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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMwareLeverage the Power of Linux on vSphere

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VMware – The Proven Market Leader

Company Overview$3.7 B in 2011 revenue

11,000 employees worldwide

5th largest infrastructure SW company

Proven in the Trenches150,000+ VMware Customers

100% of Fortune 100

100% of Fortune Global 100

96% of Fortune 1000

95% of Fortune Global 500

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SUSE – Technology, Interoperability, Reliability

Scalability and storage support 1024+ CPUs across 3 architectures XFS scalable filesystem support OCFS2 – best scaling open source cluster

filesystem (50+ TiB)Integrated systems management stack YaST2 – consistent from installation to daily

operations AutoYaST – unattended installation and

unattended major version upgrades ZYpp package and patch management:

fastest open source stack

High Availability Leadership in implementing and productizing

the next generation open source HA stack First enterprise Linux to support a fully open

source, POSIX conforming cluster filesystem

(OCFS2) CIFS cluster with concurrent writes

(OCFS2+Samba) Support for host based mirroring (MD and

DRBD)

Virtualization First enterprise Linux to support Xen First enterprise Linux to deliver KVM First enterprise Linux to be supported with

Windows as guest and host (Interoperability) Only enterprise Linux to be provided by

VMware itself

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Interoperability Infrastructure (IPv6) and UNIX systems

(NFSv4) Scalable network filesystem (pNFS) Windows systems (CIFS, Active

Directory) Virtualization and cloud

Support Windows as guest OS Support on all major hypervisors

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SUSE and VMware Strategic Relationship

SLES is the only enterprise Linux for which vSphere customers are entitled to maintenance for the duration of their VMware SnS contract.

SLES is the only enterprise Linux for which VMware provides direct phone support.

SLES is the standard integrated OS for all VMware soft appliances such as vCenter, vPostgres, vCloud Director, vShield Manager, vSphere Management Assistant, vCOPs

SUSE is the only Linux provider with whom VMware has a backend L3 support agreement

SUSE and VMware are working together to optimize Linux experience on vSphere

– Easier deployment, better tools integration, performance optimization

 

  

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VMware’s Offer for Enterprise Linux on vSphere

vSphere customers receive SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware – at no additional cost!• Qualified vSphere customers with active VMware SnS contracts are entitled to SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server for VMware• SLES for VMware comes with free subscription to patches / updates at no additional cost • Unlimited VMs per host

Purchase technical support for Linux directly from VMware• A single source for support vSphere and SLES from VMware’s Global Support Services• Support is available at both Basic (12x5) and Production (24x7) levels

Description VMware SKU Price

Basic (12x5) Support (per HOST) for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware for 1 year

SLES-HST-SA-GSUP-C $600

Basic (12x5) Support (per HOST) for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware for 3 years

SLES-HST-SA-3GSUP-C $1,600

Production (24x7) Support (per HOST) for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware for 1 year

SLES-HST-SA-PSUP-C $1,100

Production (24x7) Support (per HOST) for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware for 3 years

SLES-HST-SA-3PSUP-C $3,000

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The benefits of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware

Proven and reliable operating system

Based on the industry proven SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Lower costof ownership

Delivered at no additional cost over vSphere

Streamlinedsupport

Purchase technical supportdelivered directly by VMware

Increased ITagility

Deploy unlimited VMsper vSphere host

Broad ISVsupport

Recommended by SAP, Oracle, IBMOver 8,000 certified applications

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The Value of Linux on vSphere

SLES 11 SP2 based on the Linux 3.0 kernel has market-leading improvements in performance, reliability, security and hardware support

• Includes familiar administration tools that provide excellent usability

• Provides rock-solid reliability and availability for mission-critical deployments

• Recommended by ISVs such as SAP Oracle and IBM

• Certified for 8,500+ ISV applications

• Save 50 to 80% on hardware license and maintenance fees by migrating from RISC-based systems to x86, POWER, Itanium

• Consolidate operations on fewer operating systems and server platforms

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Why Choose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware

The most scalable and high performing Linux operating system – reliable and secure

Interoperability with UNIX- and Windows-Systems

Reference platform for enterprise applications, including SAP

Optimized to run on VMware vSphere

Built-in systems management – provides IT with more choices and greater flexibility

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Ready for Your Mission Critical Applications

SLES for VMware is ideally suited for mission-critical workloads that require outstanding reliability, performance and scalability, as well as other server workloads.

Target workloads include:• SAP applications• Other ERP, CRM and enterprise business applications, including Oracle applications• JEE applications and the underlying middleware infrastructures offered by IBM,

Oracle, SAP, Hitachi and others• Enterprise database environments, such as Oracle, IBM DB2, Sybase, PostgreSQL,

MySQL, ADABAS, InterBase and others• IT infrastructure• Web, network and storage infrastructure

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SUSE SAP Partnership#1 Linux Platform for SAP customers

SAP software has run on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server since 1999 70% of SAP customers on Linux choose SUSE Reference platform for SAP's software development Seamless 24x7 support through SAP Solution Manager SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is optimized for SAP software SLES is the only Linux platform for SAP solutions:

– SAP HANA (appliance)– SAP BWA (appliance)– SAP Business ByDesign (SaaS)– SAP StreamWork Enterprise Edition (SaaS)

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How to get started with SLES for VMware

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Activate your SLES for VMware Entitlement

Customers entitled to SLES for VMware will receive an email from VMware including the activation code to obtain the subscription to patches and updates to SLES for VMware at no cost

To activate the subscription the code must be registered in a SUSE portal:• If you are a SUSE customer and you have a SUSE account go to www.novell.com/register to

activate your subscription 

• If you are not an existing Novell customer, do not have SUSE account, go to www.vmware.com/go/activateslesforvmware to register and activate your subscription (Note: you will be redirected to a SUSE site)

To download SLES for VMware go to www.vmware.com/go/downloadslesforvmware (Note: you will be redirected to a SUSE site)

Got questions? Contact VMware Support www.vmware.com/support/us_support.html

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Resources and contacts

SLES for VMware website:

www.vmware.com/go/slesforvmware

Press release: www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/novell-vmw-partnership.html

Contact your local SUSE or VMware representative or partner.