Recommended update for release-notes-sles

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0491-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • 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 five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The Release Notes of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 have been updated to document:

  • Information about release notes of skipped product versions.
  • Availability of new High Performance Computing (HPC) module.
  • Support for 3D Graphics in VMware Guest. (fate#318990)
  • No Support for Samba as Active Directory-Style Domain Controller. (fate#320709, bsc#1017579)
  • Unloading device_handler Modules Not Possible Anymore. (fate#322261, bsc#1007344)
  • Server Component of Puppet Is Deprecated. (fate#321117)
  • Btrfs File System Going Read-only When Executing Balance Operation. (fate#322002)
  • Docker Compose Has Been Removed from the Containers Module. (fate#320740, bsc#967407)

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 Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-254=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-254=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-254=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-254=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.2.20170208-5.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.2.20170208-5.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.2.20170208-5.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.2.20170208-5.10.1

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