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10 years + 3 years (extended support) ► June (1)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11/12/15 got ► May (1)

10 years + ELS 13-year life cycle support, with 10 years of ► March (1)
RHEL 5/6/7 does gets support for 10 years in General Support and 3 years of Extended ► January (1)
Full Support, Maintenance Support 1 & Support.
► 2018 (11)
Maintenance Support 2 Phases followed by an
► 2017 (7)
Extended Life Phase. Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS) can
► 2016 (4)
extend the support duration for service packs.
► 2015 (2)
For RHEL 5/6 there is add-on subscription This can purchased as an additional 12 to 36
Product Support ► 2014 (7)
called Extended Life-cycle Support (ELS) months in twelve month increments. This
Lifecycle*
which could be purchased to get support means that total of 3 to 5 years of support
behind Maintenance Support 2 Phase. would be provided on Service Pack.

Red Hat has simplified the support policy SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 or 9 might have 10
with the release of RHEL8. It is supported years life cycle support.
under 3 phases here: Full Support (5 years),
Maintenance Support (5 years) & Extended *Major releases are published every four years.
Life Phase (2 years). Service packs are published every 12-14
months.

Red Hat offers supports to its customers in 3 SUSE Offers Support Subscription in two
types subscription basis: modes:
- Self Support Subscription
- Standard Support Subscription - Standard Subscription:
- Premium Support Subscription It provides 12 x 5 support coverage with 2
hours response time for Severity 1 cases & 4
Self Support is only for non-production and
Customer Support hours for Severity 2 cases. For Severity 3/4
development systems which doesn't get
& Subscription cases it would be 'Next Bus Day' response.
technical support from Red Hat. It is available
Types *(license)
only for physical setup.
- Priority Subscription:
Standard & Premium does provide technical It provides 24 x 7 support coverage with 1 hour
support via phone and web. Standard provides response time for Severity 1 & 2 hours for
support only during standard business hours, Severity 2 cases. For Severity 3 the response
however, Premium customers would get 24 x time would be 4 hours & 'Next Business Day'
7 support coverage with 1 hour response time response time for Severity 4 cases.
for Sev 1 cases & 2 hours for Sev 2 cases.
EVENTS & EXTRAS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, Standard Red Hat Global Events &
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, x86 & x86-64, Global Fedora Events Cal
(Physical or Virtual Nodes) : SUSE Linux & Other Even
1-2 Sockets or 1-2 Virtual Machines:
- US$349 (Self-Support) Red Hat Technology & So
- US$799 (Standard Subscription)
- US$799 (Standard Support) Videos
- US$1,499 (Priority Subscription) Red Hat Documentation
- US$1,299 (Premium Support)
Subscription Cost* Red Hat Youtube Videos
Fedora Discussion
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, x86 & x86-64,
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deployments) : ARCHIVED PAGES
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RHEL 7 v/s 6 Differenc

First Enterprise [Link]

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, October 31,
Release, Date & RHEL 2.1 GA, 2002-03-23 & 2.4.9-e.3 major-difference-between-
2000 for S/390 [Link]
Kernel Version

Latest Enterprise RHEL 8 GA, 2019-05-07 & SLES15 SP1, Aug-07-2019 &
Release, Date & 4.18.0-80 4.12.14-197.15.1
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Kernel Version*

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There is a dedicated file which In SLES11, there is "/etc/SuSE-release"

maintenance the release version details which which provides the release details, however, in
How to check for
is "/etc/redhat-release". Also, there is SLES12/15 this has been deprecated and there
release version?
"/etc/os-release" file which is uniquely used is only "/etc/os-release" which provides this
in most distros which can provided release details.
details.

- EXT3 in RHEL5
- EXT4 in RHEL6
- XFS in RHEL7/8 - EXT3 in SLES11
- BTRFS in SLES12/15
Default File XFS is a robust and mature 64-bit journaling
System* file system that supports very large files and With SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, BTRFS is the
file systems on a single host. It is the default default file system for the operating system and
file system in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8. XFS is the default for all other use cases.

The BTRFS file system has been removed in

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
- Using 'zypper', 'rpm', 'yast' commands.
Also, using Yast2 utility & SUSE Manager as
- Using 'yum', 'rpm' and DNF (in RHEL8 well.
on-wards) commands & using PackageKit or
Package/Software
by Satellite interface as well. The 'dnf' Zypper is a command line package manager
Management
command is the advanced version of 'yum' for installing, updating and removing packages.
command. It also manages repositories. Yast is another
CONTACT ME.
nice utility which could do everything inside a
SUSE box. Name

The 'CREATE_HOME' parameter by The 'CREATE_HOME' is set to 'no' in the Email *

default is set to 'yes' in the file file "/etc/[Link]", hence, when using
"/etc/[Link]" which creates users home 'useradd' command need to use '-m' to create
directory when executed locally. local user along with home directory. Message *
Behaviour Change
of useradd
Command Example: The command "# useradd test" Example: The command "# useradd -m test"
when executed as root or root privileged user when executed as root or root privileged user
would create a local user by name test with would create a local user by name test with Send
home directory as '/home/test'. home directory as '/home/test'.
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- RHEL8/7 uses firewalld - SLES15 uses firewalld 1 3 3 5 3
This daemon (service) comes from ‘firewalld’ In default installation mode, firewalld is active,
3
package which is installed by default in ‘base’ enabled and configured to be active in public
installation mode, however, not in ‘minimal’ zone which blocks all incoming traffic by
mode. By default, rules are active on default default.
Kernel Firewall
zone which is 'public zone'.
Implementation - SLES12 uses SuSEFirewall2
- RHEL6 and earlier version uses iptables
SuSEFirewall2 is active and the network
In earlier RHEL6.x version there is ‘iptables’ interfaces are configured to be in the External
being used which is a well-known netfilter Zone which blocks incoming traffic in default
program. installation setup.

The default display server is Wayland used

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server includes the
by Gnome Display Manager in RHEL
Graphical User [Link] server and the GNOME desktop. The
[Link] server is the default display server in
Interface [Link] server is the de facto standard for
RHEL 7 (GNOME3 & KDE 4.10). GNOME2
implementing the X11 protocol.
is used in RHEL6/5 versions.

Upgrade Paths* - From RHEL6 to RHEL7 - Upgrade from SLES11 to SLES12

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latest minor release of RHEL6 to RHEL7. For SLES12SP4. For further details, please visit:

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further details visit the below web link: [Link]
[Link] 12/book_sle_deployment/data/sec_update_sle_
[Link]
- From RHEL7 to RHEL8
- Upgrade from SLES12 to SLES15
Upgrade from RHEL7 to RHEL8 is also
supported. Only on Server variant & Intel 64 Upgrading from SLES12SP3 or SLES12SP4 is
architecture. There are other limitations and only supported via an offline upgrade.
pre-requisites to be met, so for further details SLES12SP3 can be upgraded to SLES15 &
visit the below web link: SLES12SP4 can be upgraded to SLES15SP1.
[Link]
us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/upgrading_to_rhel - Upgrade from SLES10 and older versions
_8/requirements-and-known-limitationsupgrading-to- is not officially supported.
rhel-8
- Also, there is a direct upgrade path from
- Upgrade from RHEL5.x is not officially SLES11SP4 to SLES15.
supported.
For further details, please
refer:[Link]
15/book_sle_upgrade/data/sec_upgrade-
paths_supported.html
Red Hat Satellite

Red Hat Satellite is a system management SUSE Manager

solution that enables you to deploy, configure,
and maintain systems across physical, virtual,SUSE Manager is an infrastructure
and cloud environments. Satellite provides management solution for software-defined IT
provisioning, remote management and environment. It is designed to help enterprise
System
monitoring of multiple Red Hat Enterprise DevOps and IT Operations teams to reduce
Management (Life
Linux deployments with a single, centralized complexity and regain control of IT and IoT
Cycle,
tool. assets, increase efficiency while meeting
Patch & Asset
security policies and optimize operations with
Management….)
Red Hat Satellite Server synchronizes the automation to reduce costs.
content from Red Hat Customer Portal, and
provides functionality including fine-grained SUSE Manager provides complete control and
life cycle management, user and group role- visibility into IT resources and life cycles, from
based access control, integrated subscription asset management to redeployment.
management, as well as advanced GUI, CLI,
and API access.
In Red Hat, updates are released in 3 levels:

Red Hat Security Advisory (RHSA): All SUSE provides updates with different
critical and must be installed vulnerability relevance levels:
updates.
Security Updates: Fix severe security hazards
Red Hat Bugfix Adivisory (RHBA): RHBA and should always be installed.
Updates, Severity
advisories always contain one or more bug
Level & Types
fixes, may contain enhancements, but do not Recommended Updates: Fix issues that could
contain security fixes. compromise your computer.

Red Hat Enhancement Advisory (RHEA): Optional Updates: Fix non-security relevant
RHEA advisories contain one or more issues or provide enhancements.
enhancements or new features, and they do
not contain bug fixes or security fixes.
Live Kernel Using kpatch Using Kernel Live Patching (KLP) in
Patching SLES15
*Starting with RHEL 7.7 (GA Aug 6 2019), KLP is a live patching technology for runtime
and coming soon to RHEL 8 and RHEL 7.6, patching of the Linux kernel, without stopping
live kernel patches will be available on the the kernel. This maximizes system uptime, and
Red Hat Content Delivery Network(CDN) thus system availability, which is important for
and can be installed via the yum command. mission-critical systems. By enabling dynamic
Live kernel patching capability is patching of the kernel, the technology also
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implemented as a kernel module (kmod) that encourages users to install critical security
is delivered as an RPM. updates without deferring them to a scheduled

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downtime.
*This is not supported on RHEL6/5 versions.

Using Kgraft in SLES12

kGraft is a live patching technology for

runtime patching of the Linux kernel, without
stopping the kernel. *This is not supported in
SLES11.
Using [Link] parameter
Using installonly_limit parameter

In SLES, the number of kernels to keep in the

In RHEL, it is defined using the
system is automatically decided by the
"installonly_limit" parameter set in
parameter “[Link]" which is set
'/etc/[Link]' or '/etc/dnf/[Link]' (in
in the file '/etc/zypp/[Link]' as shown
RHEL8) file as shown below:
below:
Control No. of
Kernels Available installonly_limit=2
[Link] = latest,latest-1,running
Automatically
The above line makes sure that the system
When system is rebooted after the installation
always keeps latest (running) kernel along
of a new kernel, the system will keep 2 kernels:
with its immediate predecessors. Hence, any
the current kernel (configured as
older kernels would be removed
latest,running) and its next immediate
automatically.
predecessors (configured as latest-1).
Using SOSREPORT

Using Supportconfig
Complete system configuration and log details
could be collected in one archived &
Generating System Same amount of data that gets generated when
compressed file which could be used later as a
Config/Report using SOSREPORT would be done by this
reference or base line for configuration file
command in SUSE systems. This command
comparison or could be sent to support team
belongs to the "supportutils" package.
for analysis. The package to which this
command belongs to is "sos".

Using kickstart
Using AutoYaST
All required parameters for installation could
Automated System
be provided using an answer file (which is AutoYaST is a system for unattended mass
Installation
called kickstart file) that is used to deploy deployment of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
systems automatically without manual systems.
intervention.

These comparisons are based on Server Enterprise versions of Red Hat & SUSE.
*as of now data, at the time of writing this blog page. This could change down the line.

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