Recommended update for virt-manager

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0241-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for virt-manager fixes the following issues:

  • Unable to migrate VMs between SLES12 SP1 XEN Hosts with virt-manager (bsc#996020)
  • KVM guest re-sizing reduces to small window when going from full screen to "Resize to VM" (bsc#955924)
  • Using eepro1000 emulated driver leads to 'eepro100' is not a valid device model name (bsc#983241)
  • Cannot install sles-10-sp4 on sles-12-sp1 host (bsc#978173)

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 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-122=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-122=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-122=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • virt-manager-1.2.1-17.1
    • virt-manager-common-1.2.1-17.1
    • virt-install-1.2.1-17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • virt-manager-1.2.1-17.1
    • virt-manager-common-1.2.1-17.1
    • virt-install-1.2.1-17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • virt-manager-1.2.1-17.1
    • virt-manager-common-1.2.1-17.1
    • virt-install-1.2.1-17.1

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