Open Enterprise Server 2015 SP1 Installation Guide June 2016 Legal Notices For information about legal notices, trademarks, disclaimers, warranties, export and other use restrictions, U.S. Government rights, patent policy, and FIPS compliance, see https://www.novell.com/company/legal/. Copyright © 2016 Novell, Inc., a Micro Focus company. All Rights Reserved. Contents About This Guide 9 1 What’s New or Changed in the OES Install 11 1.1 What’s New (Update 28-OES 2015 SP1). .11 1.2 What’s New (OES 2015 SP1) . 11 1.3 What’s New (January 2016 eDirectory 8.8 SP8 Patch 6 Hot Patch 1). 12 1.4 What’s New (OES 2015) . 12 2 Preparing to Install OES 2015 SP1 15 2.1 Before You Install . 15 2.2 Meeting All Server Software and Hardware Requirements . 15 2.2.1 Server Software . 15 2.2.2 Server Hardware . 16 2.3 NetIQ eDirectory Rights Needed for Installing OES. 17 2.3.1 Rights to Install the First OES Server in a Tree . 17 2.3.2 Rights to Install the First Three Servers in an eDirectory Tree . 17 2.3.3 Rights to Install the First Three Servers in any eDirectory Partition . 17 2.4 Installing and Configuring OES as a Subcontainer Administrator . 17 2.4.1 Rights Required for Subcontainer Administrators . 18 2.4.2 Providing Required Rights to the Subcontainer Administrator for Installing and Managing Samba. 20 2.4.3 Starting a New Installation as a Subcontainer Administrator . 22 2.4.4 Adding/Configuring OES Services as a Different Administrator. 22 2.5 Preparing eDirectory for OES 2015 SP1 . 22 2.5.1 If Your Directory Tree Is Earlier than eDirectory 8.6 . 22 2.5.2 If Your LDAP Server Is Running NetWare 6.5 SP2 or Earlier . 23 2.5.3 If Your Tree Has Ever Contained an OES 1 Linux Server with LUM and NSS Installed . 23 2.5.4 Extending the Schema. 25 2.6 Deciding What Patterns to Install . 27 2.7 Obtaining OES 2015 SP1 Software . 36 2.8 Preparing Physical Media for a New Server Installation or an Upgrade . 36 2.9 Setting Up a Network Installation Source. 37 2.9.1 SUSE Linux as a Network Installation Source Server . 37 2.9.2 NetWare as a Network Installation Source Server. 39 2.9.3 Windows as a Network Installation Source Server . 41 2.10 Always Install OES as an Add-On Product . 41 2.11 Install Only One Server at a Time . 42 2.12 What's Next . 42 3 Installing OES 2015 SP1 as a New Installation 43 3.1 Linux Software RAIDs Are Not Cluster Aware . .43 3.2 Linux Software RAIDs . 44 3.3 Starting the OES 2015 SP1 Installation . 44 3.3.1 Installing from Physical Media . .44 3.3.2 Installing from a Network Source with DHCP . 45 3.3.3 Installing from a Network Source without DHCP . 46 Contents 3 3.4 Specifying the Installation Mode . 47 3.5 Specifying the Add-On Product Installation Information. 48 3.6 Setting Up the Clock and Time Zone . 48 3.7 Specifying the Installation Settings for the SLES Base and OES Installation . 48 3.7.1 Setting Up Disk Partitions . 49 3.7.2 Customizing the Software Selections . 52 3.7.3 Accepting the Installation Settings. 54 3.8 Specifying Configuration Information . 55 3.8.1 Specifying the Password for the System Administrator “root” . 55 3.8.2 Specifying the Hostname and Domain Name . 55 3.8.3 Specifying Network Configuration Settings . 56 3.8.4 Testing the Connection to the Internet . 59 3.8.5 Specifying Novell Customer Center Configuration Settings . 59 3.8.6 Updating the Server Software . 61 3.8.7 Specifying Service Configuration Settings. 63 3.8.8 Typical and Custom OES Configuration . 65 3.8.9 Specifying LDAP Configuration Settings . 67 3.8.10 Specifying eDirectory Configuration Settings . 69 3.8.11 Configuring OES Services . .77 3.8.12 Configuration Guidelines for OES Services. 78 3.9 Finishing the Installation. 107 3.10 Verifying That the Installation Was Successful. 107 3.11 What's Next . 108 4 Installing or Configuring OES 2015 SP1 on an Existing Server 109 4.1 Before You Install OES Services on an Existing Server. 109 4.1.1 Always Use YaST to Install and Initially Configure OES Services . 109 4.1.2 Don’t Install OES While Running the Xen Kernel . 110 4.1.3 If You Want OES to Use a Local eDirectory Database on the Server . 110 4.2 Adding/Configuring OES Services on an Existing Server . 110 4.3 Adding/Configuring OES Services on a Server That Another Administrator Installed . 114 4.4 What's Next . 114 5 Upgrading to OES 2015 SP1 115 5.1 Supported Upgrade Paths . 115 5.2 Planning for the Upgrade to OES 2015 SP1 . 116 5.2.1 Be Sure to Check the Readme . 116 5.2.2 Always Upgrade SLES and OES at the Same Time . 116 5.2.3 Understanding the Implications for Other Products Currently Installed on.