Recommended update for the SUSE Manager 3.1 release notes and documentation

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:0550-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for release-notes-susemanager, release-notes-susemanager-proxy, susemanager-docs_en fixes the following issues:

  • New features for SUSE Manager Server

  • Configuration Management for Salt is not tech preview anymore.

  • Changes in "Custom States" and "State Catalog" features.
  • Support Proxies with multiple FQDNs.
  • Excessive logging reduced.
  • New notification UI.

  • New API calls.

  • New features for SUSE Manager Proxy

  • Support Proxies with multiple FQDNs.

  • SUSE Manager Server bugs fixed by latest updates

  • bsc#979633, bsc#1015956, bsc#1016377, bsc#1022077, bsc#1022078, bsc#1028285, bsc#1031081, bsc#1036302, bsc#1045289, bsc#1055296, bsc#1061273, bsc#1061574, bsc#1063419, bsc#1063759, bsc#1064258, bsc#1065023, bsc#1065259, bsc#1067608, bsc#1069943, bsc#1070161, bsc#1070372, bsc#1070597, bsc#1070782, bsc#1071314, bsc#1071468, bsc#1071526, bsc#1071553, bsc#1072153, bsc#1072157, bsc#1072160, bsc#1072350, bsc#1072797, bsc#1073474, bsc#1073482, bsc#1073619, bsc#1073713, bsc#1073739, bsc#1074430, bsc#1074508, bsc#1074854, bsc#1075044, bsc#1075254, bsc#1075345, bsc#1075408, bsc#1074300, bsc#1075862, bsc#1076034, bsc#1076201, bsc#1076578, bsc#1077076, bsc#1077730, bsc#1078749, bsc#1079820

  • SUSE Manager Proxy bugs fixed by latest updates

  • bsc#1022078, bsc#1055296, bsc#1063419, bsc#1071526, bsc#1073482, bsc#1073619, bsc#1075044

  • Salt bugs fixed by latest updates

  • bsc#1050003, bsc#1063419, bsc#1065792, bsc#1068566, bsc#1071322, bsc#1072218, bsc#1073618, bsc#1074227

  • SUSE Manager documentation has been updated

  • Configuration Management for Salt minions is now supported.

  • Various fixes, mostly reported via docreview.

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 Manager Proxy 3.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-3.1-2018-362=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Server-3.1-2018-362=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • release-notes-susemanager-proxy-3.1.4-0.15.14.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • release-notes-susemanager-3.1.4-5.20.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.1 (noarch)
    • susemanager-reference_en-pdf-3.1-10.14.2
    • susemanager-best-practices_en-pdf-3.1-10.14.2
    • susemanager-getting-started_en-pdf-3.1-10.14.2
    • susemanager-advanced-topics_en-pdf-3.1-10.14.2
    • susemanager-jsp_en-3.1-10.14.2
    • susemanager-docs_en-3.1-10.14.2

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