Daemon uuidd not installed after upgrade from SLES11 to SLES12

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

Situation

After upgrading SLES11 to SLES12 the "uuidd" daemon/service is no longer installed

Resolution

Install the sap_server pattern instead single packages:

zypper in -t pattern sap_server

Cause

The name of the package has changed from "uuid-runtime" to "uuidd"

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