE_STREAM_SINGLE_PORT
tuning options, Q: how could we make it permanent on a SLES12?...
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How do I create a persistent tunnel device in sles15 (with or without wicked xml config)
I'm trying to simplify some of my configs for sles15, pushing out tunnel configs to my machines via ansible. Currently whenever I configure a tunnel, I do it on the fly using ssh from the machine ...
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SLES 11 SP4 'Resource temporarily unavailable' after upgrade from SP3
After upgrade from SLES 11 sp3 to sp4 I've met the problem while creating threads. Message I got was 'Resource temporarily unavailable'. Is it possible that upgrade changed limits somehow or maybe ...
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After SLES Migration LDAP does not start with TLS error
We had to migrate an existing physical Server running SLES to a virtual machine running on ESXi 6.5.
The migration was done with VMware vCenter Converter.
All the data was copied without problems - ...
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“LVM failed to initialize library context” - SLES 12.3 after reboot lost some of its PVs
After a reboot, a SLES 12.3 box doesn't recognizes a few disks (that are actually behind HW raid).
What could the issue be?
If I "head /dev/sdb | strings | head" the problematic disks, I can see ...
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Why does docker-ce-3:18.09 installation on SLES 12 throw “systemd-units needed” message?
My goal is to install Docker 18.09 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (SLES 12 SP3).
I can successfully download and install docker version 17.09.1_ce-98.18.1 using zypper from repositories available ...
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Open-iSCSI Target IQN Naming Case
I'm using LRBD to configure iSCSI targets from a Ceph cluster, LRBD uses Open-iSCSI/targetcli to configure the targets.
When I use an uppercase letter in the unique part of the iqn (after the colon),...
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Sending Alert Email on Linux Server Shutdown or Reboot
I have SLES 12 SP1 Servers in my company. I have done 2 seperate configurations to alert me whenever the server undergoes a restart, to be more explicit, an email at the time of server shuts down and ...
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kdump: kexec_file_load failed: Cannot assign requested address
Issue:
SERVER:~ # systemctl start kdump.service
Job for kdump.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status kdump.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details....
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How to set the cpu frequency to the max on SLES12?
I tried:
cpupower frequency-set -g performance
But still, the frequency is only at 1200 MHz.
It only goes up if I put a load on the machine, but it should be running at always 100% cpu frequency. ...
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Missing output for LVM commands [closed]
On a SLES12.2 machine, we can see:
SERVER:~ # lvs
SERVER:~ # vgs
SERVER:~ # pvs
SERVER:~ # echo $?
0
SERVER:~ #
that the usual LVM commands doesn't produce output. How could this be? Server booted ...
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Package Installation with Extension SDP & SDX
I have to install a software compatible for RHEL|SLES Linux OS, 10.2GB. I have just installed SLES 11, recommended for this purpose.
The following image depicts the folder structure. The kits folder ...
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What to modify if I dd sda1 to another machine? [duplicate]
There are 2 servers, they were application level clusters.
One of the servers / got corrupted, see: / got corrupted and showing as ext2
The idea is the next: I would dd the sda1 from the good ...
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/ got corrupted and showing as ext2
There is a SLES11.4 server that got grub error 15, loading at stage 1.5. Ok, no info on what happened to it.
Ok, I booted the SLES11 DVD in rescue, starts getting exciting :)
With lsblk I can see ...
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Update $PATH variable that survives updates?
We can put a 3rd party apps new global PATH in /etc/profile, appending to the original $PATH, ok.
But.. I can see that the /etc/profile file is provided by a package: aaa_base. What would happen if ...
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SLES11 / GRUB: Could not find /dev/disk/by-label/ROOT
I am having a problem caused by virtualizing a Linux PC with 3 hard drives. I am using VMWare Workstation to run the VM. The VM was created by booting a live system on the physical host and copying ...
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What does “Data and ISV Applications” and “Operating system” mean in SLES 12 roles during install?
We are installing SLES12, via GUI installer and wondering, what is behind the ROLE, when creating ex.: logical volumes:
Operating system
Data and ISV Applications
We can see that maybe "/" should ...
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Cannot create NFS on a tmpfs drive
OS: SLES 12.3
Running these commands:
mkdir /foo/ramdisk
mount -t tmpfs -o size=100m tmpfs /foo/ramdisk
Creating a NFS on /foo/ramdisk produces this result when I run showmount -e <IP>:
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How to do port address translation to connect to a reverse port forward locally
I'm running 4 splunk indexers and I have to connect to it on port 9997. I have no direct line of sight or any way of routing to these splunk servers other than reverse ssh portforwards which I can ...
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Zypper: Check last “zypper up” command time
There is a script that checks whether packages up-to-date or not via a zypper up.
In this situation, team "A" creates the servers: they do zypper up, ok.
Another team validates the servers: they ...
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Debug kernel panic - Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 9?
on a freshly reinstalled SLES 11.4 we see this dmesg from /var/crash:
<7>[ 48.600847] storage: no IPv6 routers present
<6>[ 63.725477] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 1 devices ...
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Export an NFS mount via NFS [duplicate]
I have a server "A" that has an NFS mount /FOO.
I setup an NFS server on server "A" to export the NFS mount /FOO.
I have other server: "B". But I cannot mount the /FOO from server "A" - probably ...
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VNC seems to break CLIPBOARD and PRIMARY
I'm using VNC Viewer 5.3.2 (r19179) x64 on a Windows 10 machine to connect to a VNC Server (Virtual Mode) 5.3.2 (r19476) x64 running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11. My issue is concerning copy and ...
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When will S99 launch if it isn't in a normal form?
If I do a:
echo "foobar" > /etc/init.d/foobar
chmod 744 /etc/init.d/foobar
ln -s /etc/init.d/foobar /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S99foobar
on a SLES 11, then when will the "foobar" command launch during boot?...
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How to reach an IP in a VLAN when there is no interface in that VLAN on my server? [closed]
We have a VLAN_ID that is not in the /etc/sysconfig/networking/ifcfg-* files.
We need to reach an IP from this VLAN.
How can we reach this VLAN if there is no interface on the server with this ...
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Can git be installed locally (including its dependencies)
I've developed a bash script which needs a specific version of git (2.11.1).
Each developer in my team has his/her own virtual machine on the same remote physic server.
My colleagues need that script,...
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gstack not scheduled
I have a big, long running task on a SLES 12 server. I just tried using gstack on it, but the gstack processes don't seem to be getting any CPU - nothing on the screen after over 20 minutes. The ...
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zypper exit code 106 - how to fix? [closed]
On a SLES11.4 server wanted to install a package:
SLES11SERVER:~ # zypper in -f telnet
Retrieving repository 'foobar_common' metadata [\]
File 'repomd.xml' from repository 'foobar_common' is ...
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Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed on x3850 x6 SLES12 [closed]
We got a few new machines: x3850 x6.
All could pxe boot fine, except one machine, that gives the following kernel panic, looks like an exciting issue:
We cannot even scroll up after the kernel ...
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How to update /boot/grub/menu.lst?
How can I set the ex.: "intel_idle.max_cstate=0" in the boot kernel parameter?
So just want to update /boot/grub/menu.lst, how to do it permanently on SLES 11?
Without using yast.
Or just ...
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acpi_idle vs. intel_idle
There are two SLES 11 servers:
SERVER311:~ # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
acpi_idle
SERVER311:~ #
and:
SERVER705:~ # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
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SLES 12 - vsftpd with AppArmor in enforce mode, “lftp” error for “ls” command: `ls' at 0 [500 OOPS: setrlimit]
In a virtual machine (VM) with SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12), after enforcing ("enforce mode") the AppArmor profile for "vsftpd" to confine it (via the "aa-enforce vsftpd" command), I'm ...
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SLES 12.3 and oracleasm module issue
So...
Fresh installation of Sles 12.3, kernel 4.4.73-5-default, x64, Oracle support packages installed using zypper from official SUSE repositories...
~:rpm -qa | grep orac
oracleasm-support-2.1.8-1....
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How to properly add a new interface to bond0?
After adding a new "interface" to the /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-foobar:
BOOTPROTO='static'
BROADCAST=''
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''
IPADDR='1.2.3.4/24'
MTU='9000'
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='auto'
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sunrpc isn't automatically loaded during boot, SLES 12
A freshly installed SLES 12 doesn't automatically load the "sunrpc" kernel module.
it has the entry, like the other machines that are ok:
# grep -n sunrpc /etc/modprobe.d/00-system.conf
56:install ...
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SLES 12.2 can't enable org.gnome.Vino - No such key 'enabled'
Since Sles 12 SP2 I'm not able to activate VNC remote access:
dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.Vino prompt-enabled false
dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.Vino authentication-methods "['vnc']"
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How to enable audit on access to files (rwx) in SLES9
How can I enable audit on access to specific files in Suse Linux Enterprise 9?
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Docker daemon not starting without error
With a new installation of docker (v17.04.0-ce), I have a quite strange error :
After starting the daemon with $sudo service docker start (or the systemctl command, it leads to the same), I've got a ...
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Difference between localtime and clock
/etc/localtime is a symlink.
/etc/sysconfig/clock is a config file.
Q: What is the difference between them? Each could store timezone setting.
Using SLES.
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How to enable memory compression on SUSE 11/12?
How can we enable, fine-tune the Linux kernels memory compression?
So if we have 1 GByte physical memory, the OS could see ex.: 1.5 GByte because of the compression (but of course it would use more ...
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How to put systat/sar in cron on SLES 12?
Before, there was a
https://linuxmain.blogspot.de/2011/12/gathering-performance-data-with-sysstat.html
For SLES you can install the cron settings by
SLES10: /etc/init.d/sysstat start
SLES11: /etc/...
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cannot find -lm
I am trying to build gcc G4.8.5 for architecture s390x(cross compiled) on
x86 32(sles10 patchlevel 4) 2.6.16.60-0.85.1-vmipae
for sles12sp2 and i am getting an error
/s390x-suse-linux/bin/ld: ...
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Sync UID/GID on SLES 12.1 with winbind connected to AD
I have multiple SLES 12.1 Servers which I joined into the AD Domain via net ads join -u <OU_MANAGER> osName='SLES' osVer='12.1' createcomputer="<OU1>/<OU2>/Servers. It is important ...
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useradd where account name is a number
Can I use useradd in SLES 11 where a username is just a number (didn't see anything in the man useradd(8) )?
currently getting:
useradd: Invalid account name: `9999'
The alternative is manually ...
