Recommended update for sapconf

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2131-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

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

Description:

This update for sapconf fixes the following issues:

  • Check the values of the 'vm.dirty_*' settings to be in a valid range before activating or restoring these system values. (bsc#1168067)
  • Add a logrotate drop-in file for sapconf to control the size of the logfile. (bsc#1166925)
  • Implement and use the system wide security limits. (bsc#1168840)
  • Add support multi-queued scheduler for block devices. (jsc#SLE-11141, jsc#SLE-11144)
  • Remove usage of tuned from sapconf (jsc#SLE-10986, jsc#SLE-10989):
  • Only ONE configuration file for sapconf
  • All parameters of the tuned profile defined in tuned.conf sapconf
  • Implement Switching a sapconf profile.
  • Prevent sapconf related tuned error messages by turning off tuned in the preinstall phase and removing the 'active' sapconf profile.
  • If sapconf detects an improper tuned profile during start notes that the log, fails the start deliberatly and guides the administrator to the problem. (bsc#1139176)
  • Use absolute path in the configuration file. (bsc#1124453)
  • Replace the delimiter for a sed command in postinstall script, because of conflicts with rpm macros. (bsc#1150868, bsc#1150870)

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:

  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8
    zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-ESPOS-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2131=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-2131=1

Package List:

  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 (noarch)
    • sapconf-5.0.0-40.59.2

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