Recommended update for supportutils

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2021:1672-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1021918 bsc#1089870 bsc#1168894 bsc#1169122 bsc#1169348 bsc#1170092 bsc#1170094 bsc#1170858 bsc#1176370 bsc#1178491 bsc#1180478 bsc#1181351 bsc#1181610 bsc#1181679 bsc#1181911 bsc#1182904 bsc#1182950 bsc#1183732 bsc#1183826 bsc#1184829 bsc#1184912 jsc#SLE-15557 jsc#SLE-15932
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP2 SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 SUSE Manager Server 4.0 SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that contains two features and has 21 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for supportutils fixes the following issues:

• Collects rotated logs with different compression types (bsc#1180478)
• Captures now IBM Power bootlist (jsc#SLE-15557)
• Fixed some errors with supportutils in combination with the btrfs filesystem (bsc#1168894)
• Fixed an issue with ntp.txt, when it contains large binary data (bsc#1169122)
• Checks package signatures in rpm.txt (bsc#1021918)
• Optimize find (bsc#1184912)
• Using zypper --xmlout (bsc#1181351)
• Error fix for sysfs.txt (bsc#1089870)
• Added list-timers to systemd.txt (bsc#1169348)
• Including nfs4 in search (bsc#1184829)
• [powerpc] Collect dynamic_debug log files for ibmvNIC #98 (bsc#1183826)
• Fixed mismatched taint flags (bsc#1178491)
• Removed redundant fdisk code that can cause timeout issues (bsc#1181679)
• Supportconfig processes -f without hanging (bsc#1182904)
• Collect logs for power specific components (using iprconfig) pr#94 (bsc#1182950)
• [powerpc] Collect logs for power specific components (HNV) pr#88 (bsc#1181911)
• Includes NVMe information with OPTION_NVME=1 in nvme.txt (bsc#1176370, SLE-15932)
• No longer truncates boot log (bsc#1181610)
• Collects rotated logs with different compression types (bsc#1180478)
• Capture IBM Power bootlist (SLE-15557)
• [powerpc] Collect logs for power specific components #72 (bscn#1176895)
• Fixed btrfs errors (bsc#1168894)
• Large ntp.txt with binary data (bsc#1169122)
• Only include hostinfo details in /etc/motd (bsc#1170092)
• Fixed CPU load average calculation (bsc#1170094)
• Understands 3rd party packages on SLES or OpenSUSE (bsc#1170858)
• Implement persistens host information across reboots (bsc#1183732)

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-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.0
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1672=1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-6-2021-1672=1
• SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
  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 Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-1672=1

Package List:

• Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Manager Server 4.0 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (noarch)
  • hostinfo-1.0.6-20.4.2
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (noarch)
  • supportutils-3.1.15-5.31.2

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1021918
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1089870
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168894
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169122
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169348
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170092
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170094
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170858
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176370
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178491
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180478
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181351
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181610
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181679
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181911
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182904
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182950
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183732
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183826
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184829
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184912
• https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-15557
• https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-15932