Recommended update for open-iscsi

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-iscsi
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:1350-1
Rating: moderate
References: #897565 #902183 #903729 #922311
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for open-iscsi provides the following fixes:

    - Double the size of the iscsiuio ARP tables, making it faster when
    switches present. (bsc#922311)
    - Fix ibft boot, amending previous update which only fixed NIC context.
    Now boot context has also been fixed. (bsc#902183)
    - Do not convert all "again" errors from transport to internal errors.
    (bsc#903729)
    - Fixed iscsi.service start to ignore iscsiadm return value so that
    systemd knows service is running and can still shut it down. (bsc#897565)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-372=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-372=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • iscsiuio-0.7.8.2-30.3
      • iscsiuio-debuginfo-0.7.8.2-30.3
      • open-iscsi-2.0.873-30.3
      • open-iscsi-debuginfo-2.0.873-30.3
      • open-iscsi-debugsource-2.0.873-30.3
      • open-isns-0.90-30.3
      • open-isns-debuginfo-0.90-30.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • iscsiuio-0.7.8.2-30.3
      • iscsiuio-debuginfo-0.7.8.2-30.3
      • open-iscsi-2.0.873-30.3
      • open-iscsi-debuginfo-2.0.873-30.3
      • open-iscsi-debugsource-2.0.873-30.3

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