Getting And Preparing Oes 2 Software; Do You Have Upgrade Protection; Do You Want 32-Bit Or 64-Bit Oes - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - PLANING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 11-10-2009 Implementation Manual

Getting and Preparing OES 2
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This section contains instructions for getting and preparing Open Enterprise Server 2 software and
discusses the following topics:
Section 4.1, "Do You Have Upgrade Protection?," on page 53
Section 4.2, "Do You Want 32-Bit or 64-Bit OES?," on page 53
Section 4.3, "Do You Want to Purchase OES 2 or Evaluate It?," on page 54
Section 4.4, "Evaluating OES 2 Software," on page 54
Section 4.5, "Licensing," on page 57
If you have not already done so, we recommend that you review the information in
"Understand Your Installation Options," on page

4.1 Do You Have Upgrade Protection?

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If you have Novell Upgrade Protection, you can upgrade to OES 2 and the associated support
packs, free of charge until your upgrade protection expires. After your protection expires, the OES 2
upgrade link disappears from your account page.
For more information and to start the upgrade process, do the following:
1 Using your Novell account information, log in to the
nps).
2 Click Customer Center and log in, using your Novell account username and password to access
the Novell Customer Center home page.
3 Follow the instructions on the page to obtain the upgrade to Open Enterprise Server 2.

4.2 Do You Want 32-Bit or 64-Bit OES?

Compatibility is the first thing to consider as you start planning which software to download and
install.
OES 2 is a set of services or an "add-on product" that runs on SUSE
(SLES 10) and is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. These two versions are required for
compatibility with SLES 10 and the server hardware that it runs on. Having two versions of OES
introduces a little more complexity into your planning, as illustrated in
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Novell Web Site (http://www.novell.com/
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Getting and Preparing OES 2 Software

Section 3.11,
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