MES 5 FAQ
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How to buy Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 (MES 5) ?
From the Mandriva store
You can buy MES 5 from the Mandriva store : http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?products_id=433
You get one month of web support on installation for free.
For other periods and volumes or any other additional information, please contact the commercial sales team.
From the Mandriva sales department
Please contact the Mandriva sales department : sales@mandriva.com
The sales department could offer you additionnal services including MES 5 : for example the mandriva support programmes for professionals http://www2.mandriva.com/pro/support.html or the consulting service http://www2.mandriva.com/pro/consulting.html
How to try Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 (MES 5) ?
A trial version of MES 5 is available here : http://www2.mandriva.com/linux/server/try/
Please answer the questions and you will get access to the download zone.
You get one month of updates for free when you register. If you want to add 1 or 3 years updates please buy the MES 5 on store.mandriva.com
If you use a new account while purchasing the download version please remove the update repository and add them again using your new purchase account.
How to obtain Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 after buying ?
Create your Mandriva user account
Go to http://my.mandriva.com/ and create your Mandriva User Account if you don’t have one already.
Register your activation key
Activation keys are not sent if you purchase the the download version, the activation of the updates is credited on your account. Activation keys are sent if you have purchased the Slim box DVD version.
- Connect to http://my.mandriva.com/
- Go to Your services
- Go to Your activation keys
- Register your key
Download Mandriva Enterprise Server 5
- Go to https://download.mandriva.com/EnterpriseServer5/isos/
- Authenticate using your Mandriva user account
- Choose the architecture 32 or 64 bit
- Download the ISO file(s)
How to configure the update repositories ?
Graphic mode
In graphic mode, an applet alerts you that new repositories are available.
Click on more information or click on the applet (orange question mark) if you missed the popup.
Click on next.
Please enter your email and password (this is your Mandriva User account). Please wait and a popup will alert you that your media is now conifgured.
Command Line mode
You can use this command line to add the update repositories:
urpmi.addmedia --update --distrib \ https://$LOGIN:$PASSWD@download.mandriva.com/EnterpriseServer5/rpms/$ARCH/
-
$LOGINis your mandriva user account (your email). Be careful, you have to replace @ by %40. For example, if your email is name@mandriva.com, you have to write name%40mandriva.com -
$PASSWDis your mandriva user account password -
$ARCHis your system architecture (i586 or x86_64)
How to upgrade from a Corporate Server 4 (CS4)?
The upgrade from CS4 to MES5 via urpmi is not possible. You have to save all the important files (config files, users data, ...) and to re-install the system.
How to find MES 5 documentation ?
MES 5 documentation is in the mandriva-doc-en.rpm package which you have to install :
urpmi mandriva-doc-en
or with the graphic installation tool. You can find the documentation in the menu.
This documentation is also available at http://doc.mandriva.com/en/mes5/Enterprise-Server-Manual-EN.html/index.html
