Open Enterprise Server: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:11, 16 December 2023

Revision as of 01:03, 18 December 2023

Line 47:

}}

'''Open Enterprise Server'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Emerson Process Management |date=October 31, 2023 |title=OpenEnterpriseTM SCADA Suite |url=https://www.emerson.com/documents/automation/brochure-openenterprise-scada-suite-version-2-83-en-132608.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031172853/https://www.emerson.com/documents/automation/brochure-openenterprise-scada-suite-version-2-83-en-132608.pdf |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=Emerson |format=PDF}}</ref> ('''OES''') is a [[Server (computing)|server]] [[operating system]] published by [[OpenText]]. It was first published by [[Novell]] in March 2005 to succeed their [[NetWare]] product.<ref name="Morgan">{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/13/novell_open_enterprise_server_11/ |last=Prickett Morgan |first=Timothy |date=13 December 2011 |title=NetWare-Linux Love Child Turned Up to 11 |website=[[The Register]] |access-date=2017-02-07}}</ref>.

Unlike NetWare, OES is a [[Linux distribution]]—specifically, one based on [[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Rouse |first=Margaret |date=December 21, 2011 |title=Open Enterprise Server |url=https://www.techopedia.com/definition/26069/open-enterprise-server-oes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810085220/https://www.techopedia.com/definition/26069/open-enterprise-server-oes |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=Techopedia}}</ref> The first major release of Open Enterprise Server (OES 1) could run either with a [[Linux kernel]] (with a [[NetWare]] [[compatibility layer]]) or Novell's [[NetWare]] [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel]] (with a [[Linux]] compatibility layer).<ref name="Morgan" /> Novell discontinued the NetWare kernel prior to the release of OES 2, but NetWare 6.5 SP7, and later SP8 can run as a [[Paravirtualization|paravirtualized]] [[Hardware virtualization#Paravirtualization|guest]] inside the [[Xen]] [[hypervisor]] (Officially supported until 7 March 2012, Novell self-supported until 7 March 2015).

=={{anchor|1.01|2.03}}OES 1 and OES 2 ==

Line 78:

* Added Automated / Unattended Upgrades from OES2

* New Novell Linux Volume Manager ( NLVM) provides easier storage management

* Novell released [[service pack]]s:

** OES 11 SP1, on 28 August 2012.

Line 91 ⟶ 90:

Micro Focus released OES 2018 in November 2017, with three service releases (the last being OES 2018 SP3 in July 2021). All releases were all based on SLES 12 and its service packs.

While SUSE was sold by Micro Focus in 2018,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Burton |first=Graham |date=2 July 2018 |title=Micro Focus to sell SUSE Linux to private equity firm for US$2.5bn |url=https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3035155/micro-focus-to-sell-suse-linux-to-private-equity-firm-for-usd25bn |magazine=[[Computing (magazine)|Computing]] |access-date=29 August 2018}}</ref>, SLES support and updates are included with an OES installation, provided at least one OES component is installed.

OES 2023 was released in October 2022, using a base of SLES 15 SP4. It includes a new Unified Management Console (UMC) to supersede iManager for server management, TLS 1.3 support and was bundled with NetIQ eDirectory 9.2.7.<ref name=v2023>{{cite web |url=https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/open-enterprise-server/2023/unified_management_console/overview.html|title=What's New or Changed in OES 2023 |access-date= 16 December 2023}}</ref>.

Breaking with previous convention, OES 23.4 (rather than SP1) was released in October 2023, and was rebranded to [[OpenText]],<ref name=v23.4>{{cite web |url=https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/open-enterprise-server/23.4/oes_readme/t4f3jxli8w2p.html#t4me07gaejta|title=What's New or Changed in OES 23.4 |access-date= 16 December 2023}}</ref>, after their purchase of Micro Focus earlier in the year. General support was extended to 3 years from the usual 2 years of previous releases.<ref name=sles_entitlement>{{cite web |url=https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023123|title=SLES support entitlement with OWS products |access-date= 16 December 2023}}</ref>

== Release summary ==