Environment
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux
Situation
Registration through a command line utility is needed because registering (or activating) the system through YaST (Software -> Novell Customer Center Configuration) is not working or a command line solution is required.
Resolution
suse_register is the application that is being called from YaST2 to register the system with Novell's Customer Center.
The following are examples of the "suse_register" command to perform the registration:
For SLED 10/11:
For SLED 10/11:
suse_register -a regcode-sled=YourActivationCode -a email=YourEmailAddress -L /root/.suse_register.log
For SLES 10/11:
suse_register -a regcode-sles=YourActivationCode -a email=YourEmailAddress -L /root/.suse_register.log
For OES2 (including SLES10 base registration):
suse_register -a regcode-sles=YourActivationCode -a regcode-oes=YourActivationCode -a email=YourEmailAddress -L /root/.suse_register.log
If the system name needs to be provided too add the option "-a moniker=NAME" to the command.
Additional Information
suse_register --help will list all available options.
to get debug for problems:
suse_register -d 3 -a regcode-sles=YourActivationCode -a email=YourEmailAddress -L suse_register-d3.log
suse_register is located in the /usr/bin directory and provided by the package suseRegister.
Change Log
2011-03-03 mlatimer Added SLE-11
2009-06-18 swehnert Added -a moniker option
2009-06-18 swehnert Added -a moniker option
2009-03-18 fhassel Added the logfile parameter
