Install Suse

SUSE Product Topics SLES Install-Boot
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Hello to all,

Perhaps a stupid question, I am new to Suse; What is the difference between SLE-15-SP1-Installer-DVD-x86_64-[COLOR="#FF0000"]GM[/COLOR]-DVD1.iso and SLE-15-SP1-Installer-DVD-x86_64-[COLOR="#FF0000"]QU1[/COLOR]-DVD1.iso

regards, Alfons

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Hi and welcome to the forum (and to SUSE)!

Can you share some information - maybe a link - to the latter iso? I’m not aware of “QU1” ISOs. “GM” means “golden master” and is the state of the product at release date. Prior to GM there are release candidates “RC” during development, but I have never read about “QU”.

Regards,
Eugen

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Eugen, that confused the heck out of me too, I thought suddenly I had to download 2x the ISO’s!

However, if you read some way further down the download page, you’ll see an explanation of the ISO’s in question. The QU DVD ISO’s are apparently a “Quarterly Update” where if you look each 3 months, the newest ones have all the patches/fixes/updates from the GA/GM release up until THAT QUARTER. Or something like that. Anyway, here’s the text from that page.

[QUOTE]Media Selection
For both, the Installation Medium as well as the Packages Medium, two flavours exist:

The first, containing’GM’ in the filename consists of the package set as shipped at first customer shipment date.
The second, identified by a ‘QU’ followed by a number in the filename, consists of the packages shipped at first customer ship, but all packages where maintenance updates have been released since then have been updated to the latest maintenance update. Quarterly updated media are refreshed every 3 months.
You only need either the ‘GM’ or the ‘QU’ media, not both. Which to choose, the GM or the QU version depends on your needs and preferences. If you have newer hardware, the QU version might be the better choice. The installation procedure is identical for both flavours.

For both flavours it is recommended to install the latest updates released since creating the images.

Both, the installer medium and the packages medium are the same for all SLE products and only need to be downloaded once.

SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 is available for the following architectures. Images for a specific architecture can be identified by the respective acronym in the filenames:

Files with “x86_64” in the name are for the AMD64 and Intel* 64 platforms.
Files with “s390x” in the name are for IBM* z System or LinuxONE.
Files with “ppc64le” in the name are for the IBM* Power LE platform.
Files with “aarch64” in the name are for the Arm* 64 platform.
For each architecture and media flavour two images are available:

DVD1 Required for the installation
DVD2 Source code, only required to rebuild applications on the installer or packages medium.[/QUOTE]

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Ah, I was not aware of the quarterly updates, thanks for the hint. But that should clarify it, I guess. But be aware that the installer DVD is only for a minimal OS, you’ll need the Packages DVD to add further packages of your choice during or after the OS installation.

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Thanks for the answers, it’s clear now.

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Just one other question. I’ve been reading a lot and I am a little confused.
There are two different Install ISO files.

  1. Suse Linux enterprise Server 15 SP1
  2. Suse Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

What is the difference, with both You have the option to Install Suse Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1

Thanks in Advance, Alfons

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[QUOTE=alfonsvelthof;59208]Just one other question. I’ve been reading a lot and I am a little confused.
There are two different Install ISO files.

  1. Suse Linux enterprise Server 15 SP1
  2. Suse Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

What is the difference, with both You have the option to Install Suse Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1

Thanks in Advance, Alfons[/QUOTE]

Historically SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications required different media to install than “regular” SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. With SLES15 this has changed as you’ve observed - now the same SLES15 install media can be used to install both and you’ll notice the -GM-DVD.iso images are the same whether you get them via the “regular” SLES download page or SLES for SAP Applications.

HTH.

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Thanks Simon…