Recommended update for vm-install

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2740-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has 10 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for vm-install fixes the following issues:

  • Make it possible to install guests based on pvops kernel. (bsc#1056738)
  • Add support for openSUSE15, SLES15 and SLED15. (bsc#1056738, bsc#1035779)
  • Fix a problem that was causing vm-install to interpret disk size incorrectly when used as a command line option. (bsc#1024437)
  • Fix an invalid syntax error. (bsc#1039333)
  • Fix parsing the os-release file so that the default OS selection is returned correctly. (bsc#1033845)
  • Fix a problem that was making ISO based installations of Xen PV guests not automatically find the installation sources. (bsc#1027106)
  • Fix initializing the host installation source location.
  • Make it possible to specify the install source on text mode installation. (bsc#978526)
  • Insert the correct kernel flag for changing the screen resolution of PV guests (the flag changed with the pvops kernel). (bsc#1020616)
  • Fix an exception thrown without explanation when doing VM upgrade if the 'Configuration File' option is selected but no value given. (bsc#1020751)
  • Fix a problem when installing SLES12 from SLES11 hypervisor. (bsc#1004324)

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 Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1697=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1697=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1697=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1697=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1697=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • vm-install-0.8.68-9.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • vm-install-0.8.68-9.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • vm-install-0.8.68-9.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • vm-install-0.8.68-9.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • vm-install-0.8.68-9.3.1

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