Recommended update for SUSE Manager 4.2.4 Release Notes

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3916-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that has 34 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for SUSE Manager 4.2.4 Release Notes provides the following additions:

Release notes for SUSE Manager:

  • Update to 4.2.4
  • The Blackbox exporter support has been added
  • System re-activation is now possible from the UI & XMLPRC-API
  • Low disk space notification has been added on the login page

  • Bugs mentioned:

    bsc#1173143, bsc#1184617, bsc#1185465, bsc#1185951, bsc#1187708 bsc#1189643, bsc#1190114, bsc#1190446, bsc#1190665, bsc#1190866 bsc#1190867, bsc#1190964, bsc#1191123, bsc#1191139, bsc#1191144 bsc#1191222, bsc#1191267, bsc#1191274, bsc#1191313, bsc#1191340 bsc#1191377, bsc#1191412, bsc#1191442, bsc#1191444, bsc#1191460 bsc#1191495, bsc#1191538, bsc#1191643, bsc#1191656, bsc#1191702 bsc#1191899, bsc#1192321, bsc#1192736

Release notes for SUSE Manager proxy:

  • Update to 4.2.4
  • The package 'prometheus-blackbox_exporter' has been added as recommended for the Proxy.

  • Bugs mentioned:

    bsc#1187673, bsc#1189643, bsc#1190867, bsc#1190964, bsc#1191538, bsc#1191656

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2021-3916=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2021-3916=1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.2-2021-3916=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2021-3916=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • release-notes-susemanager-proxy-4.2.4-3.18.1
    • release-notes-susemanager-4.2.4-3.22.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (x86_64)
    • release-notes-susemanager-proxy-4.2.4-3.18.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (x86_64)
    • release-notes-susemanager-proxy-4.2.4-3.18.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • release-notes-susemanager-4.2.4-3.22.1

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