Recommended update for kdump

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2020:3774-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1047634 bsc#1050349 bsc#1093795 bsc#1094444 bsc#1108255 bsc#1108919 bsc#1111207 bsc#1112387 bsc#1116463 bsc#1123940 bsc#1125218 bsc#1141064 bsc#1153601 bsc#1170336 bsc#1173914 bsc#1177196
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has 16 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kdump fixes the following issues:

• Fix multipath configuration with user_friendly_names and/or aliases. (bsc#1111207, bsc#1125218, bsc#1153601)
• Recover from missing CRASHTIME= in VMCOREINFO. (bsc#1112387)
• Clean up the use of current vs. boot network interface names. (bsc#1094444, bsc#1116463, bsc#1141064)
• Use a custom namespace for physical NICs. (bsc#1094444, bsc#1116463, bsc#1141064)
• Add :force option to KDUMP_NETCONFIG. (bsc#1108919)
• Add fence_kdump_send when fence-agents are installed. (bsc#1108919)
• Use var for path of fence_kdump_send and remove the unnecessary PRESCRIPT check. (bsc#1108919)
• Document kdump behaviour for fence_kdump_send. (bsc#1108919)
• Restore only static routes in kdump initrd. (bsc#1093795)
• Replace obsolete perl-Bootloader library with a simpler script. (bsc#1050349)
• Remove console=hvc0 from command line. (bsc#1173914)
• Set serial console from Xen command line. (bsc#1173914)
• Remove noefi and acpi_rsdp for EFI firmware. (bsc#1123940, bsc#1170336)
• Add skip_balance option to BTRFS mounts. (bsc#1108255)
• Do not add rd.neednet=1 to dracut command line. (bsc#1177196)

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 ESPOS 15
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3774=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3774=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-3774=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-3774=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • kdump-0.8.16-14.3.1
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-14.3.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-14.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • kdump-0.8.16-14.3.1
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-14.3.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-14.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kdump-0.8.16-14.3.1
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-14.3.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-14.3.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • kdump-0.8.16-14.3.1
  • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-14.3.1
  • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-14.3.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1047634
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050349
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093795
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094444
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108255
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108919
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111207
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112387
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1116463
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1123940
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1125218
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141064
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153601
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170336
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173914
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177196