Recommended update for release-notes-sles

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:3186-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has nine fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The Release Notes of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 have been updated to document:

  • Corrected and extended file systems comparison table (bsc#1064279)
  • Support for sparse files on OCFS2; note on thread limit (bsc#1050940)
  • Nagios Monitoring Server Has Been Removed (fate#316136, bsc#1058232)
  • Direct Access to Files in Non-Volatile DIMMs (fate#319691, bsc#1069585)
  • Compatibility of Newly Created XFS File Systems With SLE 11 (fate#324448, bsc#1059136)
  • Icinga Monitoring Server Shipped as Part of SUSE Manager (fate#324454, bsc#1058232)
  • blogd Boot Log Daemon Available as an Alternative to Plymouth (fate#320593)
  • Support for New Hardware Instructions in Toolchain (fate#321496)
  • Supported Offline Migration Scenarios (fate#322404)
  • NVDIMM: Support for Device DAX (Direct Access) (fate#321135, bsc#1067244)
  • FCoE Storage Does Not Work with Cavium or QLogic Storage Controllers with FCoE Offload (fate#323796, bsc#1040813, bsc#1055590).

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 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1991=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1991=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1991=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.3.20171129-2.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.3.20171129-2.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.3.20171129-2.12.1

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