Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2022:2093-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP3
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3

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

Description:

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

  • Update to 12.0.0 (build 19345655) (bsc#1196803)
  • Update open-vm-tools 12.0.0. (jsc#SLE-24097)
  • Support for managing Salt Minion through guest variables. A new 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. (bsc#1196804)
  • Build vmhgfs with either libfuse2 or libfuse3.

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-2022-2093=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-2093=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-2093=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-2093=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP3-2022-2093=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2022-2093=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2022-2093=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2022-2093=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2022-2093=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.0.0-150300.16.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.0.0-150300.16.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.0.0-150300.16.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.0.0-150300.16.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools-devel-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.0.0-150300.16.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP3 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-150300.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-150300.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • libvmtools0-12.0.0-150300.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-12.0.0-150300.16.1

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