SLES Registration

Often in corporate environment there is a single registration code for all boxes ( your_company_reg_number).

In this cases all you need to register a new box is to run suse_register and supply the code and your email address.

suse_register -a regcode-sles=your_company_reg_number -a email=YourEmailAddress

You can do it also in GUI via YAST: see page 1-39 of your course 3072 on how to do it with YAST

You generally do not need to do anything on Novell site like assign groups unless you want to.

Moving systems to new  activation code at the end of support contract

Each year the Novell registration code that Novell provided with your support contract expires and you need to move systems from the old registration code to a new registration code (the latter is provided with the support contact for the next year). Here is pretty convoluted procedure on how to do it:  

• Get the new registration code cut it into the browser buffer, for example:

  Activation Code: E12346789FF123

  Product Subscription Name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
  Type: FULL, Order # 1123456
  Purchase Used/Count: 1 / 14 (0 virtual)
  Expiration Date: 31 Oct 2009
  Purchased/Entitled: Purchased
• Select the system in old activation code view
• Click on the the move button (<--> button in the bottom). A move window will appear.  At thevery bootom there will be a window to past the new activation code and move buttom
• Paste the registration code into the bottom form field of the window
• Click on Move and hope that you will sucess.
• Note: if one system works OK then you can select all other systems and move then in one chunk. that saves time

If this does not work then you can use another trick.

• Open you new license and go tot he system tab. You will see the "+" botton at the bottom.
• Add systems using this button using the banes you see in old registration window
• manually delete the old systems.

See also

• NOVELL Registering and Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise 10

Old News ;-)

How to register SLE 10 using the command line

This document (3030847) is provided subject to the disclaimer at the end of this document.

Environment

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
 

Situation

Registration through a command line utility is needed because registering (or activating) the system through YaST (Novell Customer Center Configuration) is not working or the customer requires a command line solution.

Resolution

The following examples of thesuse_registercommand can be used to perform the registration:

For SLED 10:
 

suse_register -a regcode-sled=YourActivationCode -a email=YourEmailAddress
 

For SLES 10:
 

suse_register -a regcode-sles=YourActivationCode -a email=YourEmailAddress
 

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