Recommended update for sles-manuals_en, sled-manuals_en
An update that has 68 fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for the sled-manuals_en and sles-manuals_en packages fix a lot of documentation issues.
Admin Guide:
- fate#319319: VNC: Document ability to share and reconnect sessions
- fate#315348: Document NFS optimization for large scale installations
- bsc#1103082: Correct location of 50-udev-default.rules
- bsc#1104266: Replace "systemd-journalctl" with "journalctl"
- bsc#1102514: Improve the custom.cfg help description for GRUB2
- bsc#1092434: Compiling 32-bit applications is not supported
- bsc#1081409: Persistent VNC connections need the "alwaysshared" setting in the config file enabled or the previous connection is killed
- bsc#1081377: autofs map files must not be executable
- bsc#1074844: Add ppc64le to the supported architectures for Live Patching
- bsc#1074026: The GRUB2 parameter for GFXMODE, "vbeinfo" needs be replaced with "videoinfo"
- bsc#1071210: GRUB2: replace grub2-reboot with grub2-once in the explanation for "GRUB_DEFAULT=saved"
- bsc#1068181: kGraft - document CVSS v3.0 usage
- bsc#1062209: Document $HOME/.alias
- bsc#1061131: Replace $attr with $env in udev substitution rules
- bsc#1051369: In a rescues system with LVM disks, run vgimport -a to find and mount the LVM volumes
- bsc#1046514: Improve Documentation on the boot process
- bsc#1017753: Replace Kernel parameter "VGA mode" with "console resolution"
- bsc#1017737: GRUB2 documentation: Put "Boot Code Options" in correct context
- bsc#1017731: GRUB2 documentation: Improve explanation on disk order
- bsc#1017728: GRUB2 documentation: Removed incorrect note
- bsc#1017726: GRUB2 documentation: Improve documentation on files in /etc/grub.d/
AutoYaST Guide:
- bsc#1085797: Signature checking cannot be disable for stage 2
- bsc#1071958: Explain how to use/generate encrypted passwords
- bsc#1070759: Replace "no_group" with "no_groups"
Deployment Guide:
- fate#321159: Script to clean up unique identifiers after system cloning
- bsc#1094593: Add a link to the SUSE Manager Support Pack migration documentation
- bsc#1080616: The certifications module is not available for SP3
- bsc#1077734: Fix an error in the "Upgrade Paths" graphic
- bsc#1077112: Removed LDAP and Kerberos authentication methods and added SSSD
- bsc#1075996: Added a section on how to register SLE
- bsc#1058076: Added module descriptions
- bsc#1058042: Installer Self-Update is enabled by default
- bsc#1020271: Fixed multiversion.kernels documentation
Docker Guide:
- bsc#1098836: Portus is no longer Tech Preview
- bsc#1088500: Correct SLE version numbers
- bsc#1084275: Replace postfix with apache2 as an example for background applications
- bsc#1080879: Fix links to the Portus website
- bsc#1064156: Replace package name "sles12sp3-docker-image" with "suse-sles12sp3-image"
- bsc#1058365: Portus package is named "portus"
- bsc#1050754: Update image names to latest release
Security Guide:
- bsc#1073377: Firewall: The IPsec Support is no longer relevant
- bsc#1070674: Update "Delete an AppArmor profile"
- bsc#1068426: Mention importance of pam_systemd.so in PAM stack
- bsc#1029696: Reloading Apparmor no longer unloads profiles not in /etc/apparmor.d/
SMT Guide:
- bsc#1108068: Fix path to testing environment
- bsc#1107314: Fix registration url
- bsc#1107305: Fix regcert-url
- bsc#1094404: Correct command "smt-setup-custom-repositories" to "smt-setup-custom-repos"
- bsc#1063706: Update "Disconnected SMT Servers" documentation
Storage Guide:
- bsc#1099326: Corrected documentation about the maximum number of paths with device-mapper-multipath
- bsc#1091022: z Systems: Corrected default settings for multipath devices
- bsc#1086896: LVM: Use of unpartitioned disks
- bsc#1074713: Fixed typo
- bsc#1067789: "multipath -T" can be used when creating an initial configuration
- bsc#1066537: Added a warning to not use wiper.sh on Btrfs
- bsc#1047010: Added chapter "Setting Up an NVMe over Fabric Target"
Tuning Guide:
- fate#319184: Add documentation for TMON
- fate#319185: Add BDW-Y thermal documentation
- fate#322036: Move logrotate.status to /var/lib/misc
- fate#322037: logrotate now uses systemd
- fate#320016: Add support for crashkernel=xx,high in Yast Kdump Commandline
- bsc#1051190: Correct information on how to capture a Kernel dump
- bsc#1043305: Fixed typo
- bsc#1023815: Kdump documentation is missing static IP configuration settings
- bsc#710788: Remove faillog from documentation
Virtualization Guide:
- fate#321734: KVM on POWER
- fate#320490: UEFI support for XEN
- fate#319531: UEFI support for QEMU
- fate#317260: enable 'virsh snapshot-delete' to free disk space
- fate#321173: XEN: USB passthrough for HVM domains
- bsc#1101458: Values for "swiotlb" need to be defined in Megabytes
- bsc#1089361: Update migration requirements: microcode needs to be the same
- bsc#1076430: KVM on z Systems is no longer tech preview
- bsc#1075949: Typo in USB Pass-Through documentation for XEN
- bsc#1061906: Fix XEN pci-passthrough instructions
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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2643=1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2643=1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2643=1
-
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2643=1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-2643=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (noarch)
- sled-manuals_en-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-virtualization_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-admin_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-tuning_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-deployment_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-gnomeuser_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-security_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-installquick_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (noarch)
- sles-virtualization_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-installquick_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-autoyast_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-deployment_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-hardening_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-manuals_en-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-tuning_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-security_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-storage_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-admin_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-gnomeuser_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
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SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (noarch)
- sles-virtualization_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-installquick_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-autoyast_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-deployment_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-hardening_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-manuals_en-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-tuning_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-security_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-storage_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-admin_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-gnomeuser_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (noarch)
- sles-virtualization_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-installquick_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-autoyast_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-deployment_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-hardening_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-manuals_en-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-tuning_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-security_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-storage_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-admin_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sles-gnomeuser_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP3 (noarch)
- sled-manuals_en-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-admin_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-tuning_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-deployment_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-gnomeuser_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-security_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
- sled-installquick_en-pdf-12.3-6.3.3
References:
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010391
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017726
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017728
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017731
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017737
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017753
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020271
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1023815
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029132
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029696
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043305
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046514
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1047010
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050754
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051190
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051369
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058042
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058076
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058365
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1061131
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1061906
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062209
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1063706
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064156
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066537
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066566
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1067789
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068181
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068426
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1070674
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1070759
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071210
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071958
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1073377
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074026
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074713
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074844
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1075949
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1075996
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076430
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077112
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077734
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1080616
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1080879
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081377
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081409
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084275
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085797
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086896
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088500
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088985
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1089361
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091022
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092434
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094404
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094593
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098836
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099326
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101458
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101631
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102514
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103082
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104266
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107305
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107314
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108068
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110744
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710788