Completing The Oes 2 Sp2 Vm Guest Installation; Upgrading An Oes 2 Vm Guest To Oes 2 Sp2; Upgrading An Oes 2 Vm Guest By Using The Update Channel; Performing An Offline Upgrade - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

10.4.4 Completing the OES 2 SP2 VM Guest Installation

1 Follow the on-screen prompts, using the information contained in the following sections:
1a Section 3.3.4, "Setting Up the Clock and Time Zone," on page
1b Section 3.3.5, "Specifying the Installation Settings for the SLES Base and OES
Installation," on page
1c Section 3.3.6, "Specifying Configuration Information," on page
During the configuration portion of the installation, you might see additional prompts
concerning hardware detection of the network cards, DSL, PPPoE DSL, ISDN cards, and
modems.
When you specify the time source during the eDirectory configuration, use the same time
source as the eDirectory tree you are installing the server into.
After the installation, enable the virtual machine's Independent Wall Clock setting and
reboot the virtual machine so it can synchronize its time correctly. For more information
on this configuration issue,
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1d Section 3.4, "Finishing the Installation," on page
During the hardware configuration, graphics and sound cards are not recognized when
installing OES 2 SP2 as a VM guest.
2 Complete the server setup by following the procedures in
Installation or Upgrade Tasks," on page
10.5 Upgrading an OES 2 VM Guest to OES 2
SP2
Section 10.5.1, "Upgrading an OES 2 VM Guest by Using the Update Channel," on page 184
Section 10.5.2, "Performing an Offline Upgrade," on page 184
10.5.1 Upgrading an OES 2 VM Guest by Using the Update
Channel
Patching or updating an OES 2 SP2 VM guest is essentially the same as updating an OES 2 SP2
physical server. For instructions on updating a physical OES 2 SP2 server, see
the Patch Channel to Upgrade (Online)," on page

10.5.2 Performing an Offline Upgrade

NOTE: If you are upgrading by using a network location or an ISO file, the process is quite lengthy.
Physical media upgrades are not supported.
If your guest VMs have access to a patch channel, we recommend that you upgrade by using the
patch channel. See
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