Recommended update for ndctl

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2982-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • 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 six features and has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ndctl fixes the following issues:

  • Suppress 'ENXIO' when processing all namespaces. (jsc#SLE-13321, bsc#1175851, ltc#187867)
  • Update to v69. (jsc#SLE-13824, jsc#SLE-12770, jsc#SLE-15065, jsc#SLE-15484, jsc#SLE-15485, bsc#1175052, ltc#186863, bsc#1174969, ltc#185845):
  • Set the default alignment to the platform alignment.
  • Add support for reporting 'life_used_percentage' metric.
  • Skip region filtering if numa_node attribute is not present.
  • Implement support for 'PAPR_PDSM_HEALTH'.

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-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-2982=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-2982=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP1-2020-2982=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2020-2982=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ndctl-debugsource-69-3.25.3
    • libndctl6-debuginfo-69-3.25.3
    • libndctl6-69-3.25.3
    • libndctl-devel-69-3.25.3
    • ndctl-debuginfo-69-3.25.3
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ndctl-debugsource-69-3.25.3
    • libndctl6-debuginfo-69-3.25.3
    • libndctl6-69-3.25.3
    • libndctl-devel-69-3.25.3
    • ndctl-debuginfo-69-3.25.3
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ndctl-debugsource-69-3.25.3
    • ndctl-69-3.25.3
    • ndctl-debuginfo-69-3.25.3
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ndctl-debugsource-69-3.25.3
    • ndctl-69-3.25.3
    • ndctl-debuginfo-69-3.25.3

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