Recommended update for release-notes-susemanager, release-notes-susemanager-proxy

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:2097-1
Rating: important
References:
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that can now be installed.

Description:

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

  • SUSE Manager 4.2.0. Explictly mention SLES ES 6 is also EOL, and mention the Prometheus Exporters formula can now be used for Ubuntu.

  • SUSE Manager 4.2.0. Mention the database migration may take hours due to index rebuild.

  • SUSE Manager 4.2.0. Explicitly mention Amazon Linux 2 support.

  • SUSE Manager 4.2.0, add note about broken transactional-update in SLE Micro 5.0 until upcoming update

  • SUSE Manager 4.2.0, clarify Salt packages and SCC forwarding

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2021-2097=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2021-2097=1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.2-2021-2097=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2021-2097=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • release-notes-susemanager-proxy-4.2.0.1-3.3.1
    • release-notes-susemanager-4.2.0.5-3.3.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (x86_64)
    • release-notes-susemanager-proxy-4.2.0.1-3.3.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (x86_64)
    • release-notes-susemanager-proxy-4.2.0.1-3.3.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • release-notes-susemanager-4.2.0.5-3.3.1