Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3535-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

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

  • Update to 11.3.5 (bsc#1190987)
  • Added a configurable logging capability to the network script.
  • The hgfsmounter (mount.vmhgfs) command has been removed from open-vm-tools.
  • Customization: Retry the Linux reboot if telinit is a soft link to systemctl.
  • Open-vm-tools commands would hang if configured with "--enable-valgrind".

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-3535=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2021-3535=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-3535=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.5-5.16.8.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.5-5.16.8.1

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