Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2022:1878-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

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

Description:

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

  • Update to 12.0.0 (bsc#1196803, jsc#SLE-24094, jsc#SLE-24095, jsc#SLE-24096, jsc#SLE-24097) Support for managing Salt Minion through guest variables. open-vm-tools-salt-minion rpm is added to handle this support. New ComponentMgr plugin to manage (add, remove, monitor) components on the guest VM.

  • Patch to fix potential Fail to Build from Source [FTBFS] (bsc#1196804).

  • Build vmhgfs with either libfuse2 or libfuse3.
  • A number of Coverity and Codacy reported issues have been addressed.

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 for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1878=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1878=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1878=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.0.0-4.42.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1

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