Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:2569-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

Update to 11.3.0 (bsc#1187567)

  • Reduce or eliminate Linux dependency on the 'net-tools' package.
  • The 'ifconfig' and 'netstat' commands are deprecated in more recent releases of Linux. Update the Linux 'vm-support' script to use the 'ip' and 'ss' commands when available. If the new commands are missing a fallback will be used. In Particular, 'ip' has a fallback on 'ifconfig', 'ip route' will fallback on 'route' and 'ss' will fallback on 'netstat'.
  • Configuring OVT with the '--without-pam' option will implicitly disable 'vgauth'.
  • When no 'vgauth' option is given alongside '--without-pam', a warning is displayed with a message 'Building without PAM; vgauth will be disabled.'.
  • When '--disable-vgauth' is supplied alongside '--without-pam', no warning or error message is displayed.
  • When '--enable-vgauth' is supplied alongside '--without-pam', an error will be shown and the configure stage will be aborted with an error message 'Cannot enable vgauth without PAM. Please configure without --without-pam or without --enable-vgauth.'
  • Fix issues using GCC 11 with gtk >= 3.20 and glib >=2.66.3
  • Fix more GCC 11 failures. (bsc#1185103)
  • Update the 'FreeBSD' specific sections of 'open-vm-tools' to adjust what necessary for 'ARM64'.
  • New command line tool 'vmwgfxctrl' introduced in 'open-vm-tools'.
  • A user can now control various aspects of the 'vmwgfx' Linux kernel module. Currently it can both display and set the current topology of the 'vmwgfx' kernel driver. It is useful when trying to configure custom resolutions on recent Linux distributions, including multi-monitor setups.
  • New command line tool 'vmware-alias-import' added to 'open-vm-tools' that can be used to import 'vgauth' config data and apply it to the running 'vgauth' service.
  • Enhancements to support or utilize various vSphere features.
  • In 'vmtoolsd.service' move the deprecated path '/var/run' to '/run' for it's 'PID' file. (bsc#1185175)
  • Finalize the 'UsrMerge'. (bsc#1029961)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-2569=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-2569=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-2569=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-ESPOS-2021-2569=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2021-2569=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2569=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2569=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2569=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.36.1

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