Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1951-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that contains one feature and has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Update 11.1.0 (build 16036546) (bsc#1171764, jsc#ECO-2164)

This version provides a new 'Service Discovery' plugin. (bsc#1171765) The plugin connects with the vRealize Operations Manager product. For more information and details on configuring this plugin, refer to Configuring Service Discovery.

In this release, a new tools.conf switch is added to enable and disable the guest customization in the guest virtual machine. By default, the guest customization is enabled. For more details, refer KB 78903.

  • vm-support is now automatically placed in the /usr/bin directory.
  • Added version number to Requires: libxmlsec1-openssl1 to help with vgauth version checking.
  • Provide a better PAM configuration and authentication. (bsc#1171003, bsc#1172693)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-1951=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP1-2020-1951=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • libvmtools0-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.1.0-3.17.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.1.0-3.17.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.1.0-3.17.1

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