Open Enterprise Server

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Open Enterprise Server
Developer OpenText
OS family Linux (Unix-like) and NetWare
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open source / Closed source
Latest release OES 23.4 / October 2023;3 months ago (2023-10)
Marketing target
Package manager RPM Package Manager
Preceded by NetWare 6.5

Open Enterprise Server [1] (OES) is a server operating system published by OpenText. It was first published by Novell in March 2005 to succeed their NetWare product. [2]

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Unlike NetWare, OES is a Linux distribution—specifically, one based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. [3] The first major release of Open Enterprise Server (OES 1) could run either with a Linux kernel (with a NetWare compatibility layer) or Novell's NetWare kernel (with a Linux compatibility layer). [2] Novell discontinued the NetWare kernel prior to the release of OES 2, but NetWare 6.5 SP7, and later SP8 can run as a paravirtualized guest inside the Xen hypervisor (Officially supported until 7 March 2012, Novell self-supported until 7 March 2015).

OES 1 and OES 2

Novell released OES 1, the first version of OES, on 25 March 2005. [2] Since some users wanted backward compatibility with NetWare, Novell offered two installation options: OES-NetWare and OES-Linux. These are two different operating systems with different kernels and different userlands.

OES-NetWare is NetWare v6.5 equipped with NetWare Loadable Modules for various Novell services (such as NetWare Core Protocol, Novell eDirectory, Novell Storage Services, and iPrint) and open-source software (such as OpenSSH, Apache Tomcat, and the Apache HTTP Server). [4]

OES-Linux is based on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) with added NetWare services ported to the Linux kernel: e.g. the NetWare Core Protocol, Novell eDirectory, Novell Storage Services, and iPrint.

Novell released OES 2, the second version of OES, on 12 October 2007. It was the first SLES-Linux-kernel-only OES, but it retained the OES-NetWare operating system option, as NetWare 6.5 SP7 can run as a paravirtualized guest inside the Xen hypervisor. The SLES base of the OES 2 was later updated to SLES 10 SP1.

Features introduced in OES 2 include: [5]

See also (based on different OES editions):

OES 11

OES 11 was released on 12 December 2011 based on SLES 11 SP1 64-bit. The NetWare Kernel was removed after OES 2. This is the first version of OES to be 64-bit (x86_64) only. NetWare 6.5 SP8 was still possible to run as a 32-bit only para-virtualized guest inside the Xen hypervisor.

OES 2015

OES 2018 & 2023

Micro Focus released OES 2018 in November 2017, with three service releases (the last being OES 2018 SP3 in July 2021). All releases were all based on SLES 12 and its service packs.

While SUSE was sold by Micro Focus in 2018, [9] SLES support and updates are included with an OES installation, provided at least one OES component is installed.

OES 2023 was released in October 2022, using a base of SLES 15 SP4. It includes a new Unified Management Console (UMC) to supersede iManager for server management, TLS 1.3 support and was bundled with NetIQ eDirectory 9.2.7. [10] Breaking with previous convention, OES 23.4 (rather than SP1) was released in October 2023, and was rebranded to OpenText, [11] after their purchase of Micro Focus earlier in the year. General support was extended to 3 years from the usual 2 years of previous releases. [12]

Release summary

End-of-support schedule

OES versionRelease dateGeneral Ends [14]
Old version, no longer maintained: 125 March 200531 July 2009
Old version, no longer maintained: 212 October 200731 July 2013
Old version, no longer maintained: 1112 December 201113 June 2017
Old version, no longer maintained: 201531 August 201531 December 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 201828 November 20177 February 2020
Old version, no longer maintained: 2018 SP17 February 201931 May 2021
Old version, no longer maintained: 2018 SP25 May 202031 Oct 2022
Older version, yet still maintained: 2018 SP315 Jul 202131 Jan 2024
Older version, yet still maintained: 202313 Oct 202231 Oct 2024
Current stable version:23.326 Oct 202330 Nov 2026
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Older version, still maintained
Latest version
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