Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:1838-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • 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 one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools to version 10.2.5 provides the following fixes (bsc#1089181):

  • Make it compatible with supported versions of VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 and later, VMware Workstation 14.0 and VMware Fusion 10.0.0.
  • Quiesced snapshot: Ability to exclude specific file systems from quiesced snapshots on Linux guest operating systems. For more details, see: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/index.html
  • Disable display mode setting: A configuration option is introduced to disable normal display mode setting functionality using open-vm-tools. For more details, see: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/53572

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 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1244=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1244=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1244=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1244=1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • libvmtools0-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.5-3.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • libvmtools0-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.5-3.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • libvmtools0-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.5-3.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • libvmtools0-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.5-3.9.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • libvmtools0-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.5-3.9.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • libvmtools0-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.2.5-3.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.2.5-3.9.1

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