OES2/SUSE 10 patches and subscription

Hi, just purchased OES2, am presently on NW65 but will look at moving to 
SUSE 10 for my OES2 service this year.  My question is after I obtained my 
license certificates, I received an email that I'm eligible for 1 year to 
download patches and so on.

Does this mean that:
- after a year that I can't download patches and fixes like I've been able 
to do since forever with my NetWare software?
- Or is it simply the case that I can't download updates for newer versions 
(such as SUSE 11 or whatever the next release is) after a year, but I can 
from now to eternity download updates that Novell makes available for SUSE 
10 and OES2?

I'm guessing the latter since this is how software patch downloads are 
normally handled, it was simply the way the email was phrased that had me 
thinking...

Thanks
James 

JJB wrote:
> Hi, just purchased OES2, am presently on NW65 but will look at moving to 
> SUSE 10 for my OES2 service this year.  My question is after I obtained my

> license certificates, I received an email that I'm eligible for 1 year to 
> download patches and so on.
> 
> Does this mean that:
> - after a year that I can't download patches and fixes like I've been able

> to do since forever with my NetWare software?
> - Or is it simply the case that I can't download updates for newer versions

> (such as SUSE 11 or whatever the next release is) after a year, but I can 
> from now to eternity download updates that Novell makes available for SUSE

> 10 and OES2?
> 
> I'm guessing the latter since this is how software patch downloads are 
> normally handled, it was simply the way the email was phrased that had me 
> thinking...
> 
> Thanks
> James 
> 
> 

I think you have it correct. From my experience...


But try an OES forum... :-)

novell.support.open-enterprise-server.linux.administration


-- 
Will R

Sorry but should have specified in my earlier post that the message I 
received from support@novell.com mentioned "Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 
Server" in the message, hence why I posted it here.  I received SUSE as
part 
of the OES2 upgrade is what I meant, but the notification was about SUSE 
updates, which I would expect to be eligible for as long as they're being 
made for 10.x or whatever Novell considers a new version (perhaps 
10.5...??).

Cheers

"WillR" <willr@pmccl.com> wrote in message 
news:LYvhj.18058$k06.5398@kovat.provo.novell.com...
> JJB wrote:
>> Hi, just purchased OES2, am presently on NW65 but will look at moving
to 
>> SUSE 10 for my OES2 service this year.  My question is after I obtained

>> my license certificates, I received an email that I'm eligible for 1
year 
>> to download patches and so on.
>>
>> Does this mean that:
>> - after a year that I can't download patches and fixes like I've been 
>> able to do since forever with my NetWare software?
>> - Or is it simply the case that I can't download updates for newer 
>> versions (such as SUSE 11 or whatever the next release is) after a
year, 
>> but I can from now to eternity download updates that Novell makes 
>> available for SUSE 10 and OES2?
>>
>> I'm guessing the latter since this is how software patch downloads are

>> normally handled, it was simply the way the email was phrased that had
me 
>> thinking...
>>
>> Thanks
>> James
>
> I think you have it correct. From my experience...
>
>
> But try an OES forum... :-)
>
> novell.support.open-enterprise-server.linux.administration
>
>
> -- 
> Will R
> PMC Consulting 

JJB wrote:
> Sorry but should have specified in my earlier post that the message I 
> received from support@novell.com mentioned "Novell SUSE Linux
Enterprise 
> Server" in the message, hence why I posted it here.  I received SUSE
as part 
> of the OES2 upgrade is what I meant, but the notification was about SUSE 
> updates, which I would expect to be eligible for as long as they're being 
> made for 10.x or whatever Novell considers a new version (perhaps 
> 10.5...??).
> 
> Cheers
> 
> "WillR" <willr@pmccl.com> wrote in message 
> news:LYvhj.18058$k06.5398@kovat.provo.novell.com...
>> JJB wrote:
>>> Hi, just purchased OES2, am presently on NW65 but will look at
moving to 
>>> SUSE 10 for my OES2 service this year.  My question is after I
obtained 
>>> my license certificates, I received an email that I'm eligible for
1 year 
>>> to download patches and so on.
>>>
>>> Does this mean that:
>>> - after a year that I can't download patches and fixes like I've
been 
>>> able to do since forever with my NetWare software?
>>> - Or is it simply the case that I can't download updates for newer

>>> versions (such as SUSE 11 or whatever the next release is) after a
year, 
>>> but I can from now to eternity download updates that Novell makes 
>>> available for SUSE 10 and OES2?
>>>
>>> I'm guessing the latter since this is how software patch downloads
are 
>>> normally handled, it was simply the way the email was phrased that
had me 
>>> thinking...
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> James
>> I think you have it correct. From my experience...
>>
>>
>> But try an OES forum... :-)
>>
>> novell.support.open-enterprise-server.linux.administration
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Will R
>> PMC Consulting 
> 
> 

This is the OPEN SUse Forum section....
Try the novell.suse groups.

Open Suse is quite a different beast.

-- 
Will R