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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12

Māris Smilga

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SUSE® Linux Enterprise 12

Best ManagedTowards Zero Downtime

Made for Cloud

MostInteroperableOS

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SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 introducing

Kernel 3.12– The third release based on Linux kernel 3.x,

Filesystems: XFS and btrfs: get the best from both worlds

– Support for XFS for massive storage

– btrfs as the default file system

Virtualization: Linux Containers– Support Linux Containers (LXC)

– Better manageability and integration with hypervisors

– Docker as Technical Preview

OpenDatabase Support: MariaDB

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Lifecycle and Code Streams

• 13-year lifecycle for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and 12

• 10 years general support

• +3 years long-term support

Tentative – Dates subject to change

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12Long Term Service Pack Support for every service pack

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Lifecycle Model – where are we going

10 years lifecycle + 3 years Extended Support

• 13-year lifecycle (10 years general support, 3 years extended support)

• Long Term Service Pack Support available for all versions, including GA

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Increaseuptime

Improve operational efficiency

Accelerateinnovation

The advanced foundation for mission critical workloads

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Increaseuptime




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Important workloads: unplanned downtime as often as 2+ per Year!

https://www.suse.com/promo/zero-downtime/attaining-zero-downtime.html

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Downtime is more than loss of revenue

Source: Forrester/Disaster Recovery Journal November 2013 Global Disaster Recovery Preparedness Survey

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Increase Uptime and minimizeplanned and unplanned downtime• Minimize planned and unplanned downtime; help

meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

• Protect your mission-critical workloads

HighAvailability

Reliability, Availability,

Serviceability (RAS)

LivePatching

SystemRollback

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Exploiting Hardware RAS

Reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) were traditional UNIX features, now available and mature on Linux.

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Zero Interruption:Ready for Live Patching

Ready for SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching– Kernel live patching infrastructure built-in

– Works with zero execution interruption

Use Cases

https://www.suse.com/communities/conversations/need-kgraft-2/

In-memory Database

(SAP HANA)

Mission-critical Infrastructure

Services

Simulation Un-interrupted

Massive, Time-critical Deployment

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High Availability: increase uptime

SUSE leading Open Source High Availability Extension● Up to 99.9999% availability

● Rolling upgrades for less planned downtime

● Integrated cluster Disaster Recovery tools

● Easy setup, administration, management e.g. Cluster simulation to find problems in HA Cluster setup

● Virtualization agnostic and provided in the cloud

● On par with proprietary products

Geo Clustering Extension● Service failover at any distance – from local to geo,

providing business continuity.

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Improve Resiliency: Full System Rollback

• Rollback to a good state with one click for faster recovery from planned or unplanned downtime

• Support for service pack rollback

• Support for kernel upgrade

• Based on btrfs and Snapper, bootloader integration

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Maximize Output & Minimized Cost

● Made for cloud

● Easy-to-use tools

● Protect existing investment with focus on Interoperability

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Made for the CloudH

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Available in Public Clouds

Dual Hypervisor Support Cloud Hosts

Perfect Guest

Gu

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In the CloudsIn Your Data Center

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Made for the CloudG

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In the CloudsIn Your Data Center

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Easy-to-Use Tools

– YaST and AutoYaST: now in Ruby, more open for customization

– Wicked: to manage ever-complicated network configuration e.g. vLan, virtualization, bridging, IPv6, etc. Network configuration as a service with smooth adoption & migration

– Installer - Leading system installation technology. Improved installation workflow

– Interactive as well as unattended upgrade (offline, in place) on all architectures

– Machinery - Advanced Systems Management

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Interoperability

• VMware Tools Integration

• SAMBA4 ,server-side copy improvements

• Microsoft System Center Operations Manager integration with SUSE Manager

• Virtual Machine Driver Pack

VMware

Microsoft

OpenSource Database

MariaDB support

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Introducing MariaDB support

Scalable and high available Open Source Database Alternative:

– Enabling Data, Analytics and Innovation

– Backward Compatibility replacement with Zero Effort for mySQL

– Fully supported by SUSE and MariaDB Corporation

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Accelerate Innovation

Easy access to new versions of open source software

Fast access to partner innovations

Reduce time to value with SUSE ecosystem

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Modules: An Easier Way to Get New Enhancements• Easier access to the latest updates

• Different lifecycles, ranging from continuous update to three years

• Fully maintained and supported

• Included in subscription without additional cost

• Five optional modules besides of base OS

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Modules: A Closer Look

Module Name Content Lifecycle

Web and Scripting Module

“PHP”, “Python”, “Ruby on Rails” 3 years

Legacy ModuleSendmail, old IMAP stack, old Java, etc.

3 years

Public Cloud Module Public cloud initialization code and tools

Continuous Integration

Toolchain Module GCC Yearly delivery

Advanced Systems Management Module

cfengine, puppet and the new "machinery" tool

Continuous Integration

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SUSE SolidDriver Program: Same-Day Hardware Enablement

New Hardware

Server

Workloads

SUSE SolidDriver Program

- Tools- Specs- ProcessHardware

Vendor

Kernel Drivers

- Uniform- Consistent- Proven- Compatible

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More Choices: Broad Ecosystem

• Intel 64 / AMD64• POWER8 LE• System z

Yes!certifications

Thousands of ISV applications

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Summary SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

• 99.999% Available possible

• Exceeding Unix

• Ease of installation

• Ease of system management and maintenance

• Lower operational expenditure

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Thank you.

Questions?

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Backup slides

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Base SystemProvide more than Unix

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SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

Technology Highlights

• 64-bit hardware is the future– 64-bit kernels only– Execution of 32-bit applications fully supported

via 32-bit execution environment on top of 64-bit kernel

• Virtualization– Xen and KVM support– 64-bit host; 64-bit and 32-bit guests

• Linux Kernel 3.12 based• Systemd replaces SysVInit• Boot process

– Grub2 (bootloader)– Dracut (initrd building)

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Common Code Base & Architectures

SUSE Linux Enterprise platform

Server Desktop SDK HA Cloud

Binary Code BaseIntel 64 IBM POWER IBM System z

Common (Source) Code Base

• Foundation for all SUSE® products• Fully supported core system • Choose the right architecture for your workload

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Choice where choice is due

• Virtualization and Hypervisors– Xen– KVM– Linux Containers (libvirt-lxc)– Docker (Technology Preview)

• Filesystems– btrfs – default for the OS– xfs – default for data– extX-family

• Hardware Architectures• Open Source Databases

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Security and Compliance

Planned Certifications:• FIPS 140-2

– OpenSSL– OpenSSH client and server– Strongswan (IPSec based VPNs)– Kernel Crypto API– …

http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140InProcess.pdf

• Common Criteria Certification• IPv6 recertification

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SUSE® Linux Enterprise

Unix to Linux – Approach

From Unix ... … to SUSE Linux Enterprise

Proprietary

One Architecture

Interoperability as AddOn

Vendor specific Communities

Free and Open

Multiple Architectures

Interoperability as a Principle

Partner-, Customer- and Developer Community

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SUSE® Linux Enterprise

Unix to Linux – Technology

From Unix ... … to SUSE Linux Enterprise

Architecture specific Virtualization

Separate High Availability solutions

Static Configuration● SysVInit● Network scripts● CoW filesystems

Built-in Virtualization:Xen, KVM, Containers

Integrated High Availability solution

Dynamic Configuration● SystemD● Wicked● Snapper with D-BUS

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Local Systems Management

• Installer - Leading system installation technology

• Machinery - Advanced Systems Management

• Wicked: overhaul of network management– Cope with increasingly complex configurations– Benefits

● Network configuration as a service● Smooth adoption & migration

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Installer

• Reduced installation time and effort– Possibility to install directly with updates thanks to early

registration

• Manual Installation– Improved Workflow, no second stage– Early Network configuration – Multiple UI options

• Automated→ AutoYaST

• Customized– Write your own modules in Ruby

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Installer – Workflow

Reboot


Install without updates

Services

Install with updatesNetwork Register

Reboot

Installation Setup

Installation Setup

Log-in

Log-in


Wait

Wait

Reboot Network UpdateRegister Wait

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Network Management – “Wicked”

Goal• Cope with increasingly complex configurations• Data Center and End Users• Benefit

– Network configuration as a service– Smooth adoption & migration

Technical Attributes• Architecture-independent• Extensible• Small footprint • Event based

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Use Cases: Advanced Management, what you would like

Physical to Virtual (P2V) or Physical to Cloud (P2C) migrations and server consolidation

OS and/or application modernization

Disaster Recovery; (Backup and Restore)

Building and maintaining a “Golden Image” for the datacenter (but desktop/branch office scenarios as well)

Cluster/Scale-out scenarios

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“Machinery” the future of Systems Management

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Advanced Systems Management – Inspect, Validate, Show, Build

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Automated Deployment Model – forward lookingSystem Inspection in

Advanced Management Module

Your Project

Var

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Out

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sYaST /

AutoYaST

System Inspection in Advanced Management

Module

Build.....................Test..........Deploy

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